Month: August 2016
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The transgender swimming group that’s changing lives
The familiar smell of chlorinated water. The feeling of cool air against unclothed skin. The cacophony of laughter, splashes and sharp intakes of breath. And, the nervous feeling in the pit of your stomach as you take the plunge. The swimming pool is usually a place where the water makes you feel free and safe.…
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Jimmy Fallon went full Ryan Lochte for his VMAs appearance
Jimmy Fallon pulled out the topical Olympics humor with an oddly placed Ryan Lochte impression during Sunday’s MTV Music Awards. Fallon took the stage donning Lochte’s chlorine-bleached hair and a faux silver medal and presented the award for Video of the Year. See Mashable Phelps was there Michael Phelps' face when Jimmy Fallon came out…
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2016 – Berlin (GER) Live Stream
The second leg of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016, in Berlin, on August 30-31 – will be live streamed, free of charge on FINATv. The competition’s schedule unfolds as follows: Tuesday 30/08/2016 – Day 1 Heats: 09:30, Finals: 17:00 Wednesday 31/08/2016 – Day 2 Heats: 09:30, Finals: 17:00 • 100m Freestyle Men • 200m…
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Kenya disbands Olympics committee over Rio performance handling
Kenya has disbanded its National Olympics Committee (NOC-K) because of the poor handling of the east African country’s team during the Rio Olympics, sports minister Hassan Wario said on Thursday. Wario has set up a committee to investigate the misconduct and will report its findings by September 30. The Directorate of Criminal Investigation has also…
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Guess How Many Zika Cases Showed Up At The Olympics?
Not 1,000. Not 50. Not even 10. Zero. “There have so far been no laboratory confirmed cases of Zika virus in spectators, athletes or anyone associated with the Olympics,” the World Health Organization said Thursday on its website. Now, no cases doesn’t mean no one caught Zika at the Summer Games. About 80 percent of people…
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Swimmer Nick Thomas dies crossing English Channel
A man has died while trying to swim the English Channel. Nick Thomas set off from Dover on Saturday morning and had been swimming for about 16 hours when he got into difficulties, the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation said. He was pulled unconscious from the water on Sunday before being taken to hospital, where…
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Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 50.60 and new 100 IM World Record
At the FINA 2016 World Cup leg in Paris-Chartres today, Russian swimmer Vladimir Morozov broke the 100 meter individual world record, with a time of 50.60 seconds, breaking Markus Deibler’s 50.66 record from Doha in 2014. Read for instance Swimming World, and see the video below
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Bert Kreischer offers Speedo to take over Ryan Lochte’s contract
He will start wearing Speedo’s then, 24/7
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Durban Surf Lifesaving Club presents – 25 Piers swim 2015
25 times around Durbans north beach pier. 7.6 km and what is known as the world’s toughest surf swim race . https://youtu.be/3m9ccUHLHZA