Year: 2014
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Why many headlines on Michael Phelps’ girlfriend aren’t accurate
One of the world’s most famous athletes Michael Phelps has quite the history of making headlines away from the pool, but his latest venture into the spotlight involves his girlfriend and a seemingly unnecessary debate over whether she was born a man or woman. Taylor Lianne Chandler told Radar Online she was born with both sets of…
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Stockton teacher charged, put on leave after struggle with student
A Stockton Unified School District physical education teacher is facing a charge of corporal injury to a child, and is on paid leave, after video surfaced of him trying to force a 14-year-old girl into a pool during a P.E. class. Denny Peterson, employed by the school district for more than 10 years, is seen…
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Legendary SA swimmers relay for Movember
The idea for the relay came out of the teammate’s support of Harris, a testicular cancer survivor who has been in remission for 3 years. “We wanted to come up with a fun way to show our support for those who suffer from testicular and prostate cancer, to raise awareness for Movember and men’s health…
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Live Timing and Stream From the 2014 Danish Short Course Champs
Thursday 20th until Sunday 23rd 2014, the Danish Swimming Federation organise the Danish Short Course Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, with live timing here on livetiming.dk and live stream here on dr.dk Event Landing Page Start Lists Live Timing Live Stream Results Key Terms Frisvømning = Freestyle Rygsvømning = Backstroke Brystsvømning = Breaststroke Butterfly = Butterfly…
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Live Timing and Stream From the 2014 Swedish Short Course Champs
Wednesday 19th until Sunday 23rd 2014, the Swedish Swimming Federation organise the Swedish Short Course Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, with live timing and live stream here on livetiming.se Event Landing Page Start Lists Live Timing Live Stream Results Key Terms Frisim = Freestyle Ryggsim = Backstroke Bröstsim = Breaststroke Fjärilsim = Butterfly Medley = Medley Damer…
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Live Timing and Stream From the 2014 Finnish Short Course Champs
Wednesday 19th until Sunday 23rd 2014, the Finnish Swimming Association and Cetus are organising the Finnish Short Course Championships in Espoo, Finland, with live timing and live stream here on livetiming.fi Event Landing Page Start Lists Live Timing Live Stream Results Key Terms Vapaauinti = Freestyle Selkäuinti = Backstroke Rintauinti = Breaststroke Perhosuinti = Butterfly…
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The 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Ticketing Launch
Aussie swimmers Emma McKeon, Tommy Fraser-Holmes, Emily Seebohm and Aussie water polo player Ed Slade launched the 2015 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series on Monday 10 November in the Perth CBD – See Australia v China, Japan and the mighty USA on Jan 30 & 31 at HBF Stadium outdoor 10 lane pool – tickets…
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James Magnussen at loggerheads with Swimming Australia over his choice of coaches
James Magnussen’s war with Swimming Australia has gone public after the sport’s bosses rubbished the world champion’s decision to ignore their advice and choose little known swim coaches Mitch and Lach Falvey to guide his pursuit of 2016 Rio Olympic gold. As revealed by The Courier-Mail last month, Magnussen was at loggerheads with head coach…
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Wausau 9-year-old swimmer stars in documentary promo
A 9-year-old competitive swimmer from Wausau born with hand and feet deformities is helping promote a documentary that highlights the power of the mind in athletic performance. Sydney Wagman was born with polysyndactyly, a congenital condition in which some of the fingers in her hands were fused, and the bones in her toes are malformed…