Category: Competition
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Commentary: ‘I Couldn’t Balance It All Anymore’ – Former National Swimmer Joscelin Yeo Sheds Light on Unseen Struggles of Elite Athletes
When I had a bad swim, or I didn’t perform up to what was expected of me, I would be torn down. I would feel like I let everyone down and I would beat myself up. So much so that I spiralled into depression. I went to places so dark that I didn’t care to…
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UMD Swimmer Killed in Car Crash | NBC4 Washington
The University of Maryland is mourning a beloved student killed in a car crash this week. News4’s Aimee Cho reports Samuel Castaneda was a sophomore and a member of the club swim team.
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Liberty High Relay Swimmers Headed to State Championship Meet in Clovis | 23 ABC News | KERO
The Liberty High School Girls’ Relay Swim Team is looking to win a state championship medal after a record-breaking weekend during the Central Section Championships. 23ABC Sports’ Adrian Luevano visited the team and spoke with the swimmers and their coach about what the opportunity means to them.
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Tech Talks Featuring English-Channel Swimmer Jeannie Zappe: “What if I Can?” | Indiana Tech
Jeannie Zappe is the eternal optimist. At 55, she trained for and successfully swam the English Channel solo, becoming the 707th woman since 1926 to do so. In September 2022, she completed a solo Catalina Channel crossing to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming—one of 280 people to swim around Manhattan, across the…
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The Legacy of Native Hawaiian Swimmer and Surfer Duke Kahanamoku | PBS NewsHour
This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re highlighting people whose contributions have often been overlooked. Tonight, we spotlight an Olympic swimming champion and “father of modern surfing,” Duke Kahanamoku.
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Can Jordan Out Swim an Olympian? The Challenge: World Championship | MTV
It’s a relay race on water! In ‘Points Break’, the challengers must swim as fast as they can to collect all of their color-coded pieces and solve the puzzle to avoid going into elimination.
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SEA Games: Singapore Swimmers Aim for Personal Bests, With Eye on Olympics | CNA
It may be SEA Games season, but Team Singapore’s swimmers are gunning for the Olympics. The key factor? Timings that will put them in pole position for Paris 2024. Among them is 17-year-old Nicholas Mahabir — some of his personal bests have already surpassed Games records. At the 2021 Hanoi SEA Games, Team Singapore’s swimmers…
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The Gold of Hope! David Popovici, World Champion Swimmer, Melts Gold Medal for Children With Cancer | MedLife
David Popovici donated one of his 2022 World Championships gold medals, having it melted to benefit children with cancer. “Hope is immune to cancer”, says David Popovici. Thus, the champion supports the first free genetic testing program for children diagnosed with cancer, launched by MedLife, the largest provider of medical services in Romania.