Category: Competition
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22 Disneyland Paris guests and staff accidentally poisoned by swimming pool chemical mix-up
Guests and staff were accidentally poisoned at a hotel in Disneyland Paris over a mix-up with chemicals in its swimming pool. The incident took place at the New York Hotel in Paris suburb Chessy, France, last Friday, with 22 people treated for nausea and breathing problems. Paris’ Le Parisian reports that the incident happened after…
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Michael Phelps: To a naked eye, Milorad Cavic won — 10th anniversary of Beijing butterfly
So many onlookers thought Milorad Cavic beat Michael Phelps in the Beijing Olympic 100m butterfly. Even Phelps himself. “To a naked eye, he won the race,†Phelps said in an Omega documentary first published in 2016. The 10th anniversary of that final — which Phelps won by .01 on a come-from-behind, half-stroke finish — is…
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Salinas’ swimming star Clark Kent gets honor from Philippine Consul General
Philippine Consul General Henry Bensurto, Jr. made the trip from San Francisco to Salinas to personally present Salinas swimmer Clark Kent, aka Superman, with a special honor.
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Swimmer Sajan Sets Record In Asian Games As Family Missing In Kerala Floods
Sajan Prakash finished a creditable fifth in the men’s 200m butterfly at the 18th Asian Games taking place in Indonesia. Prakash made a historic swimming final for India after 32 years but is not able to share the news with his family which is stuck in Kerala floods. Starting in lane 3, Prakash clocked 1:57.75…
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China’s Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang launches Asian Games charm offensive
China’s Olympic champion Sun Yang showed a softer side to his gnarly public image on Sunday by lavishing compliments on rival Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino at the Asian Games. The towering Chinese topped the time sheets in the morning’s 200 metres freestyle heats in Jakarta in a leisurely one minute, 47.58 seconds before being reminded…
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Schooling to quit swimming in 2024, and he wants more before hanging up his goggles
Two years after clinching a historic gold for Singapore at the Rio Olympic Games, national swimmer Joseph Schooling has given himself six years to make his mark as a professional swimmer before he hangs up his swimming trunks and goggles. Revealing this in an interview on Saturday (Aug 18), this is the first time the…
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Swimming bad boy Sun just a big softie, says coach
He’s been labelled a drug cheat after serving a three-month suspension in 2014 for using a prescribed medication to treat a heart condition, saying he was unaware it had been added to the banned list. Sun triggered a diplomatic row with Japan at the last Asian Games four years ago when he petulantly branded their…
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