Year: 2014
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Water Activities at Dickson Valley
Whether they’re playing water polo, water volleyball, or just swimming around, kids love having a blast in our lake! Website: dicksonvalley.com Facebook: facebook.com/dicksonvalley Twitter: twitter.com/dvmark
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LumaLanes setting the pace for Olympic swimmers
Swimmers at SwimMAC Carolina, a nonprofit organization where world record holders and Olympians train, are using LumaLanes(tm), a system of computer-controlled pacing lights that, when placed at the pool bottom, show the swimmers their ideal pace. Endorsed by David Marsh, the head coach, CEO and executive director at SwimMAC, the technology behind LumaLanes was developed…
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Haverhill swimming trophy returned after 36 years
It has been 36 years since the Haverhill High School swim team won a state championship and for all of those years the trophy has been missing. Back in 1978 Haverhill didn’t have a trophy case so Coach Tom McCutchan kept it with him. “State championship, I mean that means you’re the best in the…
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Stunning Video Shows Freedivers Swimming With Tiger Sharks
Christina and Eusebio Saenz de Santamaria, who are record-breaking freedivers, went to Tiger Beach in the Bahamas to deep dive with tiger sharks, fulfilling a dream they’ve had for many years. The couple, who live in a small tropical island off Thailand, trained in the Caribbean paradise in June and shot this stunning video of…
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Woman sexually abused by swim coach Chris Huott as a child speaks out
A 2013 sex abuse case involving a D.C.-area swim coach triggered something in Danielle Bostick. It brought back memories of the pain she suffered at the hands of a man who coached her at Fairland Aquatics Center decades ago; she could no longer keep it all in. In 1984, Bostick was a 7-year-old swimmer in…
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Girls defy death at Devil’s Pool, Victoria Falls
As stated here on Wikipedia -Â Devil’s Pool (Victoria Falls), a natural pool at the edge of Victoria Falls, Africa that is occasionally safe for swimming.
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Bull jumps into swimming pool during swim meet in Madhya Pradesh
An unusual participant decided to gate-crash a state-level swimming competition in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur on Monday. Minutes before the event was about to start, a bull managed to gain entry into the premises and jumped inside the pool, even as the shocked organisers looked on. The other contestants, who were practicing in the pool before…
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Defeat in battle to save Coventry’s Olympic-length swimming pool
The final nail was hammered into the coffin of Coventry’s Olympic-length swimming pool as councillors finally voted to shut it down. But hope of retaining a 50m pool somewhere in the city was resurrected after the council agreed to explore the option of building a new 50m pool somewhere else in the city, before the…
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Ian Thorpe’s interview with Parkinson nominated for LBGTI award
His decision to come out polarised the gay community, but now Ian Thorpe’s paid interview with Michael Parkinson will be celebrated at the nation’s premier gay and lesbian awards ceremony. Thorpe’s interview with Parkinson has been nominated for an award at this year’s Honour Awards, an event which recognises outstanding achievements within and contributions to…