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  • Funding risk for underperforming Kiwis at Glasgow 2014

    Funding risk for underperforming Kiwis at Glasgow 2014

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    High Performance Sport New Zealand, which allocates government funding for elite sport, will carry out a reviews of all the sports it funds that competed in Glasgow. Triathlon failed to win a medal in Glasgow and swimming relied on Lauren Boyle and para swimmer Sophie Pascoe to win medals. Both sports each received about $2…

  • High Diving comes to Russia

    High Diving comes to Russia

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    Following the remarkable introduction of High Diving in the FINA World Championships programme and crowning moment of the first-ever World champions in Barcelona (ESP) last year, Kazan (RUS) will host the inaugural edition of the FINA High Diving World Cup on August 8-10, 2014. Two events are on the programme: a men’s competition in three…

  • Creating a 30 second Commercial – What I Learned

    Creating a 30 second Commercial – What I Learned

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    Featuring Blue Dolphin Swim School, see Learning DSLR Video Watch this video on YouTube See also the mentioned Kellogg’s Commercial http://youtu.be/mg10MPeJkNo

  • Fan removed from the swimming in Glasgow for displaying a Yes Saltire

    Fan removed from the swimming in Glasgow for displaying a Yes Saltire

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    A team Scotland supporter was escorted out of her seat by police at the swimming event in Glasgow for holding up a Saltire with the word Yes on it. The woman – who the Daily Record would like to hear from – also had a Yes badge on her handbag and was escorted from her…

  • Swim School Focuses on Saving Lives in MoCo

    Swim School Focuses on Saving Lives in MoCo

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    Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for children under 5-years-old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In order to combat this statistic, British Swim School has taken to the waves, teaching children through their Montgomery County locations not just how to swim, just how to survive. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk…

  • Join Canada’s Swim Team

    Join Canada’s Swim Team

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    Join Canada’s Swim Team is a recognition and incentive initiative that all swimming lesson providers are invited to use at no cost and with no staff training required. Watch this video on YouTube

  • Darian Townsend becomes U.S. citizen

    Darian Townsend becomes U.S. citizen

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    When Darian Townsend first came to the United States a decade ago, it was primarily to further his international swimming career. Townsend still is an elite swimmer but when he became an American citizen at a naturalization ceremony Thursday in Phoenix, the reasons transcended his sport. “I didn’t do this for athletics,” the three-time South…

  • Ann Arbor tops list over 50 best swimming cities in the U.S.

    Ann Arbor tops list over 50 best swimming cities in the U.S.

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    Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the best swim city in America, according to a new study commissioned by USA Swimming and leading swimwear brand Speedo. The community claimed the highest aggregate score in categories such as percentage of active swimmers and swim clubs, number of accessible pools and volume of top-level swimmers from the area. The…

  • Being Frank: Coach Professionalism

    Being Frank: Coach Professionalism

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    Presented by Arena, the exclusive outfitter of the USA Swimming National Team, “Being Frank” is a web series featuring the insights of USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch. Watch this video on YouTube