Month: March 2019
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Building A 0.2°C Competition Swimming Pool In The Arctic
Event organizer Dmitry Blokhin provided this compilation video of the preparations that were required to host the International Ice Swimming Association 3rd World Championship and Ice Swimming Arctic Cup held in Semenovskoe Lake in Murmansk, Russia between March 15th – 17th 2019. See TDNOWS
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Aimee Willmott – Glasgow, Gwangju and beyond…
With the British Swimming Championships 2019 firmly on the horizon, we caught up with Commonwealth champion Aimee Willmott to find out about the all-important prep for Glasgow, the Gwangju World Championships and beyond.
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Kiwi free-diver Ant Williams breaks second world record for deepest ice dive
Less than 48 hours after breaking the world record for the deepest dive under ice, Kiwi free-diver Ant Williams has done it again. On Saturday (NZ time), Williams plunged 75m below the ice in northern Norway to beat the record he set on Thursday by five metres. He broke the previous record by five metres two…
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Floryan’s research on swimming has applications in propulsion systems
Daniel Floryan, a doctoral student in mechanical and aerospace engineering, employs experimental and computational methods to better explain how fish swim most effectively, which could lead to applications in humanmade propulsion systems. (Video by Nick Barberio, Office of Communications)
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The Florence restaurant pays tribute to legendary San Diego swimmer Florence Chadwick
A local restaurant is paying tribute to San Diego swimmer, Florence Chadwick. The restaurant just opened on Monday and KUSI’s Allie Wagner checked it out live on Good Morning San Diego. Some fun facts about the restaurant, the land it is on used to belong to the Chadwick family. Florence Chadwick was the first person…
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Jacuzzi® Performance: Olympian and World Champion Freestyle Swimmer Janet Evans
I started swimming when I was about 18 months old, because my mom can’t swim. So, my parents put us in swimming. I joined a local swim team, and I was good, I wasn’t great, but I liked to win, I was very competitive, and I made it my goal to go to the Olympics.…
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Ant Williams breaks record deepest dive under ice
Professional free diver Ant Williams broke the record for the deepest dive under ice, reaching a depth of 70 metres. See ABC https://youtu.be/9nHCDueIRvQ
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Learning to swim crucial for autism children
It is important that children with autism learn how to swim. One organization has set out to do just that.
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Hong Kong and HKSPA mourn death of swimmer Kenneth To
Kenneth King Him To (7 July 1992 – 18 March 2019) was a Hong Kong Australian swimmer who practiced individual medley, freestyle, butterfly and breaststroke. He won 6 medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, was the male overall winner of the 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup and was a World Championships silver medalist. He…