Year: 2016
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SA swimmer Theodore Yach completed his 100th Open Water Swim
South African endurance swimmer, Theodore Yach has completed his 100th Open Water Swim from Robben Island to the mainland. Yach completed Monday’s swim in just over three hours in difficult conditions. He previously successfully crossed the English Channel.
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Pro Windsurfer Daniel Bruch Takes On the Icy Waves of the Faroe Islands
My experience windsurfing in the Faroe Islands is something that will stick with me forever. For starters, the place is utterly beautiful. Everywhere you look seems like it was taken right from post card. However, I must admit that I wasn’t prepared for the arctic conditions. It was brutal, to say the very least. The…
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Schooling’s self-belief a fine weapon to have on a Phelps planet
On a broken knee a gymnast competes. An obsessed wrestler keeps his rival’s picture in his locker, his home, his wallet. A runner races till he falls unconscious. These are not normal people. These are the Olympians. These are people like John Naber, old-time backstroke specialist from the 1970s, who – as rower Steve Redgrave…
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Russian doping scandal spreads to wrestling, sports minister prepared to quit
Russia’s sports minister said on Tuesday he was prepared to resign over a raging doping scandal in his country which could cost more Russian athletes their places at the Rio Olympics after “tens” more cases of cheating were exposed in wrestling. Russian wrestlers may now join the country’s track-and-field athletes in being barred from competing…
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Ashley Adamson dives into synchronized swimming with the Cardinal
Synchronized swimming is more than just floating and dancing in water. Pac-12 Network’s Ashley Adamson learned the hard way after joining the Stanford synchronized swimming team for practice.
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USA: Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova vows to fight doping accusations
Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova said in a self-recorded statement from Los Angeles, Monday, that she still hopes to compete in the Rio summer Olympic Games despite failing a doping test for meldonium. SOT, Yulia Efimova, Russian Olympic swimmer (Russian): “Dear friends! I think that you have already heard that I tested positive for doping. This…
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The Race Club Swimisodes – Breaststroke Kick – Speed Drill
Swimmers of all ages and abilities come from all over the world to the Race Club swim camps to improve their swimming technique. Join us! http://theraceclub.com/swim-camps/
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Efimova admits meldonium use, when it was not illegal
Russia’s titled swimmer, four-time world champion Yuliya Yefimova has admitted that she has tested positive for meldonium (sold under the brand name Mildronate) that was banned starting January 1, 2016. However, she used this medication for medical reasons, the athlete said on Monday on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. “The blood samples taken from me…