Category: Competition
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The Bully Project – Former Olympic Swimmer Ian Thorpe
Ian Thorpe will host a confronting new series aimed at tackling the issue of bullying by taking audiences to the frontline. The project is looking for Queenslanders to get involved. https://youtu.be/MthNiJvpKOM
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Mark your calendar: LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships 2017 in Copenhagen
13 -17 December 2017. These are the dates of the LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships in Royal Arena the new state of the art multi-purpose arena in the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen. When the Danish Swimming Federation, Sport Event Denmark and Copenhagen in the autumn 2015 won the LEN European Short Course Championships to…
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Ledecky: Key to Best Performance is Always Rhythm
When Katie Ledecky gets ready to swim, people stop what they are doing. The clock becomes a central player in the event as people monitor it to see where she’s at in relation to her best time — which is a world record in most cases. The noise builds palpably from the start of the…
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A Stroke of Genius | 15-year-old swimmer Ikee making push toward Rio Olympics
With veteran swimmers able to enjoy longevity in the sport in recent years, it has become increasingly difficult for young hopefuls to make a major splash in Japan in the early stages of their careers. However, kicking that trend is Rikako Ikee, the 15-year-old “super middle schooler†who broke three national records over the past…
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Lithuania’s Ugne Mazutaityte Going for the Gold
Athletes around the world have their eye on the 2016 Olympics. Ugne Mazutaityte is a Lithuanian swimmer attending college in California who hopes to be on the Road to Rio. “Everyone goes to United States. If you’re good enough at swimming you go to the United States,” she says.”I like my country. It’s cold now…
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Olympic athletes finding lucrative sponsorship deals harder to come by
Australia’s Olympic athletes are facing the sobering reality that the huge sponsorship dollars that filled their predecessors’ pockets are vanishing. Glamour swimmers such as Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe comfortably earnt four or five times a year what many of the current swim stars make. The gap is not just down to the fact that…
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Jemma Lowe blogs on Swimpath: Australia training camp
Jemma Lowe from Swimpath Olympic Training program, see swimpath.co.uk The new year of 2016 has arrived and the Olympic Games are coming fast. As soon as midnight arrived on New Years, the Olympics will have crossed swimmers minds all over the world. Leading up to the Olympic trials my training group are doing a 7week…
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Lawrence teen hopes to swim in 2016 Olympics in Rio
At just 16 years old, Michael Andrew has already learned to enjoy his career in swimming. Yes, his career. His latest sponsor is sports giant Adidas. “So when I first went pro at 14, I dealt with a lot of pressure,†said Michael. “I put a lot of pressure on myself.†See KSHB
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Unifying and Vibrant European Championships Brand Unveiled Ahead of Inaugural Event in 2018
A unifying and vibrant brand has been launched by the participating sports to promote the new European Championships which will be staged for the first time in Glasgow and Berlin in 2018. The dynamic Mark of a Champion is the star-like logo representing the vision at the heart of the multi-sport championships brand – to…