Category: Competition
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Canadian Swimmers Chasing Dreams of Paris at Olympic Trials | CBC News: The National
Summer MacIntosh gives a dominating performance at Olympic trials to qualify for this summer in Paris. The 17-year-old star is the marquee name at the week-long trials, with more than 800 athletes chasing roughly 50 spots on Canada’s Olympic swim team.
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The Science of Swimming Fast With Dr. Jan Olbrecht | Inside With Brett Hawke
Renowned coach and physiologist Dr. Jan Olbrecht discusses modern approaches to sprint training in swimming. Dr. Olbrecht shares insights from his extensive research and experience working with elite athletes. He explores topics like individualizing training programs, aerobic capacity development, recovery strategies, and periodization models. Dr. Olbrecht also examines how biomechanics and technique continue to evolve.…
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Record-Holder Coaches Mandan Marlins Swimmers | KFYR-TV
When Lynzey Erickson was 6 years old, she swam for the Mandan Marlins. Years later, her daughter is also a swimmer.
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Two Olympic Trial Swimmers Hold Swim Clinic | WAVY TV 10
Two Virginia Beach natives have qualified for the Olympic swimming trials.
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Jaden Francis on Leadership, Guam’s National Swim Team, Balancing College Life & Coming Home | KUAM News
Jaden Francis shares his keys to success on winning in and out of the pool – talking about leadership, his role on Guam’s National Swim Team, earning a scholarship award from his peers, balancing life as a student-athlete, and coming home for the summer to hang out on his island.
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Coach With Olympic Ties Mentors Swimmers at the Farmington Valley YMCA | WTNH News8
Swimming is all about drive, determination and discipline. A native of Brazil, Farmington Valley YMCA coach Francisco Sobrinho came to Connecticut to move this team from beginner level to a nationally recognized program.
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Katie Ledecky Among 19 to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom | WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
Maryland swimming phenom Katie Ledecky received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The White House announced on Friday the 19 recipients of the high honor that is presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal, public or private endeavors. The…
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Error Sinks Bay Area High School Swimmers’ State Championship Hopes, Athletes Plead for Exemption | ABC7 News Bay Area
To let them swim or not to let them swim? That’s the question NCS officials are pondering after an error left 13 Acalanes High School swimmers ineligible for this weekend’s championship meet.
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Swimming | Preparations for the Paris Olympics With Tatjana Smith | SABC News
The swimming pool is where South Africa’s hopes of medals at the Paris Olympics reside and my colleague Thando Mxoli spent time with a swimmer who has a proven record of winning medals at the Olympics. With a new surname but the same determination Tatjana Smith formerly Schoenmaker showed at the recent SA champs that…