Category: Competition
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Time to accept inevitability of 2021 Tokyo Olympics
One by one, some of the world’s grandest sporting events have fallen or faded away to a later spot on the calendar. March Madness. The Masters. Baseball’s opening day. On Tuesday, at least four more huge spectacles were taken down by the coronavirus: the French Open tennis tournament and Kentucky Derby horse race were both…
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ILS Postpones 2020 Lifesaving World Championship (LWC) until 2021 or 2022
The ILS has considered the worsening position in Italy, Europe and around the world which has deepened considerably in recent days. In the interests of the health and well-being of all participants of our events, the ILS has decided that the Lifesaving World Championships 2020 will not take place in September 2020 and will be postponed until…
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Coronavirus | What Should The Olympics Do About Covid-19? [Podcast]
In this episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast we discuss the impact the Coronavirus (Covid-19) is having on swimming and our everyday lives. Plus, we debate whether the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games should go ahead or not! https://youtu.be/AlLGVjc95Vs
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Barnes: Swimmer Penny Oleksiak navigated some rough water to become happier athlete and person
It was late July 2018 and Penny Oleksiak needed a mental reset, not a trip to the Pan Pacific Championships, for which she had just qualified during trials in Edmonton. So the Toronto-based swimmer who burst onto the scene so famously at the Rio Olympics two years earlier sought out Swimming Canada’s high performance director…
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Will They Do it? Canceling the Olympics.. My Serious Discussion | Cody Miller Vlogs
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‘Hopefully I would get it after I competed’: Campbell sisters would risk coronavirus for Olympic gold
Bronte Campbell said she would only withdraw from the Games under the most extreme of circumstances and if that meant catching coronavirus in Japan, that was a risk worth taking. She said the virus seemed to be spreading in any case, so the rewards were worthy of the gamble. “I don’t think that if they…
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70% of Japanese don’t expect Tokyo Olympics to go on as scheduled: Survey
Major sports events are being postponed and cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has insisted that the Summer Olympics will go ahead as scheduled, kicking off on July 24. However, Japanese citizens are not so hopeful. A survey by Kyodo News revealed that close to 70% don’t expect the…
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Japan Olympic Committee Deputy Head has Coronavirus
Japan Olympic Committee’s deputy chief Kozo Tashima said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, as doubts increase over whether Tokyo can safely host the Games. “Today, my test result showed positive for the new coronavirus,” Tashima said in a statement, issued via the Japan Football Association, which he also heads. Tashima said he was…
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Interview Sophie Pascoe (NZL) | Para Swimming | Paralympic Games
“Debuting at my first World Champs at 13, I’m now 26, I’ve been to three Paralympic Games and have come away with 9 Paralympic golds, it’s been a great journey and obviously looking forward to going into my fourth campaign into Tokyo.” Interview Sophie Pascoe (NZL) | Para Swimming | Paralympic GamesWatch this video on…