Category: Competition
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Manchester’s Victoria Baths: the swimmers who defied sexism and angered Hitler
It’s not just the Baths themselves which are legendary, though – some of its swimmers went on to become household names. John Besford had the notable claim of having caused Adolf Hitler to have a tantrum. “John attended the closest primary school to Victoria Baths – Plymouth Grove School. He was a very accomplished swimmer…
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Don’t miss it out! #SWC17
Don’t miss out the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest and Balatonfüred from July 14th to 30th, 2017 where Olympic and Worlds Medallists like Chad Le Clos, Katinka Hosszu or Alia Atkinson will go straight to the final!
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Kyle Chalmers (AUS) withdraws from Budapest 2017 World Championships
Olympic gold medallist Kyle Chalmers has made the decision to withdraw from the 2017 FINA World Championships team and will by-pass Budapest to focus on his long-term swimming career. The break will enable Chalmers and his medical team to further explore his heart condition, known as Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT), without the added responsibility of having…
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Olympic Champion Emily Seebohm at age 14 | Before They Were Superstars
As a young teenager in Brisbane, swimming star Emily Seebohm was a “pleasure” to coach and was already planning for the Olympics.
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JVC GZ-R550 and GZ-R440 rugged camcorders float in water
While these new JVC camcorders aren’t advertised as action cameras, nor do they explicitly qualify as them, they have the same general abilities in that you can drop them in water, drop them on land, take them in cold environments, and they’ll (probably) survive all of them to continue recording your adventures. Perhaps best of…
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London 2012 bronze medallist Tateishi announces retirement
London 2012 bronze medallist Ryo Tateishi has announced his retirement from competitive swimming after competing at the Japanese National Championships. The 27-year-old posted a message to his Instagram account to confirm the news, before holding a final press conference. “The news has already passed, but this is the last time I swim at the Japanese…
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A new Olympics reality: Fewer cities want to host the Games
As the International Olympic Committee embarks this week on tours of the two cities competing to host the 2024 Olympics, there’s growing sentiment that a consolation prize will be looming. To the victor: the 2024 Summer Games. And to the runner-up: Wait four years and host the 2028 Olympics. While the arrangement could be viewed…
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The Race That Changed Olympic Swimming | Strangest Moments
The very close medal race between Australia’s John Devitt and Team USA’s Lance Larson inspired real change in the sport of Swimming. The 100m freestyle swimming gold medal at Rome 1960 was decided by judges in one of the most controversial wins in Olympic Games history.
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