Month: October 2016
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LIVE | Day 2 – FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 #9 Hong Kong
Watch live on the FINA YouTube Channel: The final day of the last event of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 in Hong Kong.
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LIVE | Day 1 – FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 #9 Hong Kong
Watch live on the FINA YouTube Channel: Day 1 of the last event of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 in Hong Kong.
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Ranking the World’s Toughest Outdoor Sports
“Swimming is 20 percent physical endurance and 80 percent mental endurance,†says Elizabeth Fry, one of four swimmers ever to have completed the Double Triple Crown—twice swimming the English Channel, Catalina Channel, and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim. In addition to the tremendous exposure these athletes face—and the mental and physical challenges that exposure presents—Fry…
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Alia Atkinson 28.64 and World Record in the 50m SC Breaststroke
Four-time Olympian Alia Atkinson of Jamaica set a new World Record in the 50m breast on Day 2 of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup in Tokyo, earlier this week. Atkinson established a new time of 28.64, previously kept by Jessica Hardy of the United States (28.80), making here the female top scorer of the Tokyo…
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Wada reveals up to 50% of drug tests at 2016 Olympic Games had to be aborted
A Wada report into the anti-doping operation employed at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has criticised “serious failingsâ€, with up to half of all planned drug tests aborted on some days because the athletes could not be found. The 55-page World Anti-Doping Agency Independent Observers report accused the management team in the Rio 2016 anti-doping…
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Michael Phelps Stars In ‘Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s Hilarious Live-Action Trailer
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and comedian Danny McBride take center stage in the new live-action trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The trailer, directed by Peter Berg, is called “Screw It, Let’s Go To Space†and satirizes the year’s incredibly negative news cycle. Read Forbes https://youtu.be/_87zvl0LcEg
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LIVE | Day 2 – FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 #8 Tokyo
Watch live on the FINA YouTube Channel: Day 2 of the 8th event of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 in Tokyo (Japan).
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LIVE | Day 1 – FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 #8 Tokyo
Watch live on the FINA YouTube Channel: Day 1 of the 8th event of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 in Tokyo (Japan).
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Mental Toughness Tips for Swimmers
Guest post by Chelsea Watterston / Premier Pools The term ‘mental toughness’ refers to the resolve not to quit. Specifically, it’s the mental force that helps you stay on track and focus on maintaining perfect form even when your lungs and muscles are about to give up on you. This is what certain sports fans…