Month: August 2017
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Why It’s Almost Impossible to Hold Your Breath for 24 Minutes | WIRED
Spanish freediver Ah-leysh Segura held his breath for 24 minutes and 3 seconds in 2016. How is that possible? Here’s how.
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Simone Manuel: We Need To Get Rid Of The Racial Stereotypes That Surround Swimming
Sixty-four percent of African-American children don’t know how to swim. World Champion Simone Manuel is changing that statistic. “I am often referred to as “The Black Swimmer.†While I one day hope to be known as an “Olympic champion†swimmer without that qualifier, I know that I can’t ignore the significance of being an African-American…
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Swim Safe in Peel
A look at this years Swim Safe event that took place in Peel, where a free programme of outdoor swimming and water safety sessions for children was held.
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Swimming across the sea, and into history
Join Stanford alumnus Antonio Argüelles on his quest to swim across the North Channel and become the oldest person ever to complete the fabled Oceans Seven. Read more: https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/…
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Michael Phelps & Family Team Up with Huggies
Michael Phelps and his family are simply the cutest! The 32-year-old Olympic gold medalist woke up bright and early to join his wife Nicole their son Boomer, 14 months, at a special Huggies Little Swimmers Swim Class with The Phelps Foundation on Monday (August 21) in New York City. Some of the best memories of…
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Twelve months on from toppling Phelps, Schooling vows to ‘re-take what is his’
“No one usually stands ahead of Michael on the podium,†Joseph Schooling said, wryly aware of the large dollop of understatement contained within that phrase. The 22-year-old is looking back at one of the most exciting races of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the Michael he is talking about is Phelps, the USA’s 23-time…
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Ian Thorpe and boyfriend urge Australians to support same-sex marriage
Ian Thorpe and his boyfriend are hoping to get as many Australians as possible to vote in favour of same-sex marriage. Politicians in Australia’s Senate have repeatedly shot down attempts to hold a referendum on equal marriage. In 2016, the Liberal Party was re-elected with a promise that they would let voters decide on same-sex…
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Malaysian swimmer Welson Sim sets new SEA Games record
Swimming sensation Welson Sim clinched the first gold medal for Malaysia in the swimming event at the 29th SEA Games with a splashing display in the men’s 400m freestyle.
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Swimming Men’s 50m butterfly | Games record | 29th SEA Games 2017
Swimming Men’s 50m butterfly of 29th SEA Games 2017 on 21 August 2017