Category: Competition
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Brett Fraser steps up to prepare for Commonwealth Games
Read cayCompass.com Swimmer Brett Fraser is gearing up for the Commonwealth Games qualifiers in Arizona or the Bahamas in the next couple of months. New York-based Fraser reached the 50 meters and 100m freestyle semifinals at the London Olympics so should not have any problems qualifying for the Glasgow Games in July. “There are a…
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Lauren Boyle can get even quicker, says Milt Nelms
“Horse whisperer of swimming”, as they often call him. Read stuff.co.nz Lauren Boyle’s success in the pool over the past two years has come as no surprise to renowned American swimming coach Milton Nelms. For the past 12 years, Nelms, who resides in Tasmania, has visited Christchurch’s AquaGym Swim Club, which is owned by good…
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Zambian Swimmers Aim for Gold at Uganda Swimming Gala
See Muvi TV Zambian Swimmers Have High Hopes Of recording successes at this week’s Confederation of Aquatic Nations Association CANA Zone three and four swimming gala to be held in Uganda from April 24th to 27th 2014. Swimming sensation, Tilka Paljk, says she is aiming for gold to better her 2013 record in which she…
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Sewage Levels In Rio 2016 Waters Have Olympic Experts Worried
Read The Atlantic Guanabara Bay, the site of several 2016 Olympic sailing events, has 78 times Brazil’s legally allowed limit of fecal pollution, and 195 times the U.S. limit. In addition to human waste, the bay is also a receptacle for trash from ships and the bay’s 15 adjacent communities, as well as toxic runoff from a former landfill.…
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Phelps’ comeback a bit of a wet idea
Read The Roar Which brings me in a roundabout way to Michael Phelps. At the end of the London Olympics, Superfish couldn’t get out of the pool quick enough. “I’m so sick of the water,†he said. “There will be no more staring at that black line for four hours every day. “Once I retire,…
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Breathing advice from Peter and Adam
Three-time Olympian Peter Vanderkaay and two-time Olympian Adam Brown talk about breathing strategies in sprint and distance freestyle. Check it out! Breathing advice from Peter and Adam from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.