Month: April 2021
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I Almost Rage-Quit Triathlon | Freezing Canadian Open Water Swim | Cody Beals Vlogs
Real talk about this do-or-die time in my pro triathlon career. Or skip the philosophizing and watch me freeze my face off swimming at the lake
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Adam Peaty | The Fastest Swimmer We’ve Ever Seen? | Propulsion Swimming
Where do we start with the British Swimming legend, Adam Peaty? He is literally redefining the breaststroke technique and because of this, his 100m world record 56.88, is nearly 2 seconds faster than any other breaststroke swimmer in the world! We’ve spoken to coaches about Adam Peaty’s training routine and schedule and the London Roar…
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Myanmar Swimmer to Forgo Tokyo Olympics in Protest at Junta Violence
A Myanmar swimmer will skip the Tokyo Olympics in protest against the coup perpetrated by his country’s military, saying he will not represent his nation when hundreds of protesters have been killed by authorities. Win Htet Oo, a 26-year-old freestyle swimmer, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page on April 10 that he…
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Australian swimming great, Olympic gold medalist John Konrads dies at 78
John Konrads, who set 26 individual freestyle swimming world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1960, has died, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame announced Monday. He was 78. Konrads was born in Latvia in 1942 and moved to Australia with his parents, his two sisters, and a grandmother in 1949. “As a…
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South Africa’s Schoenmaker: Top Medal Contender in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke Events at Tokyo 2021
South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker is a leading medal contender in the 100m and 200m breaststroke events at Tokyo 2021 and hopes she can end the rainbow nation’s 21 years wait for a medal in the women’s swimming events at the Summer Games. The 23-year-old African champion chatted to CGTN’s Sias du Plessis.
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Swim Run | Sport Combines Swimming and Running
Ryan Stramrood from Torpedo SwimRun Moon spoke with eNCA’s Nandi Tshabalala.
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Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way – Nicole Frank (Uruguay) Fina Developmental Program
Nicole Frank Rodriguez is one of the swimmers training at Azura Florida Aquatics under the FINA Developmental Program
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Olympians Consider Other Paths During COVID | 7News
Our Olympians are busy preparing for the Tokyo Games which is now only 89 days away. But, last year’s pandemic postponement led to many contemplating life outside of sport with some of Australia’s top stars admitting the transition can be tricky.
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Chernobyl: The Azure Swimming Pool / Cinematic FPV
To wash away radiation from buildings, to wash away a hard day… The Azure swimming pool is one of the few institutions that continued to function after the Chernobyl accident. Until 1998, when the third power unit was shut down, liquidators and employees of Pripyat enterprises came here to swim.