Category: Competition
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Simone Manuel: We Need To Get Rid Of The Racial Stereotypes That Surround Swimming
Sixty-four percent of African-American children don’t know how to swim. World Champion Simone Manuel is changing that statistic. “I am often referred to as “The Black Swimmer.” While I one day hope to be known as an “Olympic champion” swimmer without that qualifier, I know that I can’t ignore the significance of being an African-American…
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Twelve months on from toppling Phelps, Schooling vows to ‘re-take what is his’
“No one usually stands ahead of Michael on the podium,” Joseph Schooling said, wryly aware of the large dollop of understatement contained within that phrase. The 22-year-old is looking back at one of the most exciting races of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the Michael he is talking about is Phelps, the USA’s 23-time…
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Malaysian swimmer Welson Sim sets new SEA Games record
Swimming sensation Welson Sim clinched the first gold medal for Malaysia in the swimming event at the 29th SEA Games with a splashing display in the men’s 400m freestyle. Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle | Games Record | 29th SEA Games 2017Watch this video on YouTube Malaysian swimmer Welson Sim sets new SEA Games recordWatch this…
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Swimming Men’s 50m butterfly | Games record | 29th SEA Games 2017
Swimming Men’s 50m butterfly of 29th SEA Games 2017 on 21 August 2017 Swimming Men's 50m butterfly | Games record | 29th SEA Games 2017Watch this video on YouTube
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Daniel & Gyurta Gergely: brothers to remember – 29th Summer Universiade 2017, Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Daniel & Gyurta Gergely: brothers to remember – 29th Summer Universiade 2017, Taipei, Chinese TaipeiWatch this video on YouTube
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Denied a minute’s silence, Spanish swimmer stands for Barcelona
UPDATE – FINA says in statement on 22 Aug 2017, that they were never informed about the request for a minute’s silence, and that they would ‘obviously immediately consider the minute of silence’ So this happened Saturday morning at the FINA 2017 World Masters Championships in Budapest – Apparently denied a minute’s silence for Thursdays’s…
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China snubs ‘Little Olympics’ opening ceremony in Taiwan
China boycotted the opening ceremony of the World University Games hosted by Taiwan on Saturday in the latest reflection of deteriorating relations between the two sides. The biennial Summer Universiade, dubbed the “Little Olympics,” is the largest ever sporting event Taipei hosts but it has also highlighted tensions with Beijing and the island’s struggle for…
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Town of LaSalle dedicates special day to Olympic swimmer Kylie Masse
The Town of LaSalle set aside Friday evening to celebrate world record holder Kylie Masse. The Olympic medal-winning swimmer met with fans at the LaSalle outdoor pool following a parade along Front Road that started at 4 p.m. “It’s incredible, honestly, to be here with all these kids,” said Masse as she signed autographs for…
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Men’s 4x100m Medley
Michael Phelps and Team USA win gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay, continuing their dominance in the Rio pool. Watch this video on YouTube