Year: 2016
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Swimming lessons help with childrens’ maths results, study finds
Swimming classes help middle class children boost their maths grades, a study by UCL has revealed. Children who take part in organised sports and physical activitieswere one and a half times more likely to reach higher than expected grades in their maths test at the end primary school at age 11, it found. Researchers claimed that the sense…
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Cesar Cielo misses out on home Olympics
Read Swimming World https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/cesar-cielo-misses-home-olympics-bruno-fratus-italo-duarte-claim-50-free-spots/ https://youtu.be/KapfGhgfA0E
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Daniel Dias wins 2016 Laureus Sports Award
Brazilian swimmer Daniel Dias won the 2016 Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability on Monday (18 April) during a glittering ceremony in Berlin, Germany. Allianz, a world-wide partner of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), was an official partner of the 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards. Dias won seven gold…
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SwimJitsu – A Fun Introduction to Swimming
Creating a unique and fun introduction to launch newcomers to swimming, USA Swimming has developed SwimJitsu – a new grow-the-sport program that combines swimming, inflatable obstacles and cannonballs. SwimJitsu is an in-water obstacle course that includes a series of entry-level swimming skills stages and 10 entertaining tasks. Participants become “swimjas†(a combination of swimming and ninja)…
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360° Tour: The “Devil’s Pool†at Victoria Falls
Straddling the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, this legendary waterfall is among the biggest and most awe-inspiring on the planet. Take a 360° ride over the jaw-dropping cliffs at Victoria Falls.
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Freediving Nemo 33
Freedivers Solenn Launay, Nancy Gibson and Stig Pryds recently came on a trip with http://www.aquacityfreediving.com/ to Nemo33, a 33 meter deep pool in Brussels, to play in the deep end.
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James Guy tells the difference between a good and a great swimmer
Find out what James Guy listens to before a big race, the difference between a good and a great swimmer, and his advice for young swimmers. https://youtu.be/Xirm0piB9BQ