Category: Organization
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The Lighting of the Olympic Flame | Tokyo 2020
Watch the moment the Olympic Flame was lit at the Lighting Ceremony in Ancient Olympia for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Watch this video on YouTube
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The world cannot be afraid of ‘over-sensitivity’ from China
Australian swimmer Mack Horton has been inundated with apologies following the decision to ban rival Sun Yang for eight years, but The Institute of Public Affairs’ Gideon Rozner says it goes to show “you can’t criticize” China “for anythingâ€. Watch this video on YouTube
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Scottish Swimming and Scottish Water reach 100,000 children on Learn To Swim Framework | March 2020
Scottish Swimming and Scottish Water are pleased to reveal that they have reached their landmark target of 100,000 kids on the Learn To Swim framework. Watch this video on YouTube
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Ian Thorpe campaigns against religious discrimination bill, saying it will remove Australia’s ‘fair go’
Ian Thorpe has visited MPs at Parliament House to lobby against the Government’s religious discrimination bill, saying it goes against the Australian notion of a “fair go” and will divide the country. The Olympian joined a campaign by Equality Australia to speak against the controversial proposed legislation, which has been through two iterations after broad criticism…
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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! Watch this video on YouTube
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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 Watch this video on YouTube
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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…