Month: November 2019
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Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival 2019
Highlights of the Henley Swim Festival 2019. A record number of swimmers took to the water and thousands enjoyed water-based riverside fun on Sunday 14th July. A fabulous day set in arguably the most beautiful stretch of the Thames.
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How Long Should I Wait to Swim After Getting a Tattoo?
Essentially, a new tattoo is an open wound. That’s why you’re supposed to stay out of open water, hot tubs, and pools until it heals. As with any wound, you don’t want it to get infected by any potential bacteria in the water. Although it’s rare, there’s at least one documented case of a man with an…
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Making this facial expression can boost your performance by 20%, according to science
Furrowed brow. Squinting eyes. Frowning mouth. Most of us subconsciously make a face when we’re intensely concentrating on a task, whether it’s lifting a weight in the gym or catching up on emails. Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps went viral at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games because he was caught scowling intensely while warming up…
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Russia’s sports officials cry foul as WADA eyes four-year Olympic ban
Russian sports officials on Tuesday spoke out against a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) committee’s recommendations that the country be banned from the Olympics for four years, saying this was overly harsh and would hurt sport there. The recommendations, published on Monday, mean Russia could miss out on the next two Olympic Games and world championships…
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LEN 2019 Women’s Super Cup Final – Summary
Orizzonte claims second title with magnificent first half Ekipe Orizzonte clinched its second Super Cup trophy by beating Euro League champion Sabadell in a thrilling final in Spain. The Italians flied high in the first half and took a 2-9 lead but the hosts climbed back to turn the last two minutes into a heated…
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College swimmer Carley travels to Costa Rica on a trip she will never forget
Carley and friends are diving off the pier and then head to dinner. They later return and Carley dives in but the tide has changed. This is the day she finds out how fragile she is. It was a honor to shoot this video and hear her story. She is amazing!
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‘No less of a man’: Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian on his testicular cancer diagnosis
In December of 2018, life couldn’t have been better for US Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian. He had just gotten married and was training to make his fourth Olympic team for Tokyo 2020. Then, came something Nathan didn’t plan for. He noticed a lump in one of his testicles and decided to go get it checked…
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First Measurements of a Blue Whale’s Heart Rate Is a Glimpse Into the Biology of Extremes
The new research notes that another important factor allowing blue whales to grow so large is their highly specialized cardiovascular system. For marine biologists, however, understanding exactly what makes the blue whale’s heart tick has proven difficult given they’re almost too big to measure. To overcome this hurdle, Goldbogen and his colleagues developed an electrocardiogram (ECG) tag that they attached…