Category: Competition
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Youngest swimmer will now be in college for Olympic debut
Luca Urlando is a swimmer hoping to make it to Tokyo next year. He’s only 18 and had the games not been postponed, he would have been the first high schooler on Team USA since Michael Phelps.
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Reliving Rio: Chad le Clos ‘swimming silvers champion’
Chad le Clos became a swimming superstar overnight with his gold and silver medals at the London Olympics, a lot was expected of the Durban-born le Clos in Rio de Janeiro where he came away with 2 silver medals to make the 24-year-old South Africa’s most decorated Olympic swimmer.
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Van Der Burgh: I Still Can’t Smell After COVID
TeamSA swimming icon Cameron van der Burgh has spoken about how he still has no sense of smell despite the fact that he has fully recovered from Covid-19, writes Gary Lemke. Van der Burgh, who won 18 gold medals in breaststroke competition at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and World Championships, was talking to rising TeamSA sensation…
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Michael Phelps – Think Small To Accomplish Big Things
For former competitive swimmer Michael Phelps, it’s important to think small to accomplish big things. Watch this video to know more.
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Yuliya Efimova’s dominant Gold Medal at Budapest 2017 | FINA World Championships
Yuliya Efimova gave an incredible battle and won the women’s 200m breaststroke title at the 2017 edition of the FINA World Championships in Budapest. Watch her persistence and motivation throughout this entire race!
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Can you be an elite athlete with a breathing problem? | School of Sport and Exercise Sciences – University of Kent
‘Can’t catch my breath’, ‘tight chest’ or ‘my breathing is slowing me down’ are all things elite athletes report as barriers to performance. In this mini-lecture with Dr. John Dickinson, he briefly explores what might cause an athlete to experience these symptoms and how we might go about helping an athlete overcome them.
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Let the swimmers write the workouts | Inside with Brett Hawke: Mark Bernardino
While at the University of South Carolina, Coach Mark Bernardino let his swimmers write a few of the workouts. Coach Mark Bernardino’s teams at UVA captured 27 ACC titles. At South Carolina, six of his swimmers won individual events at SEC’s. Now at NC State, the women are sweeping the podium in the 400 IM…