Olympic swimmer Mark Foster shares why he chose now to come out as gay even though everyone in his private life already knew. https://youtu.be/A7lEj509CdA
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Navy men’s and women’s swimming and diving will host Army West Point on Thursday afternoon for their annual star-series match. Both the men’s and women’s teams sit at 7-0 on the season. https://youtu.be/QINfE4vkq7Q
Brown University said it has launched an investigation into alleged hazing on the men’s varsity swimming and diving team at the Ivy League school, after a probe by its student newspaper. The Brown Daily Herald reported that it reviewed text messages, emails, photos and recordings of conversations among team members, who described Oct. 7 as a night of “initiation†or “hazing,†with heavy drinking, vandalism and other activities. The newspaper found that multiple first-year members of the team vomited that night and team members vandalized a statue of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius seated atop a horse by climbing on…
Guest post by Anabel Cooper There are quite a few swimming strokes or different styles out there, however, the most used ones are the ones that are also used in international competition. If you were curious about which one is best and what is the advantage of each and every one of them, keep reading and you’ll be amazed. Breaststroke The breaststroke is the extremely popular with athletes but can also be performed by hobby swimmers as well. In this style, both of your arms do semi-circular movements while underwater, just in front of your head. The recovery also takes…
Swimming superstar Michael Phelps beat fellow American Mark Spitz with a record eight gold medals won at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. https://youtu.be/e-ldwePuoW0
Join the swimming movement this January 20 – 28! Find your swim experience and pledge now! All pledges will be counted towards a collective lap of Australia! https://youtu.be/SkTye9eADW4
The second edition of the Cap de Creus swimrun organized by Marnaton on October 28, 2017, in and around Cadaqués. https://youtu.be/S-E1Uw-GLtA
Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer whose three-month jail stint for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman drew national attention, is appealing his conviction. https://youtu.be/RgVJhc9xi9w
The world’s best aquatics athletes of the year were honored Saturday, December 2 in the fourth edition of the FINA World Aquatics Gala “Soirée des Etoiles” 2017 held in Sanya, China. Swimming legends Caeleb Dressel of the U.S. and Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom received the FINA Best Male/Female Swimmer 2017 award respectively, a first for both athletes, while Croatia and the USA were honored with the FINA Best Male/Female Water Polo Team 2017 recognition respectively. The U.S. female water polo team has bagged the highest FINA award for the fourth consecutive time, since the inception of the Gala in 2014. Great Britain’s Thomas Daley received the FINA Best…
2017 USA SWIMMING WINTER NATIONALS The Olympic Warm UP + Race info https://youtu.be/tGEAOhu4OPQ