Year: 2013
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Channel Ten News: Tanc Sade: National Freediving Record Holder
‘Interesting’ fact: Freediving has the second-highest fatality rate after base jumping (which is *crazy*)
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Swimming in Memory of a Loved One
Read 16wnep In Snyder County a teen was remembered for his energy, his love of racing and swimming. Alex Moser, 17, of Milton, was killed in a car crash in 2010. On Sunday family and friends honored his memory during the third annual Alex Moser Invitiational Swim Meet at Susquehanna University.
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Ex-swim coach Ken Stopkotte files defamation suit against Hamilton Southeastern School Corp.
An attorney has filed a defamation lawsuit against Hamilton Southeastern School Corporation and a local YMCA director on behalf of former swimming coach Ken Stopkotte accused of stealing nearly $17,000 from the YMCA. Stopkotte resigned in August 2010 as head swimming coach at Fishers High School after admitting he falsified swimmers’ times. USA Swimming subsequently…
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CC photo #400: Tórshavn 2013 FINA Swimming Official Schools course participants
There we are, 2 from Great Britain, 2 from Slovenia, Carol and Søren, and a whole lot of Faroese. Mission accomplished! :-)
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Scottish Swimming Annual Report 2012
“This is the Annual Report 2012 of Scottish Swimming, the national governing body for swimming in Scotland. We represent clubs, swim schools, aquatic disciplines, athletes, coaches and thousands of talented and committed volunteers across the entire swimmer pathway from development and participation through to performance. Our vision is to ensure is to ensure that every…
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Fast Swimming Techniques – Butterfly Body Position
In this first of five webisodes on how to swim fast butterfly, Gary Hall Sr discusses body position and how it correlates to a strong kick and a low driving breath. Featuring footage from the Race Club‘s “Life is Worth Swimming†their newest DVD Starring Bobby Savulich and George Bovell III.
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CC photo #399: FINA Swimming Officials School in Tórshavn, today
FINA Technical Swimming Committee Chairman Carol Zaleski (USA) and Honorary Secretary Søren Korbo (DEN) in charge of the first FINA Swimming Officials Schools course in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, Saturday 2 February 2013. This site yet again a bit quiet, today and tomorrow, because of this :-)
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Ian Thorpe on getting back in the pool
Read interview in The Scotsman “During competition you have to go into yourself, but you have to have the same kind of spatial awareness of the crowd, the arena, and how that can pull into your performance. The energy from the crowd or your competitors can contribute in a very positive way to your performance.…