Month: February 2017
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Video: Japan’s Ippei Watanabe 2:06.67 and new 200 breaststroke world record
Ippei Watanabe – who smashed the 200-meter breaststroke world record in Tokyo on Jan. 29 – has revealed that improved lower body strength was a key factor behind breaking the world record. The 19-year-old swimmer, who managed to chalk up an unprecedented time of 2 minutes and 6.67 seconds during the Kosuke Kitajima Cup at…
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Living Stronger: 75-year-old swimmer inspiring others with her drive and passion
Six days a week, at 5:30 in the morning, you’ll find 75-year-old DeEtte Sauer swimming a total of 120 laps at a Houston aquatic center. Sauer admits that when she first started swimming, she felt like a fish out of water. “It was horrible, I quit in the middle of the first lap,†she said.…
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Why the legendary Maracana now looks like a ghost stadium
It is one of the most famous stadiums in the world and was a showpiece venue for the Rio Olympics, but six months on from the Summer Games the iconic Maracana looks more ghostly than glitzy. The usual bustle of rowdy football fans is nowhere to be seen. Daily tours to the world-renowned landmark have…
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Olympics: Tokyo 2020 asks public to donate old phones for medals
Tokyo Olympic organisers on Wednesday called on the Japanese public to donate old smartphones and other old electronic devices to help make medals for the 2020 Games. In a push to give the Olympics an environmentally friendly hue, Tokyo’s organising committee is aiming to collect eight tonnes of gold, silver and bronze at recycling bins…
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Adidas Parley: Upcycling Ocean Waste Into Cutting-Edge Performance Swimwear
Adidas has today unveiled its SS17 Parley swim range made from Parley Ocean Plastic and featuring up-cycled ocean plastic made from used fishing nets and debris intercepted in coastal areas and converted into technical yarn fibres such as Econyl®, a recycled Polyamide yarn. https://youtu.be/rheJCzhHEAk
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Rio Moment: Rise Up – Ryan Murphy
American male backstroke swimmers have swept the 100m and 200m races in the Olympics since 1996. After unseating both 2012 Olympic champs at the U.S. Olympic Trials, Ryan Murphy grabbed hold of the legacy and didn’t let go once landing in Rio. He topped the podium and set an Olympic record in the 100m backstroke…
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Rio Moment: David Plummer – Perseverance
Narrowly missing an Olympics berth in 2012 by 12-hundredths of a second, Plummer nearly left the sport but came back strong in search of his first Olympic berth. En route to becoming the oldest Olympic rookie in American swimming history, the 30-year old got married and had two children (including a son six weeks old…
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