Year: 2014
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Broward County non-profit offering swim safety classes
See WSVN A South Florida non-profit organization is pushing for water safety a day after a little boy lost his life in a swimming pool. Kindergartners are learning swimming skills that can help save their lives at SWIM Central, a non-profit organization that focuses on water safety to prevent any more tragedies. “Should they find…
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Podcast: Chad le Clos Welcomes Michael Phelps’ Imminent Swimming Comeback
Listen to Books Live on Penguin SA Chad le Clos talks about his role model, Michael Phelps, in an interview with Talk Radio 702‘s Jenny Crwys-Williams. Le Clos recalls the first time he saw Phelps swim, at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 2004. Eight years later, at the 2012 Olympics in London, Le Clos beat his…
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Man Goes For A Swim Attacked By Crocodiles
Read Costa Rica Today A man, yet to be officially identified, in an apparent drunken stupor decided to take swim in the Tarcoles river, in an area of the river that is known for its crocodiles. The police report indicates that two men got off a Parrita bus and after drinking one of them decided to take swim in the river…
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Glasgow final will be the biggest race of my career, says Michael Jamieson
Read Metro The 25-year-old was one of the few British swimmers to shine at the Games, where he won 200metres breaststroke silver, one of just three medals won by Team GB in the pool. Like many athletes, he said 2013 was hard, but that Glasgow 2014, for whom the Scot is an ambassador, enabled him…
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Babies learn survival swimming
See Fox25 Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under 5, which is why more parents are choosing to start swimming lessons early. Some are starting even before their kids can walk. One program here in the metro promises to teach babies and toddlers how to save themselves should they fall into a…
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Robbie Renwick: I might be an underdog but I’ll do everything I can to win gold at Glasgow 2014
Read Herald Scotland Renwick, 26, from Glasgow, won gold in the 200m freestyle at the 2010 games in Dehli and now hopes to repeat his winning performance in his home city. Talking about his journey to the Games in a video for Strathmore, official water supplier of Glasgow 2014, he said: “I might be an…
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Video: Chad le Clos Wanted to be a Soccer Star
See Penguin SA Olympic champion swimmer Chad le Clos, whose memoir Unbelievable! is out now, reveals that he would have chosen to be a South African soccer star. In an interview with SABC News, Le Clos’ dad, Bert, who played youth football with current Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund, recalls how his son started out playing football, and…
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Olympic swimmer Neil Brooks vindicated in fraud allegations
Read The Sydney Morning Herald Australian Olympic gold medal swimmer Neil Brooks and his wife Elle Brooks have won the first step in a bid to clear their names of fraud allegations. Optus Mobile, the publisher of the OptusZoo online magazine has settled with the Brooks’ on Thursday over claims arising out of false and…
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Barry Murphy Swim Clinic with Dolphin Swim Club at Mayfield, Cork
Irish Olympian Barry Murphy, gives an in-depth breakdown of breaststroke and freestyle as well as starts, turns and finishes. The stroke clinic starts with a full stroke demo, then broke the strokes down and progressively built it back up with a series of drills. After the clinic, Barry gave a motivational talk on what it…