Year: 2018
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Ten-year-old ‘Superman’ bests Phelps’ 23-year-old swim record
Remember the name Clark Kent Apuada. Apuada is 10 years old and from Salinas, California, and during the Far West International Swimming Championship on Sunday, he competed in seven events and came in first in all of them. In the 100-meter butterfly, he smashed a record set by Olympian Michael Phelps at the event 23…
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Divers use knife to free entangled whale shark off Lanai
An entangled whale shark is now free thanks to a group of free divers. We first told you last month that the juvenile animal was spotted off Maui, caught in heavy rope. Freeing it was difficult because whale sharks are actually sharks, and don’t surface like whales do. That is, until this weekend, when a…
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Glasgow 2018 European Championships – LEN Opening Press Conference Highlights
Paltrinieri: “The motivation is the same as ever†More than 1,000 athletes, more than 200 journalists and more than 40 broadcasters – European Aquatics are ready to put on the greatest show once again, as President Paolo Barelli said in the LEN’s opening press conference on the eve of the European Championships in Glasgow. Two…
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How a Hollywood star in a swimming pool helped save Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel
“It saved the hotel from World War II,†Bob Tagatz said of the Williams’ movie. During those lean war years, the Grand Hotel faced the same dismal predicament shared by many resorts: A long-term lack of paying guests. The war years saw the hotel’s business drop 90 percent. Perhaps the darkest day came when 400…
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Mobile Mosque launches as Japan prepares for 2020 Olympics
For Muslims, when participating in the Olympics or other sporting events, it will be easier for them to find a place to worship.
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Japan discusses time change at Tokyo Olympics for extreme heat
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said turning the clocks forward one or two hours during the Olympics “may be one solution†to combat potential heat-wave temperatures in two years, according to Japanese reports. Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, said he and Abe discussed the possibility Friday, according to Kyodo News. “We…
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Live Stream: British Summer Championships 2018 – Day 6 Finals
Watch day six finals of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.
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BCN2018 WP Europeans – Summary, Day 15 – Men’s finals
Serbia clinches 4th title in a row, though Spain falls only in shootout For the first time in the history of the European Water Polo Championships, the penalty shootout decided the title and it was retained by Serbia, despite an electrifying performance of the host Spaniards. This was the Serbs’ 8th gold medal, and the…
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Live Stream: British Summer Championships 2018 – Day 5 Finals
Watch day five finals of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.