Author: rokur
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Canada’s artistic swim team halts training, undergoing conduct review
Canada’s artistic swim team has stopped training following complaints from athletes. The Canadian team had just resumed preparations for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games when it was pulled from the pool Monday at Montreal’s Olympic Park Sport Centre. Canada Artistic Swimming chief executive officer Jackie Buckingham would not identify the exact nature of the complaints.…
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Rowdy Gaines on opening more pools to help water safety – The Social Kick E#61
Hall of Fame swimmer and 3-time Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines joins the show! We talk about how COVID is affecting student-athletes who have trained their entire lives to play a sport only to now be sidelined and/or lose out on scholarships? We address the financial, professional and mental health repercussions, as well as the…
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20 Minute Dryland Workout For Swimmers | No Equipment | The Apollo Athletic
If you can’t make it to the pool then you are in for a treat. This complete routine is designed specifically for swimmers and adaptable for everybody. By the end of it, you’re going to be well on your way to improving your sports performance, burning calories, and carving a well-proportioned body. With this routine…
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Top 5 Stretches for Swimmers: Prevent Swimming Injuries & Recover Faster | Your Wellness Nerd
Here are 5 of the most important stretches for anyone who wants to recover from, or prevent common swimming-related injuries. From what I find clinically, these 5 stretches help rectify some of the most common underlying issues that set our tissue up to fail when swimming. Whether it be neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain,…
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Swim Coach Paves the Way
Terry Varney Freerks helped paved the way for hundreds of swimmers over the years. But she sees sport as a vehicle for education and other opportunities in life. She began swimming at the age of four and became a nationally-ranked swimmer by the age of ten. Her career continued into college where she had to…
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Cuvier’s beaked whale breaks record with 3 hour 42 minute dive
The blue whale might be one of the most enigmatic creatures on the planet, but the true megastars of the diving world are Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris). They are capable of reaching depths of almost 3000 m, and calculations suggest that these relatively diminutive whales should only remain submerged for about 33 minutes before…
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Natalie Coughlin breaks her own World Record! | FINA World Championships
Don’t miss out this amazing Women’s 100m Backstroke Final from the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne! Record holder and Olympic Champion Natalie Coughlin was very motivated to win a Gold Medal being the favourite at the starting blocks. With a terrific performance the American star beat all the contenders breaking her own World Record…
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The Fast and The Furious – Swimming Documentary
During the 1980s, Canadian swim titans Alex Baumann and Victor Davis ruled the pool. Baumann was a quiet, analytical IM and freestyle specialist who would win two gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, while Davis, a fiery and brash world-record-breaking breaststroker, had his life tragically cut short when he was hit by a…
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Paris 2024 scraps temporary aquatics venue in cost control measures
The Paris 2024 organising committee has made further revisions to its construction plans, announcing that it will no longer build two temporary venues as part of a suite of cost control measures to ensure the French city delivers the Olympic Games within its initial €3.8bn ($4.5bn/£3.5bn) budget. Paris had originally planned to build a permanent…