Year: 2018
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In their own words, kids describe why they learn to swim
What do kids learn in swimming lessons? Find out in their own words! Learn lifelong water safety skills through Red Cross swim programs https://youtu.be/P5etE7jRhMo
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Canadian Swimmer Kylie Masse Continues to Improve and Impress
From the small town of LaSalle, Ont., all the way to the Olympic podium, Kylie Masse never thought this much success was possible so soon.
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USA Swimming 2018 Make a Splash Tour Recap
Take a look back at the 2018 Make a Splash Tour including the unveiling of the world’s largest kick board.
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Swim Caps Are Keeping Black Women Out of Pools
Noelle Singleton challenges any swim-cap maker who claims a swimmer’s hair won’t get wet with their caps to send her one. She’ll post a review on social media of her swimming a 100-meter individual medley in it. Swim caps matter for Singleton, a 30-year-old black swim coach in Georgia with a thick, full-moon-shaped afro. Known…
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600 take plunge in unusual St Petersburg swim
More than 600 swimmers from 13 countries have stroked their way through one of Russia’s most scenic and historic settings, circling the St Petersburg island that holds the Peter and Paul Fortress. The 2.3-kilometre (1.42-mile) circuit – which some swam twice – took them around the famous site noted for the needle-thin golden church spire…
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Glasgow 2018 European Championships – Day 10, Summary
Rouwendaal and Rasovszky: historic and heroic Heroism at its best: the Netherlands’ Sharon van Rouwendaal and Hungary’s Kristof Rasovszky managed to earn a medal in each individual event in open water swimming by making the podium in the gruelling 25km race. Italy could clinch gold in diving in the women’s 3m synchro and that event…
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U.S. swimmers claim golds, then lose them for swimming relay out of order
The United States swimming foursome of Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Zach Apple and Nathan Adrian thought they had broken a record Saturday at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo. They had swam the men’s 400-meter freestyle relay in 3:11.67, the fastest-ever time at the quadrennial meet. They thought they had claimed golds, and celebrated accordingly. They stood atop the podium. They…
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