Year: 2013
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Rick Curl agrees to plead guilty to child sex abuse
Read reachforthewall.com Longtime area swim coach Rick Curl, whose former athletes include world record breakers and Olympic gold medalists, has agreed to plead guilty to child sexual abuse at a hearing scheduled for Feb. 21 in Montgomery County Circuit Court. Curl, now 63, was charged in October after his former swim student, Kelley Currin, told…
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Swimming Towards A Cure – Teaser
Swimming Towards a Cure – A story of six women who set out to swim the English Channel in effort to help a friend and raise money for ALS research.
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Swim Technique – Little People, Big Strokes
“In this video elite swim coach Alan Voisard guides Ryan, who was born with achondroplasia (dwarfism), through the optimal swim technique for little people. Alan Voisard has more than 32 years of coaching experience and has helped swimmers at all levels — from beginners to pro triathletes to Paralympic medalists – to improve their swimming…
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KHQA This Morning joins the YMCA swim team
“The Quincy YMCA is on its mark, ready and set to revive its swim program. Its new competitive swim team has been practicing since January. But this isn’t the first time a YMCA team has made a splash. KHQA’s Kristen Aguirre introduces you to the kids and coaches, and shows you why this group is…
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Sun Yang in trouble for skipping training and breaking team rules
Read SwimNews Sun Yang, China’s double Olympic swimming gold medallist and world record over 1500m freestyle, has been suspended from all commercial activities for breaching a “series of team rules”, according to Xinhua. The Zhejiang College of Sports, to which Sun is affiliated, has also withheld his monthly allowance after the 21-year-old, who won the…
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Swim Team In Super Slow Motion
“The UConn Swimming and Diving Team has a strong tradition of athletic and academic excellence. The team has a combined 5 NCAA All Americans and both the Men and Women are recognized as Scholar All-American Teams by the College Swimming Coaches Association. The footage in this video was captured at their competition against Seton Hall…