Year: 2014
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15 Swimmers to Attempt Extreme Charity Swim Around Cape Point tomorrow
Swim For Hope – Press Release Fifteen swimmers from all walks of life will attempt one of the most extreme open water swimming challenges in South African waters tomorrow, 6 March 2014, in support of the Little Fighters Cancer Trust, a local charity that offers support to children with cancer and their families. The group, headed up by South African…
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2014 Aussie Trials SwimFan Tip for Tuesday – Sydney
Featuring Jess Ashwood, Te Haumi Maxwell, Marieke D’Cruz, Andrew Abood, James Magnussen, Jayden Hadler, Daniel Tranter and Matt Abood.
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Scientists strap cameras on sharks to get a “shark’s eye” view of the sea
See Los Angeles Times Scientists have strapped cameras onto free-swimming sharks, capturing a shark’s-eye view of their underwater world. The footage from 14 tiger sharks, six Galapagos sharks, five sandbar sharks, five bluntnose sixgill sharks and a prickly shark is the first to be taken of sharks, by sharks in their natural environment. One clip…
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2014 Aussie Trials SwimFan Monday Memory – Sydney
Featuring James Magnussen, Daniel Tranter, Jayden Hadler, Jess Ashwood, Matt Abood, Andrew Abood, Te Haumi Maxwell, Marieke D’Cruz
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Legally blind and deaf swimmer providing inspiration at Norwin High School
See CBS Pittsburgh Attend a swim team practice at Norwin High School, and it could be any school in any town – until one swimmer exits the pool, and you notice the white cane. “Some people may be surprised that I swim,†says senior swimmer Hunter McGowan, “but I swim anyhow.†The surprise comes from…
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2014 Australian Trials SwimFan Week – Melbourne
Another week of awesome videos from Swimming Australia, as lead-up to the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships Trials in Brisbane, Tuesday 1 – Sunday 6 April 2014. Monday Memory Tuesday Tips
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Olympic Aquatics Centre opens to Londoners
See BBC Remember when Tom Daley won his Olympic bronze and American swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time? All these memories and more took place under the curved roof of the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park. Eighteen months after the Paralympics the building opens to the public. Jason Rosam…
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Andrea Chelkowski’s 15km swim raises funds for local Coastcare group
Read Herald Sun and everyday hero A nurse and mother of two from Park Beach has completed a gruelling ocean swim to raise money for the community group that cares for the coastline she calls home. Andrea Chelkowski, 35, took four hours to swim from Dodges Ferry to Lauderdale yesterday. […] “I grew up at…