Year: 2014
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NSF Congress and Board Meeting 2014
The Faroe Islands Swimming Association is today hosting the annual Nordic Congress and Board Meeting, in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. On the agenda is among other things the formal inclusion of the Estonian Swimming Federation as full member of the Nordic Swimming Federation, and rule changes proposed by the Nordic General Secretary and Sports Director Meeting…
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Sirri launches jumper named after Pál Joensen in support of hometown 50m pool
So there, Faroese brand Sirri has launched a smart wool jumper named after long distance swimmer Pál Joensen, the profit going to the 50 meter pool that is being built in Pál’s (and Sirri’s) hometown of Vágur, Faroe Islands. Lucky Danes can buy the jumper at the Frigg Festival in Copenhagen, this weekend, for the…
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Aussie Olympic swimmers needed a history lesson
Read SBS Disappointing performances by Australia’s swimmers at the 2012 London Olympics might have been partly due to a poor understanding of the history and strong traditions of their predecessors. Olympic historian Harry Gordon believes a better knowledge of the spirit of Australian teams at past Games might have helped prevent the internal ruptures in…
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Kyle Chalmers tackling the next Ian Thorpe burden
Read The Age A couple of days before Kyle Chalmers was due to flew to Sydney for the national age swimming championships this year, the 15-year-old decided to go to a high school football training and “have a kick with the lads”. Chalmers, the son of former Crows and Power ruckman, Brett Chalmers, returned from…
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Behind the Body: Olympic Swimmer Ryan Lochte
Read Sports Illustrated After Ryan Lochte won five more medals at the 2012 Summer Games, bringing his grand total of Olympic hardware to 11, the media couldn’t get enough of the brawny swimmer—and vice versa. Photos of a shirtless Lochte started popping up all over the Internet, People magazine named him to its “Sexiest Man Alive†list,…
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LGBT activist and swimmer Michael Holtz talks personal acceptance, LGBT athletes
Read The Daily Northwestern More than 30 individuals gathered on Thursday to hear Michael Holtz, an openly gay swimmer and LGBT activist, talk about the “reinventions†in his life and LGBT issues in athletics. Holtz, who was Rainbow Alliance’s Spring Speaker, began his talk by describing his life in high school in Naples, Florida. He…
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Rio 2016 so far behind schedule IOC ‘make secret plea’ to reuse London
Read The Telegraph. And jeez. So worried are Olympic organisers by how far behind schedule the 2016 Rio Games has fallen, London has reportedly been asked, in secret, if it could host the event at the last minute. According to the London Evening Standard, an informal approach has been made by IOC chiefs to ascertain whether London’s…
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Khwaabb – Official Trailer (FINA Goes To Bollywood)
FINA goes to Bollywood!!! Today is the official release of Khwaabb, a Bollywood romance movie about two athletes and their struggles in life, featuring images from the World Swimming Championships 2010 in Dubai! Post by FINA.
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NISD swim coach fabricated military record, resigns amid I-Team investigation
See KENS5 A swim coach and lifeguard instructor with the Northside Independent School District resigned last week, hours after the I-Team asked the district to examine his background. Chris Mullikin, 39, was hired as a clerk for the district’s natatorium in 2011. He was promoted to swim coach in 2012 and became certified to instruct…