Year: 2016
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Dirigo Stories: Classmates help immigrant students learn to swim
On a cold day in Portland, the water’s warm at the YMCA. It’s great news for the group of Casco Bay High School students taking their swim test. “Swimming is a life skill. It’s a life-saving skill, and it’s essential,” said Grant Gerber, a junior on the swim team at Husson University. Gerber returned to…
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Lana Del Rey and Father John Misty Go for a Swim in Trippy New ‘Freak’ Video
Having a rough day and meditation just isn’t cutting it? Then I suggest checking out Lana Del Rey’s new video for “Freak,†off her 2015 album “Honeymoon,†for a touch of inner peace. Word of warning: You’ll need about 11 minutes of your time to watch the clip, which Del Rey released late Tuesday night. See…
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Swim star Cameron McEvoy says passing up chance to train with Michael Phelps a great decision
Cameron McEvoy believes passing up the rare chance to go head-to-head with Olympic legend Michael Phelps may be the best decision he has made as he chases gold in Rio. McEvoy, 21, had the chance to head to America to train with and race 18-time Olympic gold medallist Phelps at the US winter titles, and…
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Cameron van der Burgh older but wiser
Cameron van der Burgh, who is preparing to compete at his third Olympics at the Rio Games, joked yesterday that he’s getting old after finding himself surrounded by new young faces at a weekend gala. “There were all these kids and I didn’t know who they were. “I was thinking ‘where did they come from’?…
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Gregory Burns interviews world record freediver Christian Redl
Gregory Burns interview with world record holder free diver Christian Redl who shares his passion for diving and sharks.
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Swimming Education In Finland in the 1960s
Filmed by my father, Bengt Lagus in the 1960´s, I have edited the material. The water temperature was something between 15-18 degrees Celsius this day and it felt really cold for the children, also the air temperature was below 20 C.. The swimming “school” was in Luvia (Verkkoranta) Finland. I have also in the early…
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First-years swimming gala on the University of the Free State’s Bloemfontein Campus
It was fun in the sun at the annual swimming gala held on 5 February 2016. Residences showed off their colours and cheered their swimmers to victory.
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Swimming 101 with Flat Hat Sports
Sports Editors Sumner Higginbotham ’16 and Nick Cipolla ’17 make a splash in the Campus Recreation pool to see if their swimming skills hold any water.