Category: Organization
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Rachel Bootsma FOSS Swim School graduate and athlete
Rachel Bootsma is an Olympic Gold Medalist, American Record Holder and NCAA champion. Rachel has been a student, athlete and coach of the FOSS SWIM SCHOOLS
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Aquathlon to replace duathlon race at first ANOC World Beach Games
A swim-run-swim aquathlon race is due to be held at the inaugural Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in San Diego rather than the run-bike-run duathlon format initially announced. The announcement of duathlon as one of 15 sports on the programme led to confusion as it would have meant a cycling leg…
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#SwimBiz: 10 Benefits of LinkedIn, Geri Woessner
Geri Woessner of USA Swimming discusses 10 benefits of LinkedIn and how this tool can be used to help your club.
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Julio Maglione – Outstanding Lifetime Achievement | ANOC Awards
Congratulations, Julio Maglione! The former Uruguayan swimmer has been decorated with an award for his outstanding lifetime achievement at the ANOC Awards!
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Swimming Icon Terry Laughlin Dies
Terry Laughlin could make anyone fall in love with swimming. He talked about his sport as if it were art, like poetry or dance. The Total Immersion training method that he developed over his 45-year coaching career didn’t just hone swimmers’ technique; it also encouraged a way of thinking, an approach to life, whose basic principle was…
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BBC – 6 Minute English 2017 – What’s wetiquette?
How do you behave in a swimming pool? Do you respect other swimmers or do you end up in their way? Rob and Neil talk about ‘wetiquette’ and teach you other new vocabulary. https://youtu.be/GOcZ6w1S9-U
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Swedish sport headlines hit gender equality milestone
Of the ten sportsmen and women who received the most media coverage between October 1st last year and September 30th this year, five were men and five were women, according to fresh statistics. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic topped the list. A whopping 35,619 articles were written about the footballer last year according to the figures…
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Papa Massata Diack ‘tried to lock African votes’ to take 2020 Olympics to Tokyo
Papa Massata Diack, the man accused of being at the heart of the corruption racket to fix the bidding for Tokyo to win the 2020 Olympics, is reported to have sent an email on the day of the vote warning of the need to “lock†African votes to prevent them going to Madrid instead. According…