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Brett Fraser steps up to prepare for Commonwealth Games
Read cayCompass.com Swimmer Brett Fraser is gearing up for the Commonwealth Games qualifiers in Arizona or the Bahamas in the next couple of months. New York-based Fraser reached the 50 meters and 100m freestyle semifinals at the London Olympics so should not have any problems qualifying for the Glasgow Games in July. “There are a…
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Agave fundraiser honors English Channel swimmer Allison DeFrancesco
Read VailDaily When doctors declared Allison DeFrancesco in remission from cancer at the age of 21, they told her to “You’re done (with treatment.) Go be normal.†“I thought, ‘What does that mean?’†said DeFrancesco, who was first diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a collegiate swimmer at New York University. She spent a couple years…
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Swimmers go off deep end over lifeguards’ ‘sick leave’
Read The Standard (Hong Kong) The public swimming pool in Victoria Park was forced to close for several hours yesterday morning when eight of its 11 lifeguards took sick leave. The closure left scores of swimmers fuming, with the pool only reopening in the afternoon when a sufficient number of lifeguards reported for duty. The…
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Swimmer nearly dies crossing Sound on a dare
Read nwfdailynews.com The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office identified Robert David Walters as the man pulled from the Santa Rosa Sound Monday after trying to swim cross the waterway on a dare. The 53-year-old man was still in very critical condition at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Tuesday afternoon, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Michele Nicholson. Walters was…
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Lauren Boyle can get even quicker, says Milt Nelms
“Horse whisperer of swimming”, as they often call him. Read stuff.co.nz Lauren Boyle’s success in the pool over the past two years has come as no surprise to renowned American swimming coach Milton Nelms. For the past 12 years, Nelms, who resides in Tasmania, has visited Christchurch’s AquaGym Swim Club, which is owned by good…
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Katie Hoff’s First Pitch Surprise
Todd Anderson proposes to Katie Hoff at Rays game in Tampa! (Warning, vertical video) Featured photo by Vironevaeh
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Chad le Clos and Alexander Popov at the OMEGA Pavilion at Sochi 2014
Via the17thman Olympic swimmers Chad le Clos and Alexander Popov visited the OMEGA Pavilion in Sochi’s Olympic Park on 22 February, 2014 for a unique question-and-answer session that focused on their Olympic accomplishments and the factors behind their success.