Year: 2018
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Aimee Willmott applies her own science to beat Miley to Commonwealth gold
Few swimmers have a greater understanding of how to tease the best performance out of themselves than Aimee Willmott, who has written an academic paper on the subject. Willmott’s dissertation, published in the European Journal of Sport Science, considers the effect clothing worn between a warm-up and competition can have on performance. She concludes that…
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BBC presenter falls in swimming pool during live interview
The sports presenter Mike Bushell made a splash as he fell in a swimming pool during a live interview on BBC Breakfast. Bushell was preparing to chat to the England Commonwealth Games swimmers Sarah Vasey, Adam Peaty, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor, Ben Proud and James Guy, who were sitting on the edge of a small pool on Australia’s Gold Coast.…
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Ian Thorpe, Giaan Rooney ferried around Commonwealth Games ‘in stolen car’
Swimming stars Ian Thorpe and Giaan Rooney were forced to walk the remainder of their journey to the Commonwealth Games aquatic centre to report on the swimming after the car they were in was seized by police. The pair were riding in the hire car when Gold Coast police pulled it over because it had…
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Turns out the SECRET to better dives is…
Freediving training in Gili Trawangan has been an absolute success! Coming here to just train with Mike Board without a freediving competition was the best decision. It has given me the time to rework many aspects of my diving, to tweak things with zero pressure so that my dives are feeling smoother and more effortless…
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Mayor announces swim safety initiative
Jacksonville’s Mayor Curry announced an initiative promoting swim safety as city pools plan to open and the concern over drownings continues.
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Swimmer struck by watercraft in Miami
A tourist is spending his vacation recovering in a hospital after he was struck by a watercraft while swimming.
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Why Do I Always Dream About Swimming Pools? | This Morning
Dreams expert Ian Wallace offers advice to callers. https://youtu.be/Y48nkI26hWU
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Tom Daley’s selfie swimming pool ad for HTC banned by watchdog
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert by Taiwanese electronics company HTC featuring Olympic diver Tom Daley, after it implied that one of its mobile phones could be used in swimming pools. The ad sees Mr Daley using the HTC U11 to take selfies while diving from a board and landing in the swimming pool below,…