Month: May 2014
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All cleaned up, Ian Thorpe returns to TV
Read The Daily Telegraph Fallen swimming champion Ian Thorpe has triumphantly emerged from the darkest months of his life. Australia’s most successful Olympian is out of rehabilitation and will attend the Commonwealth Games in Scotland in July. His manager is in negotiations with Channel Ten and European networks for commentating roles at the swimming. Ten…
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How a Giant Plus-Shaped Pool Could Make New York’s East River Safe For Swimmers
See FC As the heat of summer approaches, you might be seeking a refreshing dip in a local pool, pond, lake, or river, but jumping in to New York’s East River is probably not at the top of your list. However, designers Jeffrey Franklin, Archie Coates, and architect Dong-Ping Wong are working on a project called +Pool, a giant plus-shaped…
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Swimming at camp too dangerous for students, school says
See CBC A Toronto teacher says his Grade 8 students are unhappy that a three-day graduation trip to a nature camp in Bancroft, Ont., next month was cancelled due to the school board’s safety concerns over activities such as swimming and archery. Lenny Chiro, who teaches at Amesbury Middle School, was preparing his class for…
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How African Americans beat one of the most racist institutions: The swimming pool
Read grist via nola.com Most conversations about black people’s relatively poor swimming skills begin and end with the assumption that it’s all black people’s fault. For example, there are swimming pools and beaches all around this area, so if black people don’t swim as well – so the thinking goes – it must be because…
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Ocean Escapes Drone Captures Magnificent Shots Of A Basking Shark
Beautiful beasts, those Via Independent.ie Using a drone camera, Andrew O’Riordan captured some jaw-dropping footage of a giant basking shark swimming into the mouth of Cork harbour this week.
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MAUSI – My Friend Has A Swimming Pool (The Magician Remix)
A theme song for the summer, and a couple of good moves to learn Via The Line Of Best Fit Mausi shared their summery pop tune “My Friend Has A Swimming Pool†a few weeks back, and they’ve now shared a music video for a remix of the song byThe Magician.
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Pisces Swim Club Offering Alternative For Youth Interested In Improving Swimming Skills
See CKPG TV The sport of competitive swimming can be very demanding and is really a year-round commitment. The Barracudas have long been recognized as a powerhouse swim club in Northern BC – and now, one club is giving swimmers another option. The PG Pisces are a summer swim club allowing athletes the chance to…
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Alicia Coutts says Glasgow will be her last Commonwealth Games
Read Herald Sun The Queen of Australian swimming Alicia Coutts has confirmed the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will be her last. While Coutts has been reluctant to confirm her future Olympic plans she is adamant Glasgow will be her final Commonwealth Games. “I’ll be 30 years of age in four years time so these…
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Firefighters rescue swimmer stranded on rock
See Delaware Online Wilmington firefighters rescued a young man who swam out to a rock in the Brandywine Creek and got stranded there Thursday night. The incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. in the Brandywine Creek in the vicinity of Brandywine Falls Road, said Wilmington Deputy Fire Chief Michael Donohue. The man was with friends…