Category: Organization
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Troubled stars Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett to be offered mentoring roles with Swimming Australia
Read Herald Sun Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe will be invited back into the Australian team as mentors after Swimming Australia launched a scheme to help swimmers handle the pressure of life in and out of the pool. Hackett and Thorpe are in rehabilitation to overcome personal battles they have suffered since their careers ended,…
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British Swimming statement on UK Sport funding
See swimming.org British Swimming is to consider a formal appeal following UK Sport’s disappointing announcement that Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming have been unsuccessful after additional representations were made against a loss of funding for the women’s Olympic sports. The decision follows last month’s announcement that UK Sport was to withdraw funding from the two aquatic…
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China’s swimming national team lifts Sun Yang’s ban
Read People Daily The Chinese swimming national team lifted the ban on Olympic champion Sun Yang’s on Wednesday. Sun, the first Chinese man to win an Olympic swimming gold with his victories in the 400 and 1,500-meter freestyle at the London Games, was suspended from training and competing indefinitely last November after he was given…
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Lady Liberty Sharkfest Swim Promo
See Sharkfest Swim What could be more sensational than swimming in the waters off the iconic Statue of Liberty, the most well known lady in the United States? The swim will start just outside the security zone of Liberty Island and will go past the historic Ellis Island and the Colgate clock on the Jersey…
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State concludes Swimming NZ sponsorship
Read Voxy State Insurance and Swimming New Zealand today announced the conclusion of their successful partnership. Roger Wallace, General Manager for State Insurance, said the decision follows a rewarding four-year partnership that has helped tens of thousands of Kiwis to stay safe in the water. The announcement follows a review of State’s sponsorship and community…
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2014 Australian Trials SwimFan Week – Queensland
Another week of awesome videos from Swimming Australia, as lead-up to the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships Trials in Brisbane, Tuesday 1 – Sunday 6 April 2014. Monday Memory Featuring Brittany Elmslie, Grant Irvine, Ned McKendry, Katie Goldman, Maddie Wilson, Maddie Elliott, Bronte Barratt Trials SwimFan Monday Memory — Queensland #1Watch this video on YouTube
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Learning to Swim at UCSB
Santa Barbara-area third-graders learn to swim, and learn a lot about a college education, in an annual session sponsored by UC Santa Barbara’s Early Academic Outreach Program. Learning to Swim at UCSB from UC Santa Barbara on Vimeo.
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Senegal to Host the Next African Championships
Read AllAfrica “After the withdrawal of Algeria, the Confederation of African Swimming (CANA) designated Senegal to host the next African Championships swimming planned for next September, ” the president of the Senegalese federation told Africa Top Sports. According Dr. Mohamed Diop : “It is Algeria, which was to organize these games, but for some reasons,…
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Mass. man completes 24-hour swim to raise money for YMCA
See NECN How did you spend the weekend? Kim Garbarino did swam lap after lap after lap to raise money for the North Shore YMCA. Looking to raise $10,000, the 56-year-old probation officer at Lynn District Court started his 24-hours swim at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, Mass. He spent…