Author: rokur
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Speedo Advisors | How to utilise swimming as a full body workout by Matt Taylor
“How to utilise swimming as a full body workout. Swimming advice and tips from Speedo Advisor Matt Taylor.”
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Sylle did it! – Fly across the English Channel in 16h41m
Impressive Post by Sylle's English Channel Butterfly Swim.
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Woman swims 500 yards to toast 100th birthday
Read NewsTimes Most people likely wouldn’t want to attempt a quarter-mile swim. Then again, Margaret K. Wachs isn’t most people. On Friday, to celebrate her 100th birthday, Wachs swam 10 laps in the Woodruff Family YMCA pool. That’s 500 yards — the equivalent of five football fields, and more than a quarter mile. “I feel…
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CC photo #630: Rollason and Juba at the 2013 Aqua Clinic
Denmark’s national training center coach Shannon Rollason and national head coach Nick Juba on scene at the 2013 Aqua Clinic in Brønshøj, presenting their observations on Danish swimming, clubs and coaches. One main point was that the Danish coaches are skilled and well paid, but move around too much. There are too many clubs switching…
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CC photo #629: Remember to always have spare goggles
A scene from the swim meet in Tórshavn, a week ago. I guess that is enough. (And yes, I forgot my daily photo, yesterday. Will do two today)
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Leisel Jones reveals ‘psychotic pursuit’ of Olympic gold came at cost of mental health
Read Business Standard and The Telegraph Former Australian Olympic gold-medallist swimmer Leisel Jones has revealed that a ‘psychotic pursuit’ of her gold medal came at the cost of her mental health. Jones is one name in a list of Australia‘s finest sportspersons suffering mentally in the pursuit of success like Ian Thorpe, Petria Thomas, Libby Trickett, Greg…
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Former UA swimmer Martin Pepper lands Science Channel TV show
See azcentral.com “He’s always been this goofy person and a showman,†said his older brother, Seth Pepper. “Martin is meant to be on television, he has that personality. It was a matter of when it’s going to happen.†If “How The Earth Works†is anywhere close to as successful as its predecessor, “How The Universe…
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Missy Franklin The double life of ‘swimming’s Hannah Montana’
Hannah Montana? Ahem, I guess they mean the Disney model http://youtu.be/IKfGVidUV1I
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Travel in Chinese Lesson 16 – Swimming
Good to know for when the Chinese take over swimming completely http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a-U9r0YtZU Here on CNTV.com is the video in original and better quality