Month: December 2015
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Manitoba Bisons swimmer doing it all and doing it well
She’s one of Canada’s top swimmers, having caught the country’s attention with countless university titles. But Kimberly Moors’ biggest fan isn’t that big at all. “She’s my world,†said the 29-year-old while talking about her daughter. “I love her. I can’t imagine my life without her.†On top of being a student-athlete with the Manitoba…
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Underwater Cave Diving Is A Job
Environmental anthropologist Kenny Broad and his team go underwater and underground to explore caves. “When things go great in cave diving, there’s nothing more spectacular in the world,†Broad says. “Then I get to the surface and I get to think about the problem of what did we learn, and how can it help us…
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Team Speedo video ǀ Interview with swimmer Michael Jamieson
Go behind the scenes with Team Speedo athlete, Michael Jamieson, and find out more about the Olympic silver medallist. Including his favourite swimming destination, cartoon choice and which sport he enjoys away from the pool.
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Princess Anne swim team mysteriously sick after meet at Maury High
Parents of students at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach want to know what got their kids sick Thursday night. They tell 10 On Your Side more than half of the Princess Anne swim team got sick Thursday night during a meet at Maury High School in Norfolk. Swimmers say as soon as they…
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Black People Can’t Swim – Is It True?
A common stereotype about black people is that they can’t swim! We did a series of tests with people of all races to prove once and for all if the worst swimmers are black. Find out if it’s true in this weeks episode!
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Swimming is England’s favourite sport, but numbers are falling
ASA writes The latest Sport England Active People Survey figures show that over 2.5 million adults continue to enjoy swimming each week. The statistics also show that over the last six months there has been a five per cent growth in open water swimming, and over 250,000 adults have improved their swimming ability through teaching…
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Banned swimmer Park Tae-hwan to return home from Japan training
Suspended former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan is scheduled to return home on Saturday from a Japanese training camp with hopes of competing in next year’s Summer Games still up in the air, informed sources said Friday. Park, serving a doping ban, began training in Japan in September, after struggling to find proper facilities at…
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Ranomi Kromowidjojo equals own 50 free world record at 2015 Duel in the Pool
The Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo, who equaled her own world record in the women’s 50m free with a time of 23.24, was named Speedo Female Athlete of the Meet. See USA Swimming
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Matt Grevers breaks 100 back world record at 2015 Duel in the Pool
Olympic champion Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.) set a short-course meters world record in the 100-meter backstroke and Team USA swimmers totaled nine American records Saturday to clinch a seventh consecutive Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool title, 155-107, over Europe at the Indiana University Natatorium. Grevers, who set an American record leading off…