Category: Organization
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Olympic manifesto breaks record for most expensive sports memorabilia
The original Olympic manifesto outlining the foundation of the modern Games shattered the world record for the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia sold at auction, fetching $8.8 million on Wednesday. Experts had expected the item to sell for up to $1 million, but the artifact climbed in price after a more than 12 minute-long…
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‘A licence to discriminate’: Ian Thorpe blasts Religious Discrimination Bill
Olympic champion swimmer Ian Thorpe is one of several public figures who have appeared in a video that strongly criticises the Coalition’s Religious Discrimination Bill. LGBTQI+ advocacy group Equality Australia released the video across social media last Friday and it has so far received more than 300,000 views. Read SBS News
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Experience Swim with Santa at Sacramento YMCA
The Sacramento Central YMCA hosted the fifth annual Swim with Santa event on Dec. 13, 2019.
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Swim England’s 150th anniversary celebrations
Swim England celebrated its 150th anniversary with the whole community.
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Lenny Krayzelburg | Beyond the Sport | LA Current ISL
Lenny Krayzelburg is helping to pave the way for generations to follow. Four-time Olympic gold-medalist and General Manager of the LA Current, Lenny’s journey led from humble beginnings in Soviet Ukraine to becoming one of the sports greatest icons.
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Decency Rule Nixed After Alaska Swimmer Disqualified
A bathing suit decency rule that disqualified an Alaska high school swimmer from a race has been eliminated. KTVA reports the board of directors of the Alaska School Activities Association voted to remove penalties for swim uniforms that officials deemed “not of decent appearance.” In September, a 17-year-old swimmer from Dimond High School in Anchorage…
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$5 swim lessons — all in an effort to reduce drownings
In an expansion of a national multi-year campaign to reduce drownings and increase access to water safety skills, the Milwaukee Recreation Aquatics program through Milwaukee Public Schools has joined the American Red Cross Aquatics Centennial Campaign. The program promotes water safety in communities where there are high numbers of drownings or drowning rates higher than…
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Russia Banned from the Olympics for 4 Years Over Doping
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports for four years on Monday after the agency ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data, a WADA spokesman said.
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Push for mandatory swimming lessons in school
Marlene Bloom and Mindy York at Baby Otter Swim School discuss the possibility of mandatory swim classes in Florida.