Year: 2016
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The Fairytale of Rio | Rio 2016
Was it just a dream? Or maybe a fairytale? The Rio 2016 Olympic Games gave us so many unforgetable moments that it can make fans wonder.
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Orca frolics with a swimmer in rare, kinda dangerous close encounter
Nope, this isn’t a scene out of Free Willy. It’s actually taking place in the Army Bay, New Zealand, where a kayaker casually jumped out of his vessel to hang out with a curious orca on Monday. Tim Stewart is said daring kayaker, who told the NZ Herald he went down to the ocean after…
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Live Stream from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Around 680 hours of coverage from 13 sports will be live streamed on 15 HD channels on the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) website Paralympic.org during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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Brock Turner case: Mob justice isn’t enough
Brock Turner, widely known as the ‘Stanford Rapist,’ was convicted of sexual assault, and yet he only served 3 months of jail time. This lenient sentence has outraged many, and public opinion around the case has been harsh against both Brock Tuner and the judge who sentenced him.
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Enjoying with my friends at the Aquatics Centre | Teresa Perales
The IPC is partnering with its Worldwide Paralympic Partner Samsung to provide 30 leading athletes the chance to record exclusive behind-the-scenes video blogs during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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ÖTILLÖ The Swimrun World Championship 2016
ÖTILLÖ is a unique race in a unique place. It is the origin of the Swimrun movement where teams of two race together from island to island (Ö till Ö). The teams swim between the 26 islands and run over them. The total distance is 75 kilometres of which 10 km are open-water swimming and…
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Lifeguards assist more than 300 during Waikiki Roughwater Swim
Ocean safety officials said they brought in more than 300 swimmers who were either too tired to finish the course or make it to shore on their own.
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Australian para-swimming team strive to be their best at Rio
The Australian para-swimming team are striving to be their best for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Listen to their amazing story.