Year: 2016
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Aqua-batic: Underwater Pole Dancing Reveals The Elegance Of The Sport
Pole dancers show off their AQUA-batic skills as they run through their routines underwater. Professional photographer Brett Stanley, 40, set out to capture the grace of the dancers’ moves when taken out of the context of a strip club. The elegant images feature a mixture of amateur pole dancers and novices keen on grappling with…
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FINA releases statement following Times story on doping in Russian swimming
FINA is aware of the allegations made in today’s Times, and that further allegations may be made in the coming days. We have called on the Times to share with us any information they may have which might assist us in our primary objective of protecting clean athletes in swimming. Any new allegations of doping…
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Systematic drug use in Russian swimming, says The Times
Russia has undertaken systematic doping in swimming for years, the Times newspaper said on Wednesday, as the nation battles a drugs problem that could prevent the country’s track and field squad from competing at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The English newspaper said its investigation had unearthed “systematic” drug use in the sport, where more…
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Wichita to close half of pools by 2023, replace 4 with water playgrounds
After being allotted $18 million for improvements, the City of Wichita’s Parks and Recreation Department has outlined a 7-year plan for its aquatics facilities. The city currently owns ten aquatics parks, including a swimming pool at Edgemoor Park that has been closed due to maintenance issues since 2012. In a plan that was presented to…
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How Swimming Changed My Life
Guest post by AJ Earley Some of my earliest memories are of the municipal pool in Meridian, Idaho. Sometimes my grandparents would babysit us during the summer, and my grandfather would take me to the pool with him when he taught the Red Cross lifeguard class.
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Ice swimming Rovaniemi 2016 March
First time ice-swimming (actually just a quick dip) https://youtu.be/apPBS0IE740
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KKM swimming comp promotes water safety
NgÄ Kura Kaupapa MÄori Aho Matua in Auckland gathered today to compete in an inter-school swim meet. With MÄori over-represented in drowning statistics, it was an opportunity to showcase the positive steps MÄori communities are taking to reduce these statistics.
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Rebecca Adlington officially opens the Giant Otter reserve at YWP
Team GB Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington OBE cuts the red ribbon at Yorkshire Wildlife Park’s new Giant Otter reserve. See more at www.YWPFoundation.com
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Can you swim? Learn to swim with Fusion Lifestyle.
1 in 5 adults in the UK can’t swim and, as it’s the only sport that can save your life, we are on a mission to change that! Fusion Lifestyle is offering 1:1 free adult assessments in all our centres and free swim school assessments for children of all ages who want to learn how…