Month: November 2020
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“Swimming is a generational skill.” – Sabir Muhammad | Inside with Brett Hawke
Is there a stigma in the black community to stay away from water, that water is dangerous? “Swimming is a generational skill.” – Sabir Muhammad
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Power in Poetry: To the Swimmer
Join us as we celebrate a few of the amazing Black poets whose work can be found in the LA County Library collection. Read by My Brother’s Keeper Peer Advocate, Darius, listen to and learn more about, “To the Swimmer” by Countee Cullen. For teens.
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Dana Vollmer vs Alicia Coutts – 7 hundredths of a second between Gold & Silver!
Today we take you back to the Women’s 100m Butterfly final at the 2011 edition of the FINA World Championships in Shanghai, where four incredible swimmmers USA’s Vollmer, Australia’s Coutts, China’s LU and Sjostrom from Sweden battled for the Gold medal. With only 7 hundredths of a second between Gold and Silver, this final deserves…
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Having Trouble With Your Freestyle Breath? Try This Simple Hack | SwimVice
Having trouble with your freestyle breath? Try this simple hack! // Here’s a quick tip to help fix your breath timing in freestyle.
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Difficult lessons for the Simley swim team (2008)
Boyd Huppert shares the difficult life lessons faced by the Simley swim team, after losing one of their own.
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The greatest diver of all-time? Greg Louganis at Seoul 1988 🇺🇸 | Athlete Highlights
US-American diver Greg Louganis is frequently called the greatest diver of all-time. He won four Olympic gold medals in the 3m Springboard and the 10m Platform Diving events. Starting at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics on home soil, Louganis claimed the Gold medal both on the springboard and platform for the first time. Four years…
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Taiwan swimmer Eddie Wang smashes own world junior record
Teen swim sensation Eddie Wang has once again broken his own world junior record. The 18-year-old from Taiwan put up a time of 1:49.89 in the men’s 200 butterfly at the International Swimming League semis. This was his third time setting the world junior record for the event this season.
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Exclusive: Swimmer Lilly King talks International Swimming League and training during a pandemic | In The Zone
In this interview, Lilly King reflects on her career, training during a pandemic, competing in the International Swimming League, and her preparation for the Tokyo Summer Olympics.
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Lloyd Aquatic Center At a Glance | Mercersburg Academy
The 41,000-square-foot Lloyd Aquatic Center opened in 2019 and features the Olympic-size Furnary Pool with a diving area, locker rooms, seating for spectators, and office space. The 10-lane pool employs a system of movable bulkheads to allow for the transformation of the 50-meter space into two separate 25-yard courses, giving swimmers the opportunity to train…