Category: Competition
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Bozeman swimmer ready to prove she can race with the older girls
It’s not hard to tell that after one glance, Julia Huffmaster is special. But that wasn’t always the case. “I wasn’t good at first. But after a few years of going to competitions, I was up there I guess,†Julia Huffmaster smiled. See Montana Sports
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TOO cold to SWIM fast | Cody Miller Vlog_51
Some times you’ve gotta stick it out when the pool is freezing. DEAL WITH IT
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MÄori swimmer wins supreme award
Tainui swimmer Lewis Clareburt won the supreme Swimmer of the Year award at the Swimming New Zealand Awards at the weekend. He was also the recipient of the International Swimmer of the Year award. It’s been a very successful past 6 months for the 18-year-old who won bronze at the Commonwealth Games in April. Earlier…
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Second phase of Thai cave rescue is underway
Thai officials said Monday the second phase of the rescue of the boys and their coach trapped in a cave is underway. Despite being in the rainy season, it’s actually dry. CBS News foreign correspondent Ben Tracy reports from Chiang Rai, Thailand. https://youtu.be/ARxTDNjtkPI
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Going the extra length
The swim coach of Seguin High School in Arlington, Texas, says you can’t overstate the underachievement of his school’s swim team; he measures success by his athletes not getting disqualified. So when Gerald Hodges – a pretty-good athlete who couldn’t swim – joined up, it was because he couldn’t bear not being good at something.…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Helsinki (FIN), Day 5
Russia dominates, Kolesnikov, Kesely with 8 medals apiece, Milak wins two in 12mins With five more titles on the closing day, Russia cemented its top position at the LEN European Junior Swimming Championships – a trend lasting since 2012. Kliment Kolesnikov is the man of the meet with 8 medals (6 golds, 2 silvers), while…
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Man Labeled ‘ID Adam’ Is Fired After Calling the Police on a Black Woman at Pool
The temperature in Winston-Salem, N.C., crested at 90 degrees on July 4 — the same day Jasmine Edwards and her son, both African Americans, sought the cool waters of the pool in their private community. Adam Bloom was there, too, confident in his charge of helping enforce neighborhood rules as the ‘pool chair’ of the…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Helsinki (FIN), Day 4
Kolesnikov: two golds in 50min, shared gold for Large and Shkurdai Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov set two new CRs while doubling down the 50m and 200m back on Day 4 at the LEN European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki. Germany joined the circle of the title-winning nations just as Belarus, the latter’s win came after a…
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