Month: January 2019
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Muscles may maintain the “memory” of past gains in their cells
One of the most frustrating things about exercise is how easily progress can be undone – “use it or lose it,” as the old saying goes. If you don’t keep up the workout routine, your muscles slowly shrink and you’ll end up back at square one before you realize it. But maybe that’s not quite…
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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang rejects claims in British newspaper
The Chinese Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is threatening legal action against a British newspaper over claims he may face a life-time ban. An article in the Sunday Times alleges that Sun clashed with anti-doping testers after missing an out-of-competition doping test in September. But Sun’s lawyer says the testers failed to show proper authorization…
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A USRPT Friday Morning | Michael Andrew Vlogs
What we did for practice this past Friday! We don’t do this particular set every Friday. All week we have been grinding 90 x 50s at 200 pace (30 x free, 30 x back, 30 x IM order) so we decided to switch it up a little because the body needed some speed work. In…
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IPC strip Malaysia of 2019 World Para Swimming Championships
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Sunday (27 January) stripped Malaysia of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, which were due to be held in Kuching between 29 July and 4 August. The decision was taken by the IPC Governing Board at its meeting in London, Great Britain, after the Home Ministry of Malaysia failed…
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Sun Yang threatens to sue Sunday Times over defamation
Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang is considering to file a lawsuit against British newspaper the Sunday Times over a report claiming the swimmer violated anti-doping rules. In a statement sent to Xinhua by Sun’s lawyer Zhang Qihuai on Sunday, Zhang said the newspaper reported the incident with “a malign intention” which “severely damaged Sun Yang’s…
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Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang faces life-time ban after alleged abuse of anti-drug testers, reports
Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang faces a lifetime ban from swimming after a bizarre clash with anti-doping testers ended in the destruction of a sealed vial containing a blood sample. According to The Times, the Chinese swimmer had a run-in with testers from IDTM (organisation responsible for conducting out-of-competition dope tests around the world), which resulted…
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Swimmers guide to Club La Santa, Lanzarote
Colin Hill has a look around the swimming facilities at Club la Santa. Jan 2019, after taking my beach lifeguard course in Puerto-del-Carmen, I spend a week in Club La Santa. I’ve not been here for around 10 years, so it was interesting to see how it has changed in that time.
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Top 10 Tips (With Bonus) for Shooting Swimming with SI’s Peter Read Miller
Have you ever wanted to photograph swimming? Peter Read Miller offers invaluable tips on shooting the sport, from showing up to the individual breast, free, back and butterfly strokes. He’ll cover what to bring to where to stand, who to talk to and how to plan