Author: rokur
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10 On Your Side Special Report: Treading Water
See wavy.com, via Diversity In Aquatic The barriers keeping African Americans from learning to swim is a difficult subject to talk about. There are stereotypes that black people cannot swim. That is not what this story is about. Almost everyone is capable of learning to swim. This story is about the barriers that keep African…
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★STOCKPORT METRO SWIMMING★ From beginners to Olympians
Stockport Metro‘s vision is to provide swimmers with the optimum environment and the right opportunities at each stage of their development to enable them to achieve excellence. We will continue to strive for gold medal success through the provision of seamless pathways from early skill development to the Olympic podium.
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CC photo #509: Warmup at Danish Youth Champs 2008
Just a photo from the Danish Youth Championships back in 2008.
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Warning over low number of British pupils who can swim
More children may drown without better school swimming provision, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has warned. Half of seven- to 11-year-olds in England, some 1.1 million children, cannot swim the length of a standard pool, research suggests. Only 2% of schools surveyed delivered the government’s recommended 22 hours a year of swimming lessons. See also…
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Cameron van der Burgh Photoshoot
Check out the behind the scenes footage of the photoshoot we had with Cameron van der Burgh earlier this year.
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Cullen Jones gets kids swimming in New York
Read Enstars With the Rio Olympics still years away, Olympic medalist Cullen Jones is taking time out to give back through the sport he loves. Jones made a stop in Harlem, NY, last week to promote USA Swimming Foundation’s Make A Splash initiative, as part of the group’s national tour. Make A Splash is the national swimming…
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SA coach Graham Hill accepts blame for lack of female swimmers
Read sport24 South Africa’s national swimming coach, Graham Hill, says he is partly to blame for the country not having world class female swimmers. This comes after top men’s performer, Cameron van der Burgh, claimed that the country’s female swimmers are not willing to sacrifice enough in order to reach the top. Van der Burgh said women…
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Davis Tarwater inspires kids to sign up for swim team
Read wbir.com Kids from around Knoxville got the chance to meet an Olympian and learn more about a summer swimming program. Sign ups for Emerald Youth’s swim team’s seventh season started Tuesday. Gold medal winning swimmer Davis Tarwater spoke to the kids about his own swimming experiences and helped register the kids for the team.…
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Ex-swim coach accused of abuse appears in court
Read Boston Globe When the young boy joined the Arlington Boys & Girls Club swim team in the late 1970s, his coach was Paul Collins, who also dated his family’s neighbor and would sometimes fill in as baby sitter. On those occasions, when the boy went to sleep, Collins would sit at his bedside and…