Month: August 2021
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Tokyo Olympics: Dominant Florian Wellbrock Wins Marathon Swim Gold
Germany’s Florian Wellbrock added Olympic gold to his world title in the men’s marathon swimming at Tokyo 2020 on Thursday. The 23-year-old earned his second medal of the Games having already won bronze in the 1500m freestyle. He started strongly and held onto the lead throughout, finishing more than 25 seconds ahead of Hungary’s Kristof…
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Robin Elliott meets Former Olympic Swimmer Mark Foster
Former Team GB Olympic swimmer Mark Foster is encouraging us to change our water behaviors at home, taking on a wild swim to demonstrate the volume of water that could be saved if we changed our water habits The UK could face water shortages in as little as 25 years unless action is taken through…
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Hero’s Welcome for Teen Olympic Swimmer
Saint Lucia Olympic swimmer Mikaili Charlemagne received a hero’s welcome after breaking the local record in the 50meter freestyle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The teenager was among five athletes chosen by the St. Lucia Olympic committee to represent the country at the Olympics.
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Tokyo Olympics: Team Canada’s Female Swimmers Making Waves With 6 Medals | Global News
Canadian Olympic swimmers Margaret Mac Neil, Kylie Masse, Kayla Sanchez, and Taylor Ruck spoke Wednesday with Global News about making waves at the Tokyo Olympics over the past two weeks and bringing home six medals, including one gold.
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Meet the Silver Foxes, a Senior Swim Team in Arizona | Scripps National News
One lap at a time, a group of seniors in Arizona are swimming their way toward better health and friendship.
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Israeli Swimmer Finishes Fourth in 10KM Olympic Swim | i24NEWS English
German Lorian Wellbrock won the gold medal Israel’s Matan Roditi finished fourth in the 10km (6.2 miles) open water swimming event at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday morning. “It’s an incredible accomplishment. I have a hard time realizing it,” said Roditi after crossing the finish line in 1:49:24 – just 23.8 seconds behind Italian Gregorio…
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Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Talks Tattoos and Michael Phelps | TMZ TV
It doesn’t sound like Caeleb has any plans to add to his sleeve (or start a new one) … at least not involving his Gold medal victories at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Meet The Swimming Legend Ian ‘Thorpie’ Thorpe | Head Above Water
Ian Thorpe one of the greatest and most successful ever swimmers for Australia tells his story of how has to transition from being an Olympic athlete to normal life after he retires.