Author: rokur
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Copa Nadal 2020: Winter/Christmas Swimming Competition – Club Natació Barcelona
Copa Nadal or Christmas Cup, is a traditional swimming competition organized by Club Natació Barcelona. It’s held during the winter season, on Christmas Day! The swimmers shall swim through 200 meters of open water in Port Vell Barcelona. This is one of the oldest sports events in Barcelona and Europe, being created in 1907.
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Swimmers enjoy Christmas Day dips across the UK
Members of the public braved freezing temperatures for a festive dip in Dorset, Birmingham and Co Down.
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Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang’s Doping Ban Is Lifted After Accusation of Racism
Sun Yang, a three-time Olympic champion and one of China’s most celebrated athletes, had his eight-year ban from swimming suddenly overturned Wednesday by Switzerland’s federal court, which upheld a challenge questioning the neutrality of one of the panelists who had issued the penalty. The Swiss federal court’s decision came after lawyers for Sun presented evidence…
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Stig Severinsen Sets Guinness World Record By Swimming 202m Underwater
Danish freediver Stig Severinsen has smashed the existing Guinness World Record in longitudinal swimming underwater with a 202-meter (663-foot) swim in the Sea of Cortez off Mexico.
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2️⃣2️⃣ – Katie Ledecky finishes 22 seconds ahead of her final competitor! | #31DaysOfOlympics
Setting a World record is already impressive, but winning by this margin is just mind-blowing 🤯
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David Alleva, PhD Talks about the Lifelong Benefits of Swimming on WOWSA Live
David Alleva, Ph.D. swam competitively as a child and teenager. He then went on to represent Indiana University at the NCAA level, majoring in biology. He culminated his swimming career on the professional marathon swimming circuit while obtaining his Ph.D. in immunology, have 12 papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and winning races from the…