Year: 2021
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Five UVA Swimmers Are Headed to Tokyo
Five UVA swimmers are on the U.S. Olympic swim team headed to Tokyo.
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Myanmar’s Top Swimmer Gives Up Olympic Dream to Protest Military Coup | TIME
Win Htet Oo worked all his life to become an elite swimmer, with the dream of representing Myanmar at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But after the Feb. 1 military coup that overthrew the democratically elected government in Myanmar, he forfeited his chance at Olympic glory, saying he would not represent the military junta in international…
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Commissioning of UNILAG Women Society Swimming Pool | UNILAG Nigeria
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe, FAS, commissioned the newly installed swimming pool at the University of Lagos Women Society (ULWS) School on Friday, July 9, 2021.
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Nationwide Chlorine Shortage Impacts Swimming Pools | WRCB Chattanooga
Add chlorine tablets to the list of items in short supply because of the pandemic.
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Dave Sanderson is Returning to the Hudson River to Swim with the Navy Seals | Dave Sanderson Speaks
Since April, I have been training for The Navy SEAL Swim and Run. This year’s swim will honor the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, and recognize the tenth anniversary of Extortion 17, which involved the tragic loss of a U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying 38 servicemembers and crew, resulting in the…
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World’s Deepest Pool With a ‘Sunken City’ Opens in Dubai | South China Morning Post
Dubai has set another record, opening the world’s deepest swimming pool. The 60-meter (197ft) deep pool is designed for divers, with a ‘sunken city’ of caves to explore. It holds 14.6 million liters (3.9 million gallons) of freshwater, equivalent to six Olympic-size swimming pools. The facility is currently open by invitation-only, but will soon open…
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Minnesota Swim Team Swims English Channel | WCCO – CBS Minnesota
The Shrieking Eels swim team qualified last year to swim the channel, but their trip was canceled due to COVID (0:51). WCCO 4 News At Noon – July 13, 2021