Month: July 2019
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Highlights – Day 13 | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Enjoy the highlights of day 13 at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju! #FINAGwangju2019
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Changing the narrative: Jae Hyun Shim, synchronized swimmer
Jae Hyun Shim is a member of Minnesota’s Subversive Sirens synchronized swim team, which promotes black liberation, equity in swimming, queer visibility and “body positivity.” The team won the gold medal at the Gay Games in Paris last year and performed last month in New York for the International Gay & Lesbian Aquatics Championships. Shim,…
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Ketones, the stamina booster sparking Tour de France debate
The Tour de France is again embroiled in a debate over what cyclists put in their bodies after Dutch team Jumbo acknowledged they were using a dietary aid believed to boost stamina. The team responded to questions from Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf by saying they were using drinks based on a substance called ketones, which…
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Swimmers ‘within their right’ to protest | Sky News Australia
Fox Sports News host Bill Woods says swimmers are “within their right†to make a protest against swimming’s global governing body FINA.
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Swimming Men – 800m Freestyle | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri has already assured himself a place in the swimming hall of fame with a treasure chest of gold medals to his name. At the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju, he did it again in the 800m Freestyle, and grabbed a European Record in the process. #Swimming #FINAGwangju2019
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Swimming Men – 200m Butterfly | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
This is a fantastic new World Record from 19-year old Kristóf Milák of Hungary at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju. In the Men’s 200m Fly, Milák beat Michael Phelps’ old mark of 1:51.51, set a decade ago in Rome, with a new time of 1:50.73…Outstanding! #Swimming #FINAGwangju2019