Category: Organization
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As IOC preaches calm in wake of coronavirus, Japanese official indicates postponement of Olympics possible
As the International Olympic Committee continues to express confidence that the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will go on as scheduled, a Japanese official on Tuesday raised the possibility that the event could be postponed to later in the year in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Japan’s Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto told the country’s upper…
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World Champion Swimmer Ryan Murphy Meets and Encourages Lucky Swimmers at Goldfish Swim School
In January 2020, World Champion Swimmer Ryan Murphy paid a visit to Goldfish Swim School in Closter NY location and had lunch with a Goldfish family!
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South Australian swim club honours heroic nurse killed in the 2017 London Bridge attack | ABC News
Kirsty Boden is known as the Aussie nurse who lost her life in the 2017 London Bridge terror attack while rushing to the aid of another victim
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‘Laps for Life’ swimming challenge raises support to prevent youth suicide
ReachOut Director Jackie Hallan called for volunteers to join the swimming challenge Laps for Life to raise support for those living with mental health conditions. A reported one in four people in Australia aged between 14 and 25 live with a mental health condition and 70 per cent of this group do not receive the…
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If too dangerous, organizers more likely to cancel Olympics than to postpone or move them
A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether than to postpone or move it. Dick Pound, a former Canadian swimming champion who has been on the…
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Survey finds Olympic, elite athletes struggling financially
Over the last year, the advocacy group Global Athlete received responses from 491 athletes spread across six continents, about 200 of whom identified themselves as Olympians or Paralympians, and the rest of whom compete at an elite level in their country or at an international level. The responses painted one of the most thorough pictures…
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Meriden Junior School Swimming Carnival 2020
A highlights reel from our Junior School Swimming Carnival.
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The Coronavirus Is Already Affecting the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is still five months away, and officials insist the Games will go on as planned, despite the global coronavirus panic. But the deadly and still-mysterious infection caused by the virus, known as COVID-19, has already begun to affect preparations for the Summer Games. Movement of athletes has been…
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Former Olympian to teach young East Tennessee kids to swim
Parents worry when their child is near water… but former Olympian Davis Tarwater hopes to curb these fears by teaching kids to swim.