Month: March 2016
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Olympic swimmer, Daniel Kowalski, on being a gay athlete
Australian Olympic swimmer, Daniel Kowalski, speaks about being a gay athlete at the 2016 Sydney Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras Film Festival, with a panel of Australian elite LGBT athletes, 28 Feb 2016, at the screening of LGBT sports documentary “Out to Win”. Fellow Panelists included Matthew Mitcham, Sally Shipard, Ian Thorpe, Shelly Gorman-Sandie and…
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Winter Festival Argentina 2015
El International Winter Swimming Festival 2015 fue organizado por SWIM ARGENTINA. https://youtu.be/8__C0ue1n2c
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Swim Ireland must learn lesson from Gráinne Murphy debacle
Now in what seemed just the blink of an eye, she’s already the past – or at least swimming for her is. That Gráinne Murphy never got to really be or have the present is something of a sporting and personal tragedy that only she and her family and inner circle will truly know and…
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Australian man tosses pet snake during public swim
Visitors at an Australian creek witnessed a man tossing a snake back and watching it slither back as the two went for a swim. Musician Indy Davies of Brisbane shared video of the man and his pet carpet python to Instagram, as he repeatedly tossed the snake while drinking a beer at Tallebudgera Beach in Queensland. “There’s…
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‘Groping Guards’ patrol Swedish swimming pools to protect women against refugees
A group of female 20-somethings in Kalmar, Sweden, have taken it upon themselves to patrol the local swimming pools in efforts to protect women from sexual attacks by migrant men. “We are tired of men thinking they can come to Sweden and molest women when all we want is to be left in peace to…
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For a Natural, Swimming Isn’t Always Easy
The calm, clear water beckoned Caeleb Dressel, who stripped to his swimsuit and jumped into an unoccupied lane for the 6-and-under boys’ 25-yard freestyle race. Upon reaching the other side of the pool, he climbed out of the water and cried: “I won a medal! I won a medal!†In the stands, his mother, Christina,…
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Aussie Sharks water polo vs Italy
The Australian men’s water polo team, featuring a number of #teamnswis athletes, take on current Olympic silver medalists Italy, in Sydney harbour in Water Polo by the Sea
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Swimisodes – Freestyle Swim Technique – Body Rotation
Body Rotation is one of the key ingredients to a fast freestyle swim technique. At The Race Club, we believe a swimmer should rotate the shoulders maximally during most races. One of the most important drills we have found in teaching swimmers how to rotate their body for freestyle swim technique is the body rotation…
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The Bully Project – Former Olympic Swimmer Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe will host a confronting new series aimed at tackling the issue of bullying by taking audiences to the frontline. The project is looking for Queenslanders to get involved. https://youtu.be/MthNiJvpKOM