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Woman Arrested For Swimming During Quarantine
While in lock down in Spanish hotel, a British woman broke quarantine protocol and went for a dip in the pool. She may not have expected this result.
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Powerful Effects of Swimming on the Keto Diet
Description: Nutrition is an integral part of a swimmer’s life and training. What we eat, as a result, becomes building bricks and repair material for our body, as well as a source of energy for sports. The more balanced the food during keto diet is, the more strength you get for training and less time…
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FINA Postpones Diving and Artistic Swimming OG Qualification events
FINA informed today all 209 National Member Federations that its COVID-19 Taskforce, in consultation with the IOC and the Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, decided to postpone the staging of the following qualifying/test events: - FINA Diving World Cup – scheduled to take place in Tokyo (JPN), on April 21-26, 2020 - FINA Artistic Swimming Olympic…
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Coronavirus | What Should The Olympics Do About Covid-19? [Podcast]
In this episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we discuss the impact the Coronavirus (Covid-19) is having on swimming and our everyday lives. Plus, we debate whether the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games should go ahead or not!
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Swim Tube Training for Triathletes
Swim training doesn’t have to take place in the pool. At TriDot, we are big proponents of incorporating “Tubing†into your Tri training. Here are the 3 steps you need to follow in order to get the most out of your swim tube workouts Step 1: Buy swim specific tubes We recommend the Halo SPHandle…
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Worried athletes urged to focus on mental health amid Olympic anxiety
A group of leading current and former athletes have urged their compatriots not to be “overwhelmed” by the uncertainty surrounding the Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games as the mammoth events struggle to stay on track in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent out late on Thursday by the Australian Institute…
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Barnes: Swimmer Penny Oleksiak navigated some rough water to become happier athlete and person
It was late July 2018 and Penny Oleksiak needed a mental reset, not a trip to the Pan Pacific Championships, for which she had just qualified during trials in Edmonton. So the Toronto-based swimmer who burst onto the scene so famously at the Rio Olympics two years earlier sought out Swimming Canada’s high performance director…