Category: Competition
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Birmingham 2022 Celebrates 100 Days to Go At Completed Sandwell Aquatics Centre as Tickets Go Back on Sale
Construction at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre has been completed 100 days before the start of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Swimmers and divers gather at the brand-new venue to celebrate the 100-day countdown, and to mark the final major release of tickets Tickets for every single sport at Birmingham 2022, the biggest multi-sport event to…
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Olympic Hopeful Braves the Waves to Keep Training Despite COVID Restrictions | TaiwanPlus News
Hong Kong swimmer Jody Lee is running out of time to qualify for the Olympics. The 15-year-old swimmer only has two years left to grab a spot at the 2024 games in Paris, but COVID-19 restrictions are preventing him from getting in the water.
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Matteo Giunta on Coaching Federica Pellegrini, the ISL, and the State of Italian Swimming | Inside With Brett Hawke
Matteo Giunta is an Italian National swim coach (C.C. Aniene) and the Head Coach of the Aqua Centurians. After spending a few years coaching for Andrea Di Nino’s ADN Project, he moved to Verona in 2012 to work under Philippe Lucas. This is where he began coaching Federica Pellegrini. A decade later, the two are…
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Lima Revealed as New 8th Fina World Junior Swimming Championships 2022 Host
The capital city of Lima, Peru will host the 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships from 30 August to 4 September 2022. Over 600 promising swimmers from more than 100 National Federations, between the ages of 14-17 for women and 15-18 for men, are expected to compete in the premier international event for junior swimmers. Lima’s Videna Aquatic Centre – which has…
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Viral Photo Does Not Show Opponents Protesting Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas | Poynter
When University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won the 500-yard freestyle event at the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming Championship, she made history as the first known transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship in any sport. But what could have been seen as a milestone for transgender athletes and the LGBTQ+…
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Stop Rotating Your Hips So Much in Backstroke | Inside With Brett Hawke
7x Olympic medalist Emily Seebohm and Brett talk about speed in backstroke and how to lock in your hips.
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Mike Pence on Lia Thomas: UVA Swimmer “Emma Weyant Won That Race” | Breitbart News
Former Vice President Mike Pence told a crowd of University of Virginia students Tuesday evening that the school’s swimmer Emma Weyant, who came in second place to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas at the NCAA championship, “won that race.”
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British Swimming Championships 2022: Day 2 Finals
Watch live British Swimming Championships 2022 action from Ponds Forge, Sheffield. This evening’s session will feature four finals across the below events – a Junior Final, a Priority Paris Final, a B Final and the A Final (whose winner will be declared British champion): W 800 Freestyle – Fastest Heat M 50 Breaststroke W 50…
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British Swimming Championships 2022: Day 1 Finals
Watch live British Swimming Championships 2022 action from Ponds Forge, Sheffield. This evening’s session will feature four finals across the below events – a Junior Final, a Priority Paris Final, a B Final, and the A Final (whose winner will be declared British champion): W 50 Breaststroke M 50 Backstroke W 200 Freestyle M 400…