Month: October 2017
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Short Course Underwater Tips by Optus
Our friends at Optus have put together an overview of the importance of underwater in short course.
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Swimmers run from water as killer whale swims towards shore
Raw video: Group of friends in for shock while visiting beach in New Zealand.
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An Interview With Olympic Gold Medallist And Cancer Survivor Maarten van der Weijden
Find out more about Maarten’s fundraising efforts and his amazing 200km Elfstedentocht swim in August next year, all in aid of cancer research: http://maartenvanderweijdenfoundation…
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Synchronised Swimming in a Vintage Suit from the 1920’s ft. Ona Carbonell | Fashion Behind the Games
Ona Carbonell is the captain of the Spanish synchronized swimming team and fashion designer, can she recreate and train in an 1920´s synchro swimsuit?
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Sacramento police officers swim in uniforms against Grant High School relay team
The Sacramento Police Department beat out six groups of Grant High School students in a friendly swim relay race on Oct. 23 at the school’s new pool. Officers who patrol the Del Paso Heights area near the school split up into five teams to take on the Grant High School Junior ROTC, student government, swim…
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Swedish sport headlines hit gender equality milestone
Of the ten sportsmen and women who received the most media coverage between October 1st last year and September 30th this year, five were men and five were women, according to fresh statistics. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic topped the list. A whopping 35,619 articles were written about the footballer last year according to the figures…
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British man tells of his terrifying five-mile swim for his life – pursued by a 13-foot shark
A British diver separated from his boat off the coast of Australia has said he was lucky to be alive after being forced to swim miles back to shore – shadowed by a large tiger shark. The spear fisherman, John Craig, was underwater off Western Australia state Friday when his boat was swept away due…
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Under Armour Signs Syrian Refugee, Olympian Yusra Mardini to Endorsement Deal
Yusra Mardini’s incredible story has taken another turn, as the Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer recently signed an endorsement deal with Under Armour. “I shouldn’t be alive today,” Mardini says in a promotional video released by Under Armour. “I should have been one of the many faceless refugees who died along the way. But I…
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California’s ban on bikes in swimming pools – and other strange laws on the books
In California, bicycles are not allowed in swimming pools. In Delaware, it’s illegal to consume perfume. These are among the bizarre and obscure laws that have made their way into America’s state and local legislation and that photographer Olivia Locher chose to document in her latest collection of photographs, “I Fought the Law.†Locher began…