Author: rokur
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Danish head coach Juba demands rank jump and courage from Great Danes in return for international opportunities
Read Politiken (in Danish) At the first Great Danes assembly, this weekend, Danish national coach Nick Juba listed up a slew of exciting Team Danmark financed challenges abroad, with support from experts in coaching, nutrition and sports psychology, in return for an investment in courage, positive attitude and ambition from the 10-12 talented young Danish…
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Lifeguard Fired After Swimmer Rescue
A story from back in 2012. And crazy. “Lifeguard Tomas Lopez helped save a drowning man and got fired for it. The reason: He left the section of a south Florida beach his company is paid to patrol. The Orlando-based company, Jeff Ellis and Associates, says Lopez broke a company rule and could have put…
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Meet the Girl Who Got Michael Phelps Into Swimming
Read Popsugar Fitness “You watched him win 22 Olympic medals, break numerous world records, and grace the covers of several magazines, but how exactly how did Michael Phelps get into swimming? Enter Hilary Phelps, the oldest sister of the Phelps clan, whose siblings would later follow in her swimming footsteps. But there’s more to her…
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CC photo #671: SuSvim president Marlon Kjærbo visiting all Faroese swimming pools on foot
Marlon Kjærbo, chairman of Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur, Faroe Islands, here running to Tórshavn as part of a fundraising run between all Faroese swimming pools that are used in competitive swimming. He ran at least a marathon the first day, and has now on the second day clocked 13 hours and 58 minutes and 105,4…
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Can swimming make you smarter? (short answer: yes)
See wbtv.com Pools are a child’s playground. Usually swimming is the lesson kids are learning while in the water. But researchers out of Australia say there are other benefits with the simple strokes kids are getting smarter and YMCA aquatics instructor Saunte Bruton agrees. “It teaches them another way of dealing with being afraid of…
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Australian parents value swimming and water safety lessons above all other extra-curricular activities
See AUSTSWIM Australia were pleased that both parents and non-parents chose “learning to swim†as the most important activity for children aged 5 to 14 years when provided a set of seven popular extra-curricular activities in a recent community survey. In addition, when asked to assess the relative importance of a set of eight water…
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Florida Swimming and Diving: Defining Success
“We are Florida Swimming and Diving and this is how we define success.” http://youtu.be/xJW8ujh0OGw
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Nice Arena ad featuring Gregorio Paltrinieri
Title says “Swim to grow – Arena promotes the practice of swimming”. Or something like that.
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What’s Next For Diana Nyad?
Diana Nyad talks about what’s next in her life — from doing more “Swims For Relief”, writing another book, and doing her one-woman show.