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 :-)

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Never too old to learn some swimming skills

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Have you ever heard the phrase ‘You are never too old to learn a new trick?” Well, you are never too old to learn some swimming skills! The Vigo County YMCA and the Terre Haute Torpedoes Swim Club will be hosting adult aquatics events during the month of April. And it’s not just to learn to swim because you can develop other skills such as using pool time to help you stay fit. See WTHITV

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Winter Swimming

Russia holds first world championship in ice swimming

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The first ever world championship in ice swimming was held in the Russian Arctic Circle on March 20-22. RBTH talked with some of the participants in Murmansk about overcoming their limits and asked them whether sports can help resolve political differences. Read Russia Beyond The Headlines https://youtu.be/0Mk6FHboYnM https://youtu.be/aC3yXDaVfJE https://youtu.be/NmDsI9aOcRg

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Training

Coralville woman teaches swimming lessons from her garage

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A private Coralville swimming instructor has a unique item in her garage: a swimming pool. “I’m a full-time swimming teacher and I didn’t plan on that, but that’s what I do,” said Megan Oesting, who recently earned her masters in educational measurement and statistics from the University of Iowa. Inside Oesting’s garage, 1400 Woolridge Dr., is a pool, decked out with a camera, mirrors and a flat screen TV. “I can get five times more done [in the garage] than in a regular pool,” said Oesting, a lifelong swimmer and former head coach of the Iowa Flyers Swim Club. “We…

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Equipment

LiveScience Takes Fitness Trackers For A Swim | Video

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Live Science’s Elizabeth Palermo, a competitive swimmer, tested sixteen wearable waterproof devices during her pool workout: Two fitness trackers built specifically for swimmers, a few multi-sport GPS watches, a smart watch and a several waterproof trackers by Garmin, Misfit, Withings and others. See also LiveScience https://youtu.be/-RcSGA3tNIo

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Doping

Apology the priority for Park Tae-hwan, says swim federation

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Disgraced South Korean swim star Park Tae-Hwan needs to apologise before any discussion can begin on when he might return to competition after failing a doping test, the head of the national swim federation said Wednesday. The 18-month suspension handed down to Park by world swimming body FINA on Monday sparked debate at home over whether the four-time Olympic swimming medallist should be allowed to take part in next year’s Olympics in Rio. The FINA ban ends in March 2016, which theoretically gives Park time to prepare for the Olympics, but a new rule instituted by the Korean Olympic Committee…

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