Month: July 2021
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Olympics Opening Ceremony a Favorite Memory for UGA and Team USA Swim Coach | 11Alive
The opening ceremony is a special Olympic tradition cherished by both UGA and Team USA coach Jack Bauerle and his mentor Vince Dooley.
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Extreme Swimming | Russian Athlete Defies the Elements, Sets New 42-KM-Smashing Record | RT
A 42-kilometer-long route along the Ladoga Lake with a free style of swimming along an extreme stretch allowed one St. Petersburg resident to get into the Russian record books.
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Men’s Triathlon 🏊♀️🚴♀️🏃♀️ Last 5 Champions | Olympics
Enjoy this look back at the last 5 Men’s Triathlon winners at the Olympics: Simon Whitfield 🇨🇦 / Sydney 2000 Hamish Carter 🇳🇿 / Athens 2004 Jan Frodeno 🇩🇪 / Beijing 2008 Alistair Brownlee 🇬🇧 / London 2012 Alistair Brownlee 🇬🇧 / Rio 2016
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Breathtaking Opening Ceremony Moments | Olympics
Enjoy this look back at the TOP Summer Games Ceremonies: 10. Sakai Yoshinori / Tokyo 1964 9. Muhammad Ali / Atlanta 1996 8. James Bond and The Queen / London 2012 7. Cathy Freeman / Sydney 2000 6. A Statement of Peace / London 1948 5. From mythological beginnings to present day / Athens 2004…
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Swimmers to Watch | Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming | Propulsion Swimming
With the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games just around the corner, we at Propulsion Swimming give you our top 10 swimmers to watch at the 2021 Olympics.
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Marie Wattel Aims to End “Great” Loughborough Stay On a High With Olympic Success | Loughborough University
French swimmer Marie Wattel has loved her four years at Loughborough University and now aims to end her time in the UK on a positive note by achieving a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Team USA Swimmer Andrew Wilson Has a Passion for Applied Math | 11Alive
The 27-year-old was a double major in applied math and had a 3.96 GPA at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Zimbabwe Sends First Black Swimmer to the Olympics | Africanews
That’s historically been the case in southern Africa, where the most successful swimmers — like Coventry and South Africans Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh — are all white. It’s maybe starker because they come from majority-Black countries.
