Year: 2017
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Sun Yang ready for new challenges as three swimming events added in Tokyo 2020
Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang said he is ready to face the challenges after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced newly-added events for Tokyo 2020, including three swimming events: men’s 800 meters, women’s 1500m freestyle and mixed 4X100m medley relay. Sun, 1500m freestyle world record holder, who won three champions over 200, 400, 1500m from…
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Report: 25 percent of adults swim while having diarrhea, 20 percent pee in pool
The average pool is more dangerous than you might think, according to a new report by the Salt Lake County Health Department. In fact, it might be downright disgusting and the reason Cryptosporidium outbreaks outbreaks have doubled from 16 to 32 in between 2014 and 2016. Cryptosporidium, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
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This 72-year-old synchronized swimmer is making a splash with the ladies
A 72-year-old New Yorker is making waves in the women-dominated sport of synchronized swimming. Harvey Burgett began swimming less than a decade ago in a continuing education class taught by Dale Mohammed at Lehman College. “I taught him how to swim, then I sucked him into the synchro team and now he’s hooked,†Mohammed, who…
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The Penny Effect: Why Canadians want their kids to excel at swimming
Ask a Canadian which sports they grew up watching or which sports they watch most often in 2017 and you’re likely to get the typical responses. Hockey, soccer, football, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis. You know, the mainstream sports. However, ask a Canadian to choose just one sport they’d want their child to excel in and…
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Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin on success, failure, and support
A five-time Olympic gold medalist at 22 years old, Missy Franklin shares the lessons she learned while pursuing her dreams. https://youtu.be/o1AdGhn1PGU
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Sarah Sjöström Before Becoming an Olympic Champion
The story of Swedish swimming star Sarah Sjostrom years before she became her country’s first female swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal, at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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Olympic Medalist Anthony Ervin with Constantine Markides
Join Olympic Medalist Anthony Ervin, the fastest swimmer on the planet, for an intimate and personal discussion about his new memoir, Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian.
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IOC adds 4×100 Mixed, Men’s 800 and Women’s 1500 to Olympic Schedule
Athletics and swimming mixed relay competitions are among those included at Tokyo 2020 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it was announced here today. A mixed 4×400 metres relay will be held in athletics. A mixed 4x100m medley mixed relay has been added to the swimming programme. Male and female BMX freestyle park and 3×3…
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This Biofabric From MIT Uses Bacteria to Automatically Ventilate Workout Clothes
Most of the things we encounter in daily life are extremely static, or at least unresponsive, compared to the way living things work. That’s true for clothes: You put them on, they stay on, and if you want them to change you unzip zippers or undo buttons. But a new class of workout clothing leverages…