Month: July 2016
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Coach: Swimmers Morozov, Lobintsev have never had any doping violations
Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev have never taken performance enhancing drugs. Nonetheless, they have been mentioned in the WADA report (World Anti-Doping Agency) and are now at risk of missing the next month’s Olympics in Rio, head coach of the Russian national swimming team, Sergei Kolmogorov told TASS on Monday. Earlier in the…
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‘Swim At Own Risk’ After Possible Shark Sighting, Duxbury Harbormaster Says
The Duxbury Harbormaster Department said Sunday morning that a shark may have been sighted off of Ocean Road North. WBZ-TV’s Paul Burton reports.
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Blake Pieroni – Meet the USA Swimming Olympic Team 2016
Meet Blake Pieroni, a member of your USA Swimming 2016 Olympic Team representing the stars and stripes in Rio. Blake will be competing in the 4x100m men’s freestyle relay.
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Quick Guide to Olympic Marathon Swimming
Everything you need to know about Olympic Marathon Swimming. A 10km race in open-water, this is another adventure sport. It entered the Olympic Games at Beijing 2008. Watch more Marathon Swimming: http://bit.ly/2a0pV44
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Rio 2016: Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova appeals FINA ban following IOC verdict
The legal battle to compete in next month’s Olympics has begun as Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova was the first to appeal her exclusion from the Rio Games by swimming body FINA, acting on criteria set out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC declined to impose a blanket ban on Russian competitors over state-run…
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First-Time Olympic Swimmer Simone Manuel Is Perfectly Nicknamed ‘Swimone’
Simone Manuel is heading in to her first Olympics next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and based on her nickname, it was her destiny. Before the 19-year-old was a Stanford University student preparing for her first Olympics, she was on a club swim team, where one of the parents of a fellow swimmer nicknamed…
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Why Olympian Natalie Coughlin says swimming is anything but ‘boring’
Being a champion doesn’t mean winning every race. It’s also about character, bouncing back from setbacks, and continuing to move toward your goal. Natalie Coughlin, 33, is a 12-time Olympic medalist, three of them gold, but didn’t make the cut for the Rio Olympic Games in August. “I’m bummed I’m not going to Rio, but…
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Olympian Thomas Fraser-Holmes plays heads or tails at Pacific Fair
Have you always wanted to go head-to-head with an Olympian? Some lucky Pacific Fair shoppers had a go against swimmer and 2016 Australian Olympic Team Coin Program Ambassador Thomas Fraser-Holmes in a game of heads or tails. Tom joined the Mint to present this exciting new collection, seeing a coin transform into a medal in…