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Twin Cam – a camera that avoids refraction – allows athletes and coaches to observe movement in and out of the water in one single image. https://youtu.be/oh9UFeN98js

Head coach of the United States’ women’s swimming team for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, swim coach Jack Bauerle offers instruction on the fundamentals of the turn to maximize speed. https://youtu.be/bSUjOAbg8yc

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Colin Hill (Chillswim), catches up with Peter Stoychev in Bulgaria. https://youtu.be/WKpHFavTRv4 https://youtu.be/oG3VWw81byw

Ashleigh’s dream of becoming a professional freediver almost ended before it was even a thought. Battling an auto-immune disorder left her physically inactive for most of her childhood. Join Ashleigh as she overcomes a traumatic childhood and puts her Architecture career on hold to pursue her dream of becoming a professional freediver. She now experiences another world some rarely get to see, and gains incredible accomplishments along the way. https://youtu.be/vfCrBob3N-c

Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini, a Syrian who fled across the Mediterranean, was today appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and pledged to work harder to inspire refugees around the world. Mardini, 19, who competed in last summer’s games in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team, said she was honoured to work with UNHCR and would dedicate her voice to speak up for people who have been forced to flee their homes. “I could not be more proud to be part of the UNHCR family and #TeamRefugees,” Mardini told journalists at…

In 2012, Alan Corcoran raised €15,000 by running 35 marathons in 35 consecutive days around the Irish coastline. He donated the proceeds to the Irish Heart Foundation, after Alan’s father Milo, a former FAI president, suffered a stroke in 2011. Milo Corcoran passed away from cancer last year, and one month after Alan got into the water and started training. Alan is swimming 500km around the Irish coastline. He is going to swim up to ten hours a day and cover more distance than an Olympic Marathon in each swim until the 500km is completed. “It’ll be a kilometre at…

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…