Category: Organization
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Oakland man combines social justice with swimming
An Oakland man is merging social justice with swimming, through the Oaklantis swim team and swim school. The founder and coach, Scott Thompson, grew up swimming competitively through college. When he moved to Oakland 10 years ago, he said he wanted to get more children in the pool. He called swimming a “vastly ‘white’ sport,” and…
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Michael Phelps on Building His Brand After The Olympics | WSJ
Former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps talks to WSJ’s Lee Hawkins about life after swimming, including his work related to water conservation and his business endorsements. Watch this video on YouTube
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Midland Dow senior Anna Jensen talks about swimming on boys, girls teams
Midland Dow senior Anna Jensen competed on the boys swim team as a freshman when she was one of the top distance runners in the state. She joined the girls team and hopes to medal in the state meet. Jensen has committed to join the women’s rowing team at Texas. Watch this video on YouTube
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‘The Hottest Take’: Olympics | Rodger Sherman Wants to Get Rid of the Swim Strokes
In this episode of The Hottest Take, Rodger Sherman says the Olympics needs to make a change, and there are two options.
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Waves Swim School at Weymouth Club
As a full-service health club, Weymouth Club offers swim lesson instruction like any in the area. Our swim program is designed to be continuous and take swimmers of all ages “from ripples to waves,†including: Our Parent Child Ripples Program Our Preschool Splash Program Our Youth “Waves†Program Our pre-swim team Our traditional USA Waves…
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Swimming – Road To The SEA Games 2019
The Philippines will host the 2019 South East Asian Games from November 30 to December 11. These are the 30th South East Asian Games ever organized. Watch this video on YouTube
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Gift the Gold Medal Experience with Olympic swimmer Ryan Murphy
Want to enter a #sweepstakes of “Olympic†proportions? Act now for your chance to spend an afternoon with three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ryan Murphy! Not only will your entry get you some face time with a true champion, but your $10 donation will give back to our Float It Forward campaign benefitting the USA…
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Russian hackers are targeting the 2020 Olympics
The targets: The attacks were aimed at at least “16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations across three continents†and began in mid-September, according to a blog post from Microsoft, whose security researchers detected the attacks. Several were successful, but most were not. The hackers used tactics like spear-phishing, password spraying, and exploiting internet-connected devices. Repeat offenders: The…