Author: rokur

Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)

Over 350 national and international participants competed in calm, clear waters off the Florida Keys Saturday during the Swim for Alligator Lighthouse, an eight-mile open-water challenge. Miami resident Yoelvis Pedraza, 31, emerged from the Atlantic Ocean as the top individual swimmer with a time of 2 hours, 55 minutes and 36 seconds. Top female finisher Chelsea Nauta, 29, of Tampa, completed the race in 3:04:21. In other divisions, Tampa residents Pam Owens and Connor Signorin finished with the fastest two-person relay time of 3:28:57. Punta Gorda, Florida., residents Danielle Chance and Melissa Varlas teamed up with Laura Hamel and Rick Walker of Sarasota, Florida, in…

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Get to know Sarah Sjöström! Sjöström is the World Record holder in multiple events including the 50-meter freestyle (long course), the 100-meter freestyle (long course), the 200-meter freestyle (short course), the 50-meter butterfly (long course), and the 100-meter butterfly (long course and short course). She was also the first Swedish woman to win an Olympic Gold in swimming! https://youtu.be/8elqZdZG8s0

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Rio Olympic relay swimmer and 2009 world champion Junya Koga is set to be issued a four-year ban by a FINA doping panel for violating anti-doping rules, sources familiar with the matter said late Monday evening. Should the sport’s ruling body announce the decision, the 31-year-old Koga, who said in a hearing in late August that the positive test resulted from taking dietary supplements, will be shut out of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. According to sources, Koga sought a reduction in sanction at the hearing before an impartial panel in late August, but his request was rejected. He claimed he…

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Authorities say two swimmers drowned while trying to rescue another man who was saved by police. The men were all swimming in the Thornes Creek in Hazlet, N.J., when one of them started yelling for help around 2:40 p.m. Sunday. The two other men went to help the man who was struggling but they soon went under water and didn’t surface. Police responding to the scene soon found the swimmer who had been in distress. He was located near the water’s edge and was taken to a hospital, but further information on his condition was not disclosed. The bodies of…

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Michael Phelps may have someone to carry on his swimming legacy — his son Boomer! The Olympic swimmer told Access Live’s Natalie Morales and Kit Hoover that his 2-year-old son has a ton of talent in the pool and it’s incredible how much he’s already learned just by watching dad! Check out what Michael had to say about Boomer’s future in the pool. https://youtu.be/52w6CEJprrM

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