Category: Organization
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Goldfish Swim School partners with USA Swimming Foundation, pledging $1 million
Goldfish Swim School partners with USA Swimming Foundation, pledging $1 million. Brad Galli has more.
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Swimming Australia partnership provides student swimmers with high performance opportunities
UniSport Australia (UniSport) has today announced a partnership with Swimming Australia. Through the partnership, Swimming Australia will endorse the UniSport Nationals Div 1 as an official part of Swimming Australia’s high performance program, bringing the UniSport Nationals swimming competition into the national calendar. UniSport Australia is the peak governing body of university sport in Australia…
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Hope has no finish line | Family, friends of Amazing Grace to swim in her honor
They swim for Grace, who proved that joy and hope are not cemented in circumstances. See 11alive.com
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Tokyo 2020 Announces Aquatics Schedule
Following an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA), the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) announced today the competition schedule by session and the order of events for all of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic aquatics events. Swimming events will be held for nine days commencing…
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Head of 2020 Tokyo Olympics supports daylight time for games
The head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics says he favors moving to daylight saving time so sports events can be held in cooler temperatures. Yoshiro Mori says “we can use this opportunity of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for the government to make a bold decision. I have asked the government to seriously consider it.†Read…
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RLSS National Pool Lifeguard Qualification | Swim UK
The RLSS UK National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ) is the most awarded lifeguard qualification in the United Kingdom. The NPLQ certificate is more than just a qualification as it can be a stepping stone into a career within the leisure industry.
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Indonesia announces surprise bid for 2032 Olympics
Indonesia will bid to host the 2032 Olympics following the success of the Asian Games held there over the past two weeks, President Joko “Jokowi†Widodo said in a surprise announcement Saturday that highlights the rising ambition of the giant but long underperforming Southeast Asian nation. Read The Washington Post
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The lack of qualified swimming teachers is creating problems for UK swimming pools and swim schools
According to a survey by the Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA), 68 per cent of swim schools have been impacted by the shortage, limiting their opportunities to offer lessons to children. STA’s 2018 Industry Swimming Teachers Recruitment Survey also found that more than two-thirds of UK swim schools have a waiting list for lesson spaces, while…
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This Is the Engineering You’d Need to Cross the Pacific Ocean | The Swim
The secrets to converting a twenty-meter racing yacht into a vessel seaworthy of a historic voyage? Reverse osmosis and fiberglass batteries, of course.