Month: February 2013
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How to swim backstroke: ProTips, UND Sports TV “Valentine’s 2013” episode
ProTips is a regular feature on UND Sports TV. The “Valentine’s 2013” episode, originally broadcast on MidCo Sports Net, Friday, February 8th, 2013.
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Amanda Beard Expecting Second Child
Read People Amanda Beard is set to welcome a new addition to the pool. The seven-time Olympic medalist and her husband, photographer Sacha Brown, are expecting their second child in July, Beard confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. “We are so excited to add to our family! During my first pregnancy, I was sick the whole time…
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Australian Olympic swimmer refused ‘B12 injection’ back in the 1980s
Read The Sydney Morning Herald An Australian Olympic medal-winning swimmer has revealed she refused her coach’s instructions to take a vitamin injection for fear it contained illegal performance-enhancing substances. The female freestyler was a mainstay of the national squad during the 1980s, winning Olympic and Commonwealth medals. As a teenager, she said she felt pressured…
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CC photo #407: Coaches trying out lactate training
Part of this weekend’s “Træner 2” basic coaching course here in the Faroe Islands. Here 15 second max sprints back and forth (me skipping the last repeat because I suck miserably at speed and changes of direction). Then 4 x 1 min ‘lactate tolerance’, and then 3 x 3 min endurance. All this so that…
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Rowdy Gaines on the 2013 LIMU Convention
“3-time Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines will be at the annual LIMU International Convention 2013 in Fort Worth, TX. It’s THE event of the year, and you don’t want to miss it!”
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Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships 2013
“Dear Santa. This is not what I had in mind when I wished for a swimming pool. — at SkellefteÃ¥ river.” LOL – I think I know which Santa this was :-)