Year: 2016
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Michael Phelps returns to swim in Orlando for first time in 12 years
The last time that Michael Phelps competed in Orlando, he had yet to capture any of his record 22 Olympic medals. He was a golden boy in waiting, so to speak. “Two thousand and four, nationals, I just missed the 200 back world record,” Phelps said. “I think it was 1:55:12 or 15, and I…
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The Nominees for the 2016 Laureus Awards are…
A glittering collection of the world’s greatest sports stars have been nominated for the 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards, following a ballot by the world’s media. Including Adam Peaty, Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps and Daniel Dias.
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Pro Surfer/Freediver Tags Elusive Hammerhead Sharks
Mark Healey might be part fish. The pro big-wave surfer can hold his breath underwater for six minutes. He once swam with a great white shark, hanging onto its dorsal fin. And recently, the freediver got up close and personal with overfished sharks off the coast of Japan so he could tag them for scientists.…
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Sweden’s swimming pool vigilantes accused of neo-Nazi links
The 24-year-old bottle blonde behind Sweden’s bikini-clad ‘grope-watch’ vigilantes has been accused of spurring fear and racism at the pool where she launched her campaign, with the manager saying staff have received a deluge of hate mail since she began last month. Meanwhile, the Telegraph has learnt that the co-founder of the group’s Stockholm spin-off…
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Revived swimmer Roanne eyes redemption
A serious medical ailment has almost certainly ended Roanne Ho’s dreams of competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. But the swimmer is firmly on the road to recovery, and the mighty scare may just be the catalyst that re-ignites the spark to win more medals for Singapore. It has now been…
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Forbes Names Swimming Icon Katinka Hosszú Hungary’s Most Valuable Sport Star
Hungary’s swimming legend Katinka Hosszú is the most valuable sport star of the country, according to Forbes. The World and European Championships winner swimmer star, nicknamed “Iron Ladyâ€, will feature on the top of the list published in the magazine’s March edition. This is the 25th time Forbes makes such a list about Hungarians sport…
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TritonWear – Live Speed and Stroke Efficiency Data From Entire Team With Zero Effort
TritonWear develops wearable technology that enables better coaching – which creates superior athletes. TritonWear has developed a small, non-invasive unit that connects to the back of a swimmers goggle strap to calculate 15 key performance metrics for each athlete and sends that data to a coaches tablet in real time for every athlete in the…
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The Université De Lausanne Launches New Course Focusing on AntiDoping
The objective of this MOOC is to encourage a critical understanding of doping. To achieve this goal, this course will rely on a multidisciplinary approach that allow you to see how different disciplines approach a single object, in different perspectives and in often complementary ways. This approach will also allow us to appreciate the complexity…
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Maria Lenk 2016 Rio Test Event Details Released, Location To Be Determined
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