Author: rokur
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One year until the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming
USA Swimming celebrates the 365 days countdown until the 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming.
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Diving In Trailer – Sydney Film Festival 2020: Screenability program
Set in 2007, a young amputee swimmer Alex has his heart set on one of he coaches at the local pool. After accidentally rejecting her, Alex’s friends steal his phone and send her a raunchy text message. Mortified, Alex must get to her phone before she sees the message, or risk losing her forever. Diving…
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Why? US Olympic Synchronized Swimmer Anita Alvarez
What does synchronized swimming look like? Here’s a sample of Anita in action, as well as an excerpt from our interview. (Video courtesy thelegendofNeshka.)
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Looking to swim, hike or camp? You can visit Guadalupe River State Park
If you’re looking to beat the heat, you can visit Guadalupe River State. But don’t forget to make a reservation! Digital journalist Lexi Hazlett takes you there. https://youtu.be/9zQRqj0FsqQ
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Mexico’s India Inspired Artistic Swimming Routine at Rio 2016 | Music Monday
This Music Monday, we feature the performance by Mexican Artistic Swimming duet Karem Achach and Nuria Diosdado at the 2016 Summer Olympics Games to “Aaila Re Aaila”, an Indian song by Daler Mehndi and Kalpana Patowary. Enjoy watching!
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Australian Facilities Hosting Elite Swimmers to Benefit From New Federal Technology Funding
The Australian Government’s announcement of new funding for high-performance athletes is to include $725,000 for Swimming Australia to equip at least one pool in each state with the latest technology, including cameras and instrumented turning plates. Items to be installed include underwater cameras, new starting blocks, and cutting-edge analysis software designed to help Australia’s swimmers…
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5 Exercise Myths You Might Be Believing
Does cooldown really reduce muscle soreness after workout? Is body weight more important than resistance training? Are burpees the ultimate single exercise? Are planks better than crunches when trying to slim your waist? Exercise scientist Sandra Hunter, physiologist Fabio Comana, and researcher Harry Dorell give a scientific and logical answer to these questions. Spoiler alert:…
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Girl tries to save squirrel from swimming pool, plan backfires
“I called my daughter outside to see a squirrel trapped in my granddaughter’s kiddie pool; and of course, being the animal lover she is, she had to attempt a rescue. The squirrel was not quite as grateful as she had hoped! It leaps at her face as she recoils in horror and runs away screaming.…
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Swimmers Strength Workout | by Swim Ireland’s Paul Talty
Paul Talty, Swim Ireland’s associate head of performance services, is here to deliver another of the strength workouts he has prescribed to his elite swimmers, while they have been confined to dry land.