Month: April 2015
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Swimming To Lose Belly Fat
Swimming is considered one of the best sports to improve overall health, increase muscle tone and get rid of unwanted pounds once and for all. For all these reasons, this video will focus on the great benefits of swimming to burn body fat; I will also show you the best two exercises to burn stored…
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Sun Yang: “I do trust Park Tae-hwan”
Olympic and world champion Sun Yang said on Sunday that he will miss South Korea’s star swimmer Park Tae Hwan, who received a doping ban, at the Kazan worlds in July. “I think I will miss him,” said Sun after winning the men’s 800-meter free at the National Swimming Championships, which also serves as the…
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India Need to Bid for Olympics to Inspire People: Mark Spitz
Nine-time Olympic champion swimmer Mark Spitz feels India need to bid for the Summer Games to inspire their people to take up sport and become a sporting nation. Spitz, who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, said there is lack of competition in India and also socio-economic factors have stopped…
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Safe swimming practices can save lives as pools open
Swimming can be a great recreational sport to relax, but if you’re thinking about getting into the water this summer, don’t forget to swim safely. Lifeguards at Columbus State University Recreational Center say the warmer weather brings more people into the water, which means they take their jobs even more seriously. They’re also prepared to…
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SA swimmers may have to pay their own way to Kazan
The country’s top swimmers are competing at the SA championships in Durban this week in a bid to qualify for the world gala in Kazan in August. Cash-strapped Swimming SA (SSA) has imposed a tough two-tier qualifying system‚ with the faster time in each event guaranteeing a free ticket and the lesser time a partially…
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Adam Peaty begins road to world championships after stellar 2014
When the European and Commonwealth 100m breaststroke champion Adam Peaty strides to the blocks at the British Championships on Tuesday at London Aquatics Centre he will do so with very different ambitions than those he held a year ago. Peaty’s sole aim then was simply to qualify for the team to swim at the Commonwealth…
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Glenn Snyders peaking as world times needed at NZ swimming championships
Snyders, Lauren Boyle, and Matthew Stanley and expected to lead the charge over the next four days at the West Wave Aquatic Centre in Henderson. Snyders, chasing a third Olympics in Rio, has returned from his base in Los Angeles where he trains under famed American coach Dave Salo in a star-studded programme. The breaststroker,…
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Karin Prinsloo out of the frying pan, into the pool
Recently hit by injury and illness, swimmer Karin Prinsloo heads into the national championships in Durban today undercooked but determined to get the times she needs for the world championships. The gala at the Kings Park pool, from today until Saturday, also serves as the trials for the world championships in Kazan, Russia, in August.…
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Jazz Carlin wants more after 2014 success
The 24-year-old hit top form last year as she romped to Commonwealth, European and British titles in the 800m freestyle, as well as European and British gold and Commonwealth silver in the 400m – lowering her Welsh records over 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle over the course of the season as well. But there is…