Month: June 2017
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Netanya 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships – Day 3
Hungary’s Milak cracks World Junior Record, Britain lands double Hungary’s Kristof Milak’s thrashed the World Junior Record and hit the second place on the FINA World Rankings in the 200m fly on Day 3 at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya. Hungary added three more golds, including Ajna Kesely’s 4th title in three days…
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Day 2 | Scottish National Open Championships 2017
Final session action of the #SNOC17 from Aberdeen Sports Village.
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Netanya 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships – Day 2
Russians start to rock Team Russia began dominating as happened a couple of times in the previous editions of the European Junior Swimming Championships. After a modest opening day they amassed three titles and got three more medals. In the mixed free relay the Hungarians set a new European Junior Record.
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Day 1 | Scottish National Open Championships 2017
Final session action from Day 1 of the #SNOC17 from Aberdeen Sports Village.
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Netanya 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships – Day 1
Five-medal opening for the Hungarians Hungary kicked off the European Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya with two golds, two silvers and a bronze but even more remarkably nations without too much experience in enjoying swimming glory, like Serbia, Ireland and Turkey, could also celebrate fine wins.
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Lilly King after Rio Olympics: stressed by fame, bored by swimming, getting bad grades
Lilly King was called into a meeting to discuss poor grades. Turns out those grades were symptomatic of a larger issue. Lilly King, the indomitable swim heroine of the Rio Olympics, was having trouble with the aftermath. School was hard. Celebrity was annoying. Racing was dull. Practice was drudgery. “She started talking, and it all…
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FrogLog: Animal Escape Ramp for Swimming Pools
Having a swimming pool is a super fun way to stay cool during the summer. For the small animals living in your backyard, however, it can be a death trap. Wildlife biologist Rich Mason is out to change that with his simple, yet ingenious invention – the FrogLog. “In June of 2004, good friends who…
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Move over, blood doping; cyclists might be “poop doping†soon
To be a professional cyclist, one must have guts, microbiologist Lauren Peterson says, and she doesn’t just mean that in the metaphorical sense. Peterson, herself a pro endurance mountain biker, has discovered that the most elite athletes in the sport have a certain microbiome living in their intestines that allow them to perform better, and…
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Two Elephants Quickly Spring Into Action to Rescue a Baby Elephant From Drowning
When a tiny baby elephant unexpectedly fell into the water during a poolside stroll at the Seoul Grand Park Zoo, the calf’s frantic adult walking companion and another nearby elephant sprung into quick collaborative action to rescue the little pachyderm from drowning. The two grown elephants entered confidently into the water and quickly walked the little one…