Category: Health
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Brett Hawke on The Morning Swim Show
Brett Hawke, the head swimming coach at Auburn, talks about a special swimming fundraiser to help raise money to treat people with multiple sclerosis. With his wife suffering from the disease, it’s a cause very close to him. He also talks about the two new coaches on deck with him, and the goals for this…
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Waterspace
“Kalev Maevali is a 57 year old from Towradgi, New South Wales, Australia. He swims almost everyday all year round because, well, he can. During an interview Kalev talks about how he interacts with the water that surrounds him and what goes through his mind during these weightless times.” Waterspace from Dylan Robinson on Vimeo.
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Speedo Advisors | How to tone your entire body using swim fitness by Karen Pickering
“How to tone your entire body using swim fitness by Karen Pickering” Speedo Advisors | How to tone your entire body using swim fitness by Karen PickeringWatch this video on YouTube
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12-year-old Hong Kong swim champ regains consciousness after near drowning
Read South China Morning Post A young swimming champion has regained consciousness after nearly drowning at an annual North District swimming competition on Sunday where he had just set a new record. But he is still partly paralysed, school authorities say. […] After setting a new record in the competition’s 200-metre breaststroke, winning the 4×50-metre…
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Be The Influence – The Australian Swim Team tackling binge drinking
World Champion Christian Sprenger chats to past and present members of the Australian Swim Team on pool deck at the 2013 Australian Short Course Championships. See also this one featuring Geoff Huegill from back in 2012
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MarTar Swim School to fight childhood obesity
See CBS Baltimore September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. At the Mar Tar Swimming School in Elkridge, parents are looking out for their children’s health by allowing them to swim toward fitness. “A swimming pool makes your body lighter no matter what, so the weight is usually not an issue,” Girch said. In 2010, more…
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Camilla Pedersen will remain in coma for at least 10-14 days
Read Lokalavisen.dk (in Danish) An emotional triathlon national coach Michael Krüger told Lokalavisen Esbjerg Monday morning, that Camilla Pedersen is being woken up in 10 to 14 days at the earliest. There are no significant changes in her condition, which remains critical but stable. “And it may unfortunately be even longer than that. This because…
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Danish triathlete European champion Camilla Pedersen still in critical condition
Read for instance Berlingske The Danish European triathlon champion Camilla Pedersen is still in induced coma at Odense University Hospital after a bad bike crash during training Wednesday. Doctors had hoped that the triathlete may be awakened from her coma over the weekend. That is now completely dropped. Camilla Pedersen’s condition has not changed and…
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Whole World calling on injured triathlete Camilla Pedersen
Read Jyllands-Posten (in Danish) “It’s been a storm without equal. It has gone around the world, and my phone has been red hot since Tuesday, says Michael Krüger, national coach of the Danish Triathlon Federation, now at third day waiting for news about the Danish European champion Camilla Pedersen, who crashed her bike Tuesday night.…