Year: 2018
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Anatomy of a Swimmer – How does Olympic champion Abbey Weitzeil generate speed?
In cooperation with Gold Medallist Abbey Weitzeil, we are revealing the key physical features that help make the Team USA swimmer so fast.
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Freedom Swim in honour of Mandela centenary
150 swimmers braved icy waters for the Freedom Swim from Robben Island to Blaauwberg. It was part of the Nelson Mandela centenary celebrations. Freedom Swim is regarded as one of the toughest extreme open water events in the world. Swimmers from across the globe participated.
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Hungarian swimming executive denies murder of business rival
Hungarian police have arrested an executive at world swimming’s governing body for the murder of a media tycoon in Budapest 20 years ago but suspect Tamas Gyarfas is innocent, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Police have never resolved who ordered the murder of Hungarian mogul Janos Fenyo who was sprayed with submachine gun bullets at…
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Rio 2016 gold medal winner Sarah Sjöström in Malta
Rio 2016 gold medal winner Sarah Sjöström from Sweden is in Malta till tomorrow as an ambassador for the Bettson Group. Apart from having won the Olympic medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Sarah Sjostrom is a multi-medal world champion and holder of no fewer than 6 world records. Speaking to her yesterday at…
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Aussie Olympic Swimmer Stephanie Rice Has Been Hired By The Kardashians
In news that will make you go, “wah??â€, Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice has been hired by the Kardashians. If you’re sitting there thinking, ‘that name seems familiar but I’m not exactly sure who they are’ it’s probably because Rice’s hey-day has somewhat passed. She won Australia Olympic Gold in 2008 and at the time was dating fellow hotshot Olympic…
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Former Indiana high school swim coach once again facing federal charges
A former Fishers High School swim coach previously sentenced to federal prison for stealing from Nashville, Tenn.-area churches is now facing a new set of federal charges on allegations of passing bad bills at a minor league baseball game in Ohio. Kenneth J. Stopkotte, 52, is being held in the Montgomery County Jail in Ohio after being…
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Michael Phelps to headline Crystal Lagoon grand opening Saturday
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will splash down Saturday at the Crystal Lagoon in Wesley Chapel’s Epperson development. Phelps, a global ambassador for Crystal Lagoons, will appear at the grand opening of the first Crystal Lagoon built in the U.S. It is located at Metro Development Group’s 2,000-home Epperson development, about three miles north of…
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Water Polo Community gathers for 2018 FINA Conference in Budapest
After the success of the FINA World Championships 2017, where the water polo final between Hungary and Croatia brought together 8000 fans to the cradle of the sport, FINA is back in Budapest, Hungary. This week, from April 26-28, the International Water Polo Community gathers in the Magyar capital for the FINA World Water Polo Conference. Over 250…
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100 Days to Go until first multisport European Championships
Today marks 100 days to go until sporting history is made through Glasgow and Berlin’s co-hosting of the first-ever combined European Championships.