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Modpools are modern efficient shipping container swimming pools that can be set up and ready to go in minutes and relocated when you move. A divider can be installed to allow you to quickly change your pool into a hot tub spa and back again with ease. Modpools also allow you to control the temperature, jets, and mood lighting right from your phone or tablet. Modpools’ patent pending pool utiluzes the structural rigidity of a modified shipping container to provide end users with a relocatable hot pool. Set up your pool in minutes and take advantage of Modpools’ built in…

FINA HIGH DIVING WORLD CUP 2017 36 athletes (23 men and 13 women), representing 17 nations, are ready to compete in the fourth edition of the FINA High Diving World Cup, taking place in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on April 28-29, 2017. It is the second consecutive time this competition is visiting the capital of the United Arab Emirates, after a 2016 edition was successfully held in this Middle East country.

Dave Hughes’ opening Logies speech was peppered with awkward ‘ooo’s from the audience after he bridged some rather controversial topics. One that truly divided the crowd was his handling of Grant Hackett. Addressing the embattled swimming star’s recent troubles, Hughes said, “Grant Hackett, ‘Oh I’m going to rehab again’, well listen this time, right!” “I love Grant Hackett, he’s a great Australian but he’s being a bit whingey. “Did you see on Instagram he put a selfie of himself with a black eye and said, ‘look what my brother did’. That’s what brothers do Grant, you bloody be a d**k…

With the fourth and final leg of the Diving World Series 2017 circuit completed in Windsor, Canada, last weekend (April 21-23), China climbes atop all individual and synchronised events in the overall rankings. Chinese divers maintained an impressive and consistent form throughout the Series season, and swept 37 of 40 gold medals up for grab. In Windsor’s leg only, every Chinese athlete who competed claimed at least a medal except the pair competing in the men’s 3m synchronised event. China’s Xie Siyi leads the men’s 3m (66 points), while teammate Chen Aisen is the best in the 10m (72). The…

Olympic bronze medalist and two-time world champion, Lotte Friis, has announced her retirement from the sport of swimming.

Intex has created the InflataBULL, an challenging inflatable bull riding pool float for brave friends and family members to enjoy for hours. The durable vinyl pool toy is available to purchase from Amazon. See Laughing Squid https://youtu.be/FAU2BYnfDcs

Find out about a day in the life of a world record holder and Olympic champion swimmer, Loughborough University-based Adam Peaty. https://youtu.be/bXVKUNUQsg0

I kid you not, see Neatorama and Kimoji Kim Kardashian’s posterior has arguably become more famous than the woman herself, and it’s virtually impossible to read about Kim K. without some wiseacre commenting on the size of her rear end. This fact is not lost on Kim, so she has decided to embrace the attention and use her company Kimoji to capitalize on her famous assets- by selling pool floats shaped like her butt.

Alex Marshall is a professional college swimmer who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Her swimming was never effected before her diagnosis, that’s why everyone was surprised when she learned she had cancer. In an interview about her experience, Marshall stated, “I was thrown into the spotlight of ‘cancer girl,’ and I wasn’t quite ready for that. I didn’t really want that…” Still Marshall persevered her disease and after she finished her chemotherapy treatment, she went back to swimming. https://youtu.be/ItN1y0O6Rls See also CNN Alex Marshall was a freshman in college when she had her first cancer scare. Intense chest pain and…

Former Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation (CBDA) President Coaracy Nunes has been arrested as part of an inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds. The 78-year-old had already been removed from his post at the head of the governing body in October following an investigation by the Federal Police and Public Ministry. Nunes, however, remains on the International Swimming Federation (FINA) ruling Bureau. According to ESPN Brazil, Nunes was arrested along with CBDA financial director Sergio Ribeiro and water polo technical coordinator Ricardo Cabral. Each are accused of “over-billing, diverting public funds and embezzlement”. The arrests specifically relate to the…