Category: Competition
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Hannah Miley spends 12 hours a day in oxygen tent
Had anyone else been involved, it might have all seemed a little surreal. Sitting in a roomful of swimmers, who have all been selected to represent Scotland at Gold Coast 2018, there is a group of journalists set slightly apart, all gathered around a mini tablet, conducting an interview via skype with someone sitting in…
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Phelps and Team USA break the 4x100m Freestyle World Record at Beijing 2008 | Throwback Thursday
In a team that included Michael Phelps, it was Jason Lezak who swam a superb final leg for the United States to edge out France to win a thrilling 4x100m freestyle relay in Beijing 2008.
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World Records! 🏆 🏊â€â™€ï¸ Girl-Power at Cluster #1 of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017
It’s international Girls’ Day today and there was a lot of Girl-Power at the first Cluster of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2017. Katinka Hosszu, Sarah Sjostrom, Mireia Belmote and Ranomi Kromowidjojo – all of them set a new World Record! Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 50m Freestyle: 22.93 sec Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 100m Individual Medley 56.51…
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Calvyn Justus Swimming with Fans in New York City
The last video from my 2 week visit to New York, Love the city so much, I hope you enjoyed the videos.
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Chatting with Tom Shields: Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Olympic gold medalist swimmer Tom Shields chatted with Digital Journal about his prolific career in swimming, and he offered advice for aspiring swimmers. Shields won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 medley at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. “That was great! It was a dream come true, obviously. It was…
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Rio 2016 Olympic committee chief resigns after arrest
Carlos Arthur Nuzman, head of Brazil’s Olympics committee, has decided to step away from the games’ governing body, according to a statement by the National Olympics Committee on Saturday. He was arrested last week for allegedly conspiring to rig the election of the city hosting the 2016 games. The decision to take leave was expressed…
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Italian swimming champ suspected of doping use
Italian swimmer Filippo Magnini, a two-time world 100m freestyle champion, is being probed by the Italian National Doping Organisation (NADO) for “use or attempted use of doping products”, according to Italian media reports. Magnini and another Italian swimmer, Michele Santucci will appear before investigators in the coming days as part of a NADO probe into…
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US Olympians at 2016 Rio Games were infected with West Nile virus, not Zika
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes and staff who traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Games did not become infected with Zika virus but did test positive for other tropical, mosquito-borne viral infections, including West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever and Chikungunya. Results from the University of Utah Health-led study will be reported…
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MÄori swimmers taking full light
800 of the country’s top swimmers are in Auckland this week for the National Short Course Championships. Among them are two young MÄori swimmers representing Wellington. And as Te Okiwa McLean reports, swimming is not the only sport the pair excel in.