Category: Organization
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Team Singapore Hall of Fame Induction 2017
More than 6,000 people gathered together at OCBC Square on 8th August for the induction ceremony of three Team Singapore athletes into the Sport Hall of Fame, an event that coincided with the finale celebration of GetActive! Singapore 2017 and in conjunction with the Victoria Cedar alliance.
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#SwimBiz: Steve Raquel, Swim Inside the Lane Lines, Think Outside of It
Steve Raquel of IOV Media discusses fun ways to integrate sponsors into your club’s social media plan.
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Swimming While Black: Then and Now
Black children drown five times as often as white children. A senior synchronized swim team in Harlem is trying to help change that.
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Refugee Olympic Team: Where are they now?
They came, they saw, their stories inspired the world. Ten athletes — victims of unimaginable hardship, forced to leave their homes in South Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia and Syria — united under a single flag. IOC President Thomas Bach called them “a symbol of hope” in a time of crisis. The Human Rights Watch claimed their…
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Violence, chaos plagues Rio one year after Olympics
Plagued by violence, white elephant sports facilities and corruption scandals, Rio de Janeiro today is unrecognizable from the feel-good city greeting the world at the Olympics exactly a year ago. Rio was the first South American city to hold the Summer Games and organizers were credited with staging a successful show – from the moving…
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Swimsuits needed for student swimming program in Virginia Beach
Twenty-one schools participate in the program, which is called Students on the Swim. They’re expecting to have 2,100 students.
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FINA chief lauds ‘best ever’ Aquatics Championships
Hotels in Budapest during the two weeks of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships this July 14-30 had occupancy rates over 90% and average room prices were double the usual, according to state news wire MTI. Around 485,000 spectators viewed sports events at five locations in Budapest and Balatonfüred as part of the 17th FINA World…
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Kennedy Lohman reveals her experience as a lesbian swimmer at University of Arizona
In 2016-17, Kennedy Lohman excelled in her first season at Arizona. She took sixth in the Pac-12 Conference in the 100-yard breaststroke and 17th at the NCAA Championships in the event. She also helped the Wildcats’ 200 medley relay finish sixth at the NCAA’s to earn All-American honors.
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