Year: 2016
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How to use the Arena Swim Keel
The arena Swim Keel is a multi functional tool, designed to be used by beginners or advanced swimmers, as either a kickboard or a pull-buoy. Listen as Igor Bonnet, Category Manager of Equipment for arena explains how to use it.
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Solo swimmer Mike Gregory completes epic 60km swim from Geelong to Brighton
A determined solo swimmer dubbed “the tractor†has completed an epic 60km swim from Geelong to Brighton. Mike Gregory and two other swimmers set off from the sea baths in Corio Bay on Friday afternoon, but only Mr Gregory made the distance, stepping ashore in Brighton yesterday afternoon after 22 hours and 35 minutes in…
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Autopsy shows Dartmouth College swimmer had rare heart condition
Autopsy results show a rare heart condition contributed to a Dartmouth College swimmer’s accidental death at a Florida pool. Tate Ramsden of Nashville, Tennessee, died Dec. 26. A Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office report said the 21-year-old was swimming laps underwater when he went into distress. An autopsy report released Friday by Dr. Russell Vega, chief…
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Why a place to swim and relax along Hong Kong’s iconic harbour isn’t such a bad idea
It’s verging on criminal to allow a public asset as glorious as Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour to be used for little more than water traffic. Harbourside plans have been much talked about and an authority to oversee development has been proposed, but it could yet be years before any of its ideas come to fruition.…
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Lightning policy could cost Aquatic Center large swim meet
As if we didn’t already have enough drama surrounding the Columbus Aquatic Center, Jeff Pischko, head swimming coach for the Columbus Hurricanes, tells me he’s afraid the city is about to lose a huge swim meet. […] So what’s the problem? It’s shocking, you might say. The people with Georgia Swimming, which controls such meets,…
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Aqua Swim Team Brings Home 2016 Junior Olympic Championship Title
The Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA) Swim Team dominated the 2016 Metropolitan Swimming Junior Olympics March 11 to March 13, bringing home the overall team title as well as the combined 11-12 and 13-14 age group titles. AGUA swimmers rose to the occasion, snapping meet-favorite Long Island Aquatic Club’s (LIAC), 15-year winning streak. Read Asphalt Green
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Ger Kennedy’s Ice Hole Diving in Yakutsk, Russia’s Siberia
Ger Kennedy is an Irish cold swimmer. He arrived in Yakutsk, Russia’s Siberia, on March 5th, 2016, in the early morning and we went to the place called Elanka on the Lena River. 2,5 hr by car. After, he swam 52 m under the ice. The temp of water under the ice was -1C. Air…
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Michael Phelps promotes swim instruction in Arizona
Michael Phelps continued to expand his reach in his new Arizona home Saturday with appearances at two Arizona State campuses to promote Pitchfork Aquatics Swim School. Pitchfork Aquatics is the first Arizona licensee of the Michael Phelps Swimming program, which teaches safety, fitness and performance. Read AZCentral
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Taking the plunge: Omar tries free-diving in frigid waters of ice-covered quarry
I get to Morrison’s Quarry in Chelsea, Que., just north of Ottawa, on a cold and blustery day. It feels like – 21 with the wind chill, and Philip Beauchamp is chainsawing a portal into the icy water below. We’re about to jump in. This is an extreme sport. Free-diving means no air supply —…