Year: 2017
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Kiev 2017 European Diving Championships, Day 6
What a difference 0.75 points can make Kiev (LEN) – It could hardly be more exciting. Only 0.75 points decided between gold and silver in the men’s 3m synchro event at the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kiev on the penultimate competition day. With a world-class performance and 427.71 points to their credit Russia’s Evgenii…
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Kiev 2017 European Diving Championships, Day 5
Perfect “dress rehearsal†for Zakharov Kiev (LEN) – Ilia Zakharov is back on the top. While the Russian kept local heroes Illya Kvasha and Oleg Kolodyi at bay in the 3m final, he also held a perfect dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Championships next month in Budapest. After the 2012 Olympic champion had missed…
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Michael Phelps to race a great white during ‘Shark Week’
Just when you though it was safe to go back in the water without winding up in a race with Michael Phelps, the Olympic hero is set to test his mettle once again. This time, though, Phelps will be putting his aquatic prowess up against his most dangerous opponent yet: a great white shark. Hey, he has…
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Michael Phelps doesn’t like the new Olympic swimming events: ‘There’s too much going on’
There are some people excited to see the International Olympic Committee adding new events — including the men’s 800m and the women’s 1500m — that will improve gender balance in the pool. But legend Michael Phelps doesn’t sound like one of them. During an event promoting Krave Jerky at Manhattan’s Chelsea Piers, Phelps was asked at a…
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Scientists confirm worst fears about pee in pools
About one in five Americans say they’ve peed in the pool. Even the world’s most famous pool-user, Michael Phelps, says “everybody” does it. Now scientists have finally figured out a way to quantify just how much urine is in our pools, and the results in Environmental Science & Technology Letters probably won’t please swimmers. A research team…
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Kiev 2017 European Diving Championships, Day 4
Host Ukraine takes lead in the medal table – Historical first medal for Switzerland Kiev (LEN) – “Hopp Schwyzâ€, Michelle Heimberg caused the sensation on the fourth competition day in Kiev winning a “historical silver” in the 3m springboard and the first ever medal for Switzerland in the history of European Diving Championships. After five…
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Aquatic Affection: How a Scuba Diver Found a Good Friend Under the Sea
Scuba diver Hiroyuki Arakawa and Yoriko are the unlikeliest of friends. While they both share a love for the sea, Yoriko’s gills and tail make her a little more aquatically inclined. Nearly every day for the past 25 years, Arakawa has been diving into the waters of Hasama Underwater Park in Tateyama, Japan, to visit…
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Budapest 2017 reveals new 17th FINA World Championships teaser
This summer new legends will be born at the 17th FINA World Championships