Author: rokur
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Woman Cured of Cancer After Clinical Trial Funded by Charlotte-Based Swim Charity | WCNC
A Charlotte nonprofit is leading the way when it comes to funding rare cancer studies. Swim Across America is headquartered in Charlotte, but it helps save lives across the country. The CEO of Swim Across America, Rob Butcher, said he’s getting more calls than ever before — often from oncologists themselves — asking for funding…
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‘Protesters’ in Berlin Jump Into the Spree River to Show It’s Clean Enough for Swimming | Los Angeles Times
A century after the city of Berlin banned swimming in the Spree River because it was so polluted it could make people sick, there’s a push by swimmers to get back into the water. Around 200 people jumped into the slow-moving, greenish water Tuesday to show that it’s not only clean enough, but also lots…
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Racing An Olympic Swimmer…BUT He’s Dressed As a Chicken | Untapped
What happens when Olympic gold medalist Tom Dean agrees to race us in the pool…dressed as a full-blown chicken? We challenged Tom Dean – one of the fastest swimmers on the planet — to a race with a twist: a ridiculous chicken costume. Can world-class talent overcome aerodynamic disaster? Can we finally beat an Olympian…
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Olympic Gold Swimmer On Insane Training & Real Problem With The Enhanced Games | Tom Dean | Untapped
Olympic swimmer Tom Dean dives deep into the discipline and determination it takes to compete at the highest level, reflecting on the years of early mornings, gruelling sessions and the mindset that keeps him pushing for more. What happens when you give everything and still fall short? Tom opens up about facing disappointment head-on, the…
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Isthier Chaudhury Puts His YouTube Swimming Lessons to the Test | The Moth
When Isthier’s wife wants to go scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef on their honeymoon, there’s only one problem… Isthier can’t swim. With only a month before the trip, Isthier must learn how to swim and overcome his fear of trying something new.
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Summer McIntosh on What’s Next After Record-Breaking Week at Canadian Swim Trials | CBC Sports
CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux sat down with Summer McIntosh after she set three world records and five national records at the Canadian swim trials in Victoria, B.C.
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The Secret to Getting Faster Has Nothing to Do With Swimming | Eetu Karvonen
What if I told you the real gains happen outside the pool?
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Let’s Talk About The Enhanced Games | Kyle Sockwell
After receiving countless DMs about the Enhanced Games, I finally decided to talk about it. All in all, I find it pretty uninteresting. A former swimmer got jacked and then some other former swimmer threw on a bodysuit in an empty pool and went kind of fast. What now? It’s redundant, it send the wrong…
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Swimming With Sharks: Lewis Pugh’s Mission to Save Our Ocean | UN Environment Programme
For decades, sharks have been portrayed as killing machines. However, it’s humans who kill an estimated 274,000 sharks every single day. 50 years after the movie Jaws hit the big screen, UN Environment Programme Patron of the Oceans @lewis.pugh is swimming 96km around Martha’s Vineyard to rewrite the narrative and challenge long-held fears about sharks.…