Month: July 2017
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Recap Day 11 #FINABudapest2017
The 11th day of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest was full of excitement! Great Britain had a memorable day in the second swimming finals’ session winning two gold medals. Sarah Sjostrom, from Sweden, was the favorite for victory and she didn’t disappoint, touching home for gold in 55.53, a new Championships Record.
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12,000 kids know how to swim thanks to this 99-year-old
Just shy of 100 years old, Bobbie Greenwood was honored by the Winters community — not for her age, but for inspiring swimmers in the community. Greenwood made a splash in the community by starting the swimming program at local schools. See WMUR
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Yusra Mardini, A Young Refugee, Finds Safety in Her New Home
The United Nations Department of Public Information has launched a new animated video on the dramatic story of Yusra Mardini, a young refugee from conflict-torn Syria who achieved her dream to compete in the Olympics last year. Yusra Mardini was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN…
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Michael Phelps vs Great White – The Race | Shark Week
Can Michael Phelps beat his toughest rival yet?
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Michael Phelps Close Encounter | Shark Week
Michael Phelps dives with Great Whites for the first time.
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Michael Phelps Wanted to Race a Shark Without a Cage
Michael Phelps geeks out over his love of sharks and reveals just how close he was willing to get to his favorite animals to race it for Shark Week’s Phelps Vs Shark: Great Gold Vs Great White.
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Over 2,000 swimmers cross Istanbul’s Bosphorus from Asia to Europe
More than 2,200 swimmers participated in the 29th Samsung Cross-Continental Swimming Race from Asia to Europe across the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. Some 2,277 swimmers from 49 countries swam the course, which started at Kanlica pier on the Asian side and ended six-and-a-half kilometres (4 miles) later in front of Kurucesme Cemil Topuzlu Park on…
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Cate Campbell felt ‘betrayed’ after Rio flop
Australia’s Cate Campbell says she felt betrayed by swimming in the wake of her flop at last year’s Rio Olympics where she was tipped to win gold in the 50 and 100 metres freestyle events but failed to even get on the podium. The former 100 freestyle world champion later remarked that it was “possibly…
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One in three primary school leavers can’t swim, report warns, amid rise in drownings
One in three primary school leavers cannot swim one length of a pool, a report has found, amid concern that a lack of lessons is leading to rise in young people drowning. Official data shows forty people aged 19 and under drowned in the UK last year, representing an increase of 25 per cent from…