Author: rokur
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Team GB Episode 03. Rebecca Adlington | The Moments That Made Me Podcast
Becky Adlington was just 19 years old when she won two gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, breaking a 19-year-old world record in the process. She would go on to win European and World titles before double bronze at London 2012. On the podcast this week Becky talks Radzi through Beijing success, dealing with…
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How Swimming Helps In Relieving Stress and Improve Focus
It is summertime, and everybody automatically starts planning about how they want to spend this time of the year. People resort to traveling, picnics, parties, beaches, and pools. As the weather gets warmer and we all look for ways to spend time under the sun and recreational water activities sound like a great way to…
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Video: Two Swimmers Found Clinging to Oil Rig’s Anchor Chain
On Friday evening, the Invergordon RNLI lifeboat rescued two friends who were stranded on the anchor chain of a cold-stacked oil rig in Cromarty Firth, Scotland. The two set off from Invergordon for an open-water swimming workout, with one of them in a kayak to provide safety coverage for the swimmer. However, they were caught in…
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Long distance swimmer gets close-up look at pod of orcas in West Vancouver
Long-distance swimmer Debbie Collingwood was supposed to be swimming the English Channel this summer, but on Sunday morning got the experience of a lifetime in B.C. waters during a three-hour swim near Bowen Island. “We came around the island at Whytcliffe [Park]Â … and there was a pod of orcas … coming straight for us,” she…
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Sheriff: Good Samaritan dies after water rescue at McKinley Beach; 14-year-old also drowned
The 50-year-old good Samaritan saw the boys in distress and went into the water to try to help. He was able to rescue one of the boys and tried to rescue the second, but both were pulled under.
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Swim Coach Accused of Hiding 16-Year-Old Missing for Two Weeks | NBCLA
The teen had been missing for two weeks, and her mother says it feels like a new day to know she’s alive. Hetty Chang reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. http://4.nbcla.com/Mplu14y
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Critiquing World Record Holders Strength Program | Swimmer Strength
This is a self-critique to my first ever strength program for Cesar Cielo leading up for the 2013 World Championships. A lot of my programming has changed, but a lot remains the same. Such as incorporating movements at varying velocities during the power cycles, the intense core sets, and the strength endurance work. Sound training…
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Claire Walsh | The thrill of freediving | Life and career goals | Looking ahead
Freediver Claire Walsh joined Off The Ball to discuss her life and career.
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Why do Brazilians Dominate the World of Surfing?
Brazil isn’t a country known for its big waves and yet, over the past decade, Brazilians have been dominating the world of surfing. But why tho? Filmmaker Andy Burgess explores what it is about athletes like Lucas “Chumbo†Chianca, Mateus Herdy, Carlos Burle, Rodrigo Koxa, and more that have led them to become champions of…