Year: 2018
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Ian Thorpe to become a champion for AIS Athlete Wellbeing
Australia’s most successful Olympian, Ian Thorpe OAM, has committed to an ongoing role with the AIS that will focus on improving athlete wellbeing nationally. The five-time Olympic gold medallist is the first member of the AIS Athlete Wellbeing and Engagement Advisory Committee, which will also include industry experts in areas such as mental health. Thorpe…
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Swimmer dies after shark bites off penis
A beautiful day at the beach turned into every man’s nightmare for a Brazilian teenager. Jose Ernesto da Silva had his penis ripped off by a shark as he swam with pals over the weekend, according to reports. Shocked onlookers rushed into the water to assist the terrified young man and pulled him from the…
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Ian Thorpe visits the Invictus Games 2018 training squad
Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe visited the Invictus Games 2018 training squad at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Albert Park. Thorpie provided the squad training tips and techniques, and spoke of his experience on the world sporting stage. This was the final selection camp before the Australian team is announced mid-year.
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Olympics – End gold medal targets, says Australian Thorpe
Swimmer Ian Thorpe, Australia’s most decorated Olympian, has called on national bodies to stop setting gold medal targets as it puts too much pressure on athletes. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) summit on “Athlete Wellbeing†on Tuesday, the fives-times Olympic gold-medallist and 11-times world champion said the focus should be on athletes…
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Hunt ready to take cliff dive plunge!
The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2018 kicks off this weekend in Texas, with Britain’s six-time world champion Gary Hunt hoping to add to improve on last year’s second-place finish.
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EP President Antonio Tajani gives full support to LEN’s Learn-to-Swim programme
Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament met the LEN Family at the federation’s annual congress held in Budapest and gave his firm support to a new programme ‘Learn-to-Swim, Prevent Drowning’, presented by LEN President Paolo Barelli. The LEN Congress approved the reports on 2017, as well as some rule changes and welcomed the positive…
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Talkspace x Michael Phelps: How Therapy Helped a World Champion Swimmer
Talkspace has partnered with world champion swimmer, Michael Phelps, and in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re sharing an important story about how therapy helped him feel stronger. If therapy helped a 28-time medalist maybe it can help you too. Here’s his therapy story: www.talkspace.com/michael
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Tight swimming trunks UK’s ‘most hated clothing’
Tight swimming trunks, including those made by Speedo, have been rated as the UK’s most hated piece of clothing. The male swimwear – often simply referred to as Speedos or budgie-smugglers – is essentially a waterproof pair of briefs which are very fitted. In a YouGov survey, more than two thirds of Britons said they…
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Katinka Hosszu – The Ultimate No.1 in Swimming | Best of FINA
Katinka Hosszu won her first World title at the FINA World Championships 2009 in Rome, in the 400m Individual Medley. Since then she collected more and more medals and nowadays she is the record holder in the number of medals at the FINA Swimming World Cup.