Year: 2013
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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 :-)
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Missy Franklin and Regis Jesuit swim the 2013 CHSAA 400 freestyle prelims
Led by Missy Franklin, Regis Jesuit qualifies for the 400 Freestyle Relay Finals.
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2013 Dartmouth Winter Carnival: Polar Bear Swim
Five students jump into the icy waters of Occom Pond with a GoPro wearable camera during the 19th annual Dartmouth Polar Bear Swim, which is one of the many events taking place during Winter Carnival. Climb aboard with Corinne Romano ’15, Shotaro Nakamura ’13, Natalie Cantave ’16, Fredrik Erikkson ’16, and Whitney Fu ’13.
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A conversation with Bill Rose
Head Coach Bill Rose of the Mission Viejo Nadadores just completed three weeks of workouts with his club at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He talks about that experience as well as what’s to come for Mission Viejo in 2013.