Year: 2018
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Is this Tokyo 2020 Olympics biggest mistake?
In 2 years, the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games will take place and — the entire city is going to fry! That’s right — the 1964 Summer Games were held in October to avoid the heat of Japanese summer and typhoon season. Did the committee make a mistake scheduling the 2020 Games in the middle of…
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Live Stream: British Summer Championships 2018 – Day 3 Finals
Watch day three finals of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.
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BCN2018 WP Europeans – Summary, Day 12 – Women’s semi-finals
Netherlands to face Greece in the women’s final The Netherlands will play in the women’s final for the third time in a row, winning a nailbiter against title-holder Hungary in the semi-finals at the European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona. After two lost golden battles in 2014 and 2016 they face Greece, which managed to…
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A shadow hangs over the U.S. swim nationals
Two months ago, Olympian Ariana Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming, former Seattle-area coach Sean Hutchinson and others in Orange County Superior Court. Smith, who swam at the London Olympics in 2012, alleged Hutchinson groomed and molested her when she was a minor while the sport’s domestic governing body looked the other way. The coach denied…
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Dublin to Host 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz Euros
From 13th – 19th August Dublin, Ireland will be hosting the 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships.
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Olympic Athletes Fear Retaliation If They Speak Out
Starting next month, Sarah Hirshland will officially take over as CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee. One of the big issues she will have to deal with is ongoing sexual abuse scandals. In recent months, athletes have come forward in sports like swimming, gymnastics, diving, and taekwondo with allegations of sexual abuse or assault. Many…
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And the world record for swimming along in a sack with hands & feet tied up goes to..
Swimming instructor, lifeguard and adventurer Yane Petkov – Bulgaria’s answer to Houdini and Michael Phelps combined – reclaimed on Tuesday the Guinness world record for swimming along with his hands and feet tied while fully wrapped inside a sack. Petkov, 64, swam 3,380 meters in Macedonia’s Lake Ohrid, beating the record of Indian fisherman Gopal Kharvi,…
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Live Stream: British Summer Championships 2018 – Day 3 Heats
Watch day three heats of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.
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Swimming pool drone could give parents second set of eyes on children at play
A new robot designed to give you an extra set of eyes on your swimming pool could help save children from drowning. Lee Kambar is a father who says he was motivated to find a way to protect lives and give parents and first responders critical extra seconds to respond to possible emergencies. The Morningstar…