Category: Competition
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics could deploy facial-recognition tech on a huge scale
While the jury is still out on the extent to which facial recognition technology will be used globally years from now, many tech firms are continuing to push ahead with its development, with big players like Apple going so far as to incorporate it into its flagship iPhone X handset. Now the organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics…
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Katie Ledecky First Swimmer In 21 Years To Be Named AP Female Athlete Of The Year
There are very few honors left to bestow upon Katie Ledecky that the two-time Olympic swimmer hasn’t already received, and yet she added another to the résumé on Tuesday. Ledecky was named the Associate Press Female Athlete of the Year, beating out fellow Olympians Serena Williams and Allyson Felix to become the eighth female swimmer…
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17-year-old Kliment Kolesnikov Takes Down 100 Back SC World Record
Read for instance SwimmingWorld https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/kliment-kolesnikov-takes-down-world-record-in-100-back-scm/ Kliment Kolesmikov! World Record! #Fast #BestTeam @energy_standard pic.twitter.com/TKiNIJA8ng — Tom Rushton (@coach_rushton) December 22, 2017 Image courtesy of Deepbluemedia / Giorgio Scala
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Albion swimmers provide mid-season update
Katie Ferrero and Mac Robertson sat down to provide the Albion College swimming & diving mid-season progress report
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The FINA World Championships 2017 #ThrowbackThursday
What a year 2017 and what great World Championships we had during last July in Budapest. Two weeks full of swimming, synchronised swimming, diving, high diving, open water and water polo. Relive some of the best shots from the event and thank you all for your support!
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Breaking A Record | Cody Miller Vlog_08
THE LAST JEDI!! Maldives Highlights / Traveling back to the USA / My thoughts on dolphins & flyboards!
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Why the Olympics are a terrible investment for the host city
The Olympics are a terrible investment and a huge risk for the host city. Following is a transcript of the video. Cities pay billions of dollars to host the Olympics. But is it worth it? Rio estimated the 2016 Olympics would cost $3 billion. Instead, the final cost was closer to $13 billion. The city…
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South African swimmer Van Der Burgh aims for more success in 2018
Swimming in South Africa has come under the spotlight of late. With concerns over the lack of women qualifying for the Olympics and the talent pool getting shallower each year, the only real beacons of hope have been Olympic gold medallists Chad le Clos and Cameron van der Burgh. Both of whom, year-in and year-out,…
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