Category: Competition
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Keen Swimmers in Kent Get a Lesson With Olympic Champion Adam Peaty
Current World and Olympic champion Adam Peaty held one of his first swimming clinics in Strood. He revealed the secrets of his record-breaking breaststroke to the lucky 100 children who managed to secure a place.
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Adam Peaty | The Fastest Swimmer We’ve Ever Seen? | Propulsion Swimming
Where do we start with the British Swimming legend, Adam Peaty? He is literally redefining the breaststroke technique and because of this, his 100m world record 56.88, is nearly 2 seconds faster than any other breaststroke swimmer in the world! We’ve spoken to coaches about Adam Peaty’s training routine and schedule and the London Roar…
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Myanmar Swimmer to Forgo Tokyo Olympics in Protest at Junta Violence
A Myanmar swimmer will skip the Tokyo Olympics in protest against the coup perpetrated by his country’s military, saying he will not represent his nation when hundreds of protesters have been killed by authorities. Win Htet Oo, a 26-year-old freestyle swimmer, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page on April 10 that he…
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Australian swimming great, Olympic gold medalist John Konrads dies at 78
John Konrads, who set 26 individual freestyle swimming world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1960, has died, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame announced Monday. He was 78. Konrads was born in Latvia in 1942 and moved to Australia with his parents, his two sisters, and a grandmother in 1949. “As a…
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South Africa’s Schoenmaker: Top Medal Contender in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke Events at Tokyo 2021
South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker is a leading medal contender in the 100m and 200m breaststroke events at Tokyo 2021 and hopes she can end the rainbow nation’s 21 years wait for a medal in the women’s swimming events at the Summer Games. The 23-year-old African champion chatted to CGTN’s Sias du Plessis.
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Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way – Nicole Frank (Uruguay) Fina Developmental Program
Nicole Frank Rodriguez is one of the swimmers training at Azura Florida Aquatics under the FINA Developmental Program
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Olympians Consider Other Paths During COVID | 7News
Our Olympians are busy preparing for the Tokyo Games which is now only 89 days away. But, last year’s pandemic postponement led to many contemplating life outside of sport with some of Australia’s top stars admitting the transition can be tricky.
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The Full Review | British Swimming Olympic Trials 2021 | Propulsion Swimming
In this week’s episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we are doing our complete and comprehensive review of last week’s British Swimming Section Meet, which acted as the British Trials to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics!
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Elmbrook Swimmers Prepare for Olympic Trials
It’s not a secret that training for the Olympics isn’t something you just start doing the year of the games. Prime examples, Maggie Wanezek and Lucy Thomas. The two Elmbrook Swim Club members will be participating in the Olympic Trials after qualifying almost two years ago.