Month: January 2017
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The Top Five Common Pool Maintenance Mistakes
Guest post by Keith Sandoval / MKM Pool Spa There are few places where a swimmer feels more at home than in the pool. We wake up at the crack of dawn to head to morning practice. We spend our afternoons making waves in the chlorinated waters, and we spend our weekends at day-long meets,…
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Windsor 2016 Highlight Video // Vidéo des meilleurs moments Windsor 2016
A few weeks ago we took on the world in Windsor! We had some incredible moments while competing on home soil! Check out this highlight video and let us know what your favourite Canadian memory was from FINA Windsor 2016
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Rio Moment: Own It – Lilly King
A newsmaker in the pool and outside of it at the Rio Olympics, Lilly King was outspoken with her opinion against performance enhancing drugs. The 19-year old took a public stand against her top competitor, putting additional pressure on herself in her first Olympics appearance. Undaunted, the Indiana University sophomore set off a celebration for…
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Dolphin Kick Drill with Chloe Sutton
This quick drill is to work on your body undulations in your underwater dolphin kicks and in your butterfly. Feel a chest press and then feel the wave travel through your body. You should get power out of the upwards and downwards kicks.
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‘World’s bravest duck’ plays with tiger at Australian zoo
A wild duck plays with a Sumatran tiger for fun at Symbio Wildlife Park, Australia. The duck appears to be enjoying the pool in the tiger sanctuary far too much to be worried about Jular, the 126kg male tiger. Just when Jular thinks he’s in for a tasty meal, the duck dips under the surface…
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Ex-Drury University swimmer says hazing ended athletic career
A former swimmer at a university in southwestern Missouri says hazing that he and others endured during his freshman year left him with physical and mental injuries that ended his athletic career. The allegations from Evan Petrich, 20, were confirmed Monday night by Drury University director of athletics Mark Fisher, who said during a news…
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This desolate English path has killed more than 100 people
The Broomway is known as the most perilous path in Britain – and is a favourite walk of writer Robert Macfarlane, who describes it in this adaptation from his book The Old Ways. Read BBC Photo by Liz Henry
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Comeback Rio Moment – Anthony Ervin
Age is truly just a number for Anthony Ervin, one he chooses to ignore. More important is the number on the board when he touches the wall, especially when it’s “1.†In winning the 50m freestyle sprint at the Rio Olympics by .01 seconds, Ervin became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal.…