Author: rokur
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Aussie Short Course Cap Challenge
How many caps can you fit on your head in 47.63 seconds? Video featuring Matt Abood, Dave McKeon, Jess Corones, Britt Elmslie.
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World record holder Adam Peaty ‘kind of bullied’ into concentrating on breaststroke
“When I joined City of Derby, I had no idea just what to expect. I hadn’t really got a preference over which stroke I liked best. “I kind of got bullied into concentrating on my breaststroke by (coach) Mel Marshall!†Marshall, who won the Matrix Fitness Performance Coach of the Year award at the Derbyshire…
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Aussie swim chiefs wrong to hire Scott Volkers: inquiry
Swimming Australia should never have put coach Scott Volkers in charge of the national women’s team, a royal commission has been advised. The child sex abuse inquiry has also been advised by its chief counsel to find the swimming body did not follow its own mandatory screening policy by not asking Volkers about his suitability…
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Naoya Tomita Denies Stealing Camera at Asian Games
A Japanese swimmer accused of stealing a camera during the Asian Games in South Korea in September denied the allegations on Thursday, saying an unidentified male forcefully put it in his bag. Naoya Tomita, 25, was expelled from Japan’s swimming team on Sept. 27 following investigations over a missing camera at the Incheon games. He…
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105-year-old Winnipeg swimming champion Jaring Timmerman passes away
Jaring Timmerman passed away in hospital early Wednesday morning. The Winnipeg man swam his way into the record books as the world’s oldest master swimmer. His son Don Timmerman said his father was admitted to hospital Monday after he started feeling ill. He said he wants his dad remembered as an inspiration. “I guess you…
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Legend Latynina chides ‘weak’ Michael Phelps
Gymnastics legend Larisa Latynina upbraided her fellow record-breaking Olympian Michael Phelps after a drink-driving charge which saw him slapped with a six-month suspension from swimming. The 79-year-old Russian, whose record of 18 Olympic medals stood for 48 years until Phelps broke it in 2012, called Phelps “weak” for his arrest and subsequent suspension earlier this…
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Vikings Test Form at North Sea Swim Meet 2014
The Stavanger Swim Hall in Norway will this weekend 7-9 November 2014 be venue of the 42nd North Sea Swim Meet, featuring the Danish ‘Viking’ team including Jeanette Ottesen and Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (FIN), Pál Joensen (FAR), Marco Loughran (GBR), swimmers from Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and of course the best Norwegian…
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Being Frank: Professional Coaching
Presented by Arena, the exclusive outfitter of the USA Swimming National Team, “Being Frank†is a web series featuring the insights of USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch.