Category: Competition
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Gold-medalist swimmer and Honda Sport Award winner Lilly King’s important reminder
Gold medal swimmer and 2019 Honda Cup finalist Lilly King shares the heartfelt story behind a memento that reminds her to cherish the little things in life. Since 1987, Honda and the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) have honored the nation’s top women athletes who have demonstrated excellence in sports, academics and community service.
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Water Polo: Italy and the United States at the Top of Their Game on the Road to Tokyo 2020
Less than a year away from the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Italy are in pole position. By defeating Spain 10-5 in the finals of the Gwangju World Championships, the water polo team led by coach Alessandro Campagna regained a title that has eluded them since 2011. “It was a perfect final and a perfect day,”…
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SWC Recap | Singapore #SWC19 | FINA Swimming World Cup 2019
Enjoy the highlights from the third leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 in Singapore. Don’t miss the rest of the upcoming events: 04.10. – 06.10.2019 #4 Budapest (HUN) 11.10. – 13.10.2019 #5 Berlin (GER) 01.11. – 03.11.2019 #6 Kazan (RUS) 07.11. – 09.11.2019 #7 Doha (QAT)
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 | Day 3 Singapore #SWC19
In the women’s 200m medley final on day 3 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 in Singapore, the four-time world champion and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Katinka Hosszu was victorious in a slower time (2:08.63) than her World Cup record-setting prelims. Zsuzsanna Jakabos placed second in 2:13.64, and Vitalina Simonova of Russia placed third,…
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Swimmer Caeleb Dressel on Beating Michael Phelps’ Record — and Behind-the-Scenes at the Olympics
Even though he just broke the world record set by the most decorated Olympic athlete, Michael Phelps, 22-year-old American swimmer Caeleb Dressel says he still has room for improvement. Dressel dominated the 100-meter butterfly at the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 26, touching in during a semifinal heat at 49.50 seconds, shattering…
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 | Day 2 Singapore #SWC19
Day 3 of the FINA Swimming World Cup in Singapore saw China’s Zhang Yufei swim to glory in the Women’s 100m Butterfly with the time 57.94! New World Cup Record by Lithuania’s superstar Danas Rapsys in the Men’s 200m Freestyle on day 3 of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 in Singapore! Beating his own…
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How To Do a Tumble Turn | Top Tips with Olympic Swimmer Stephanie Rice
Here is another detailed video of my step-by-step guide to mastering the tumble turn, or as some people call it, a flip turn. I’ve been teaching these for years and have noticed that some clients find it pretty overwhelming at the start, which is why I have broken this video up into stages. Don’t move…
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Olympic gold medallist, Jodie Henry on the AIS
Three times Olympic gold medallist, swimmer, Jodie Henry visited the AIS in May 2019 to speak about the important role the AIS has in supporting athletes across Australia. Jodie also touched on how the AIS model has changed since her time as an athlete based at the AIS, in Canberra.
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Is it safe to swim in the Delaware or Schuylkill? What about Devil’s Pool? It’s complicated.
The federal Clean Water Act of 1972 regulated pollutants in U.S. waterways with the laudable goal of making then-filthy major city rivers “fishable and swimmable†by 1985. Certainly, not all waterways are swimmable even in 2019, but they are much cleaner. Some portions of the Delaware are swimmable based on bacteria levels. Other portions are…