Author: rokur
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Robbie Renwick: I might be an underdog but I’ll do everything I can to win gold at Glasgow 2014
Read Herald Scotland Renwick, 26, from Glasgow, won gold in the 200m freestyle at the 2010 games in Dehli and now hopes to repeat his winning performance in his home city. Talking about his journey to the Games in a video for Strathmore, official water supplier of Glasgow 2014, he said: “I might be an…
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Video: Chad le Clos Wanted to be a Soccer Star
See Penguin SA Olympic champion swimmer Chad le Clos, whose memoir Unbelievable! is out now, reveals that he would have chosen to be a South African soccer star. In an interview with SABC News, Le Clos’ dad, Bert, who played youth football with current Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund, recalls how his son started out playing football, and…
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Olympic swimmer Neil Brooks vindicated in fraud allegations
Read The Sydney Morning Herald Australian Olympic gold medal swimmer Neil Brooks and his wife Elle Brooks have won the first step in a bid to clear their names of fraud allegations. Optus Mobile, the publisher of the OptusZoo online magazine has settled with the Brooks’ on Thursday over claims arising out of false and…
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Barry Murphy Swim Clinic with Dolphin Swim Club at Mayfield, Cork
Irish Olympian Barry Murphy, gives an in-depth breakdown of breaststroke and freestyle as well as starts, turns and finishes. The stroke clinic starts with a full stroke demo, then broke the strokes down and progressively built it back up with a series of drills. After the clinic, Barry gave a motivational talk on what it…
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11-Year-Old Girl Saves Lady From Drowning In A Florida Swimming Pool
Read Inquisitr and see USA Today An eleven-year-old girl has become a local superstar after she saved the life of a woman who had fallen in to a Florida swimming pool. The incident happened at the swimming pool of Cape Shores condominiums where the lady, Kathy McElmurray had gone for a swim, reports USA Today. According to…
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Swim teacher offers free classes to classmates of boys who drowned
See WPTV Melissa Taylor dedicates her time teaching kids how to swim. So she was heartbroken to learn two boys drowned in a neighbor’s pool Friday. The victims were identified as six-year-old Dairion Demesier and ten-year-old Jean Orilas “My heart just sank into my stomach, this could’ve been prevented,” said Taylor.
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More may be victims of swim coach Joseph Michael Diaz’s abuse, police say
Read The Gainesville Sun Police now believe at least seven children may be alleged victims of a Gainesville teacher and swim coach who was arrested last week on charges of molestation and sexual abuse. Gainesville police spokesman officer Ben Tobias said Tuesday afternoon that more children have been interviewed and it appears seven or possibly…
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Ian Thorpe released from Sydney hospital after battling serious infection
Read for instance The Independent Ian Thorpe has been released from hospital in Sydney following an infection, his manager has revealed. The five-time Olympic champion swimmer had contracted the infection in his shoulder during surgery earlier this year. The 31-year-old’s manager James Erskine told the Australian Associated Press: “It looks as though the infections have…
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Pier Plunging craze now sweeping Norway too
Read The Local A new cold-water bathing craze has spread so fast on Norway’s social media since it was imported from the Faroe Islands a week ago, that the man who started it now fears no one in the entire country will escape. The ‘Jump in the Sea Challenge’ sees victims dared to throw themselves…