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We have spent at least two minutes heavily researching the most popular questions that swimmers always get asked by non-swimmers. We have managed to pick five of our favourite questions that people has asked over the years, and you guess it we are going to answer them once and for all! So without further or do here’s our ‘ why do swimmers do that’ video. https://youtu.be/Meu0JmY30Qw

A 7-year-old boy who went missing from his Mililani home on Christmas Eve was found dead in a swimming pool the next day, authorities said. Police on Monday morning recovered the body of Paul “Kevin” Rozier from a pool at an unoccupied house, which was a short distance away from his family’s home. Authorities said no foul play is suspected and an autopsy will be conducted. Read Seattle Times Photo by ishaip

Hue Jackson won’t backpedal on the backstroke. He vowed Wednesday to make good on his promise to swim in Lake Erie if the Browns went 1-15 again, and they’re 0-15 heading into Sunday’s season finale in Pittsburgh. “So how many people are jumping in the lake with me?” he said at the start of his press conference Wednesday. “Obviously I’ve got to get wet. I get it. I can pick a day and get everyone out there, we’ll all be in swimsuits and trunks and snorkels and all that.” For real? “Heck, yeah. I got to,” he said. Read Cleveland.com…

While the jury is still out on the extent to which facial recognition technology will be used globally years from now, many tech firms are continuing to push ahead with its development, with big players like Apple going so far as to incorporate it into its flagship iPhone X handset. Now the organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics is taking notice of the technology, and wants to use it on a huge scale at the global sporting extravaganza, sources told the Japan Times recently. Developed by NEC Corp., the committee said the system would aid security by eliminating the problem of forged or…

There are very few honors left to bestow upon Katie Ledecky that the two-time Olympic swimmer hasn’t already received, and yet she added another to the résumé on Tuesday. Ledecky was named the Associate Press Female Athlete of the Year, beating out fellow Olympians Serena Williams and Allyson Felix to become the eighth female swimmer and first since Amy Van Dyken 21 years ago to win the award. The 20-year-old Ledecky, who is a sophomore at Stanford, also becomes the first active college athlete to win since UConn basketball player Rebecca Lobo in 1995. Read Team USA She has before…

Read for instance SwimmingWorld https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/kliment-kolesnikov-takes-down-world-record-in-100-back-scm/ https://twitter.com/coach_rushton/status/944250079602339840 Image courtesy of Deepbluemedia / Giorgio Scala

Semi-private swim lessons offer students the opportunity to interact with another student of a similar age and ability while still receiving personal attention. https://youtu.be/N5nyco1AXxU

Steve Adubato goes one-on-one with Producer/Director, Lara Stolman and Mike McQuay, Head Coach of the Jersey Hammerheads, to talk about how Mike’s swim team is empowering kids on the autism spectrum to achieve greatness. https://youtu.be/xk69YFgInR8

Who knew Olympians could sing? The Gregory Brothers turned some of the best moments from the 2016 Olympic Games into an epic song! We can’t wait for more speechless moments from winter athletes at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. https://youtu.be/u7uClp4FybA