Category: Organization
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Coach Jacco Verhaeren leaves Dutch swimming for job in Australia
Dutch media is abuzz, see for instance nos.nl, nieuws.nl, omroep brabant On January 1st 2014, Jacco Verhaeren will leave his job as technical director of the Dutch Swimming Federation KNZB, for a possible head coach job in the Australian Swimming Federation. 44-year-old Verhaeren garnered fame as coach of Olympic champions Inge de Bruijn, Pieter van…
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Grandview swim team ex-officials plead guilty to theft
Read YakimaHerald The former president of a Grandview youth swim program and his wife, accused of embezzling from the team, pleaded guilty Monday in Yakima County Superior Court. Paul and Yvonne Renee VanPelt were charged in December with first-degree theft after Grandview investigators accused them of using more than $8,000 of Grandview Neptunes swim team…
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Dubai Swimming World Cup 2013 LIVE stream on FinaTV
The next round of FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meets starts tomorrow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with live streaming on FinaTV. The competition times for the Dubai leg are as follows: Thursday, 17 October: Start Time: 13:30 to 16:30 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 14:00 GMT) Friday, 18 October Start Time:…
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FINA and European Broadcasting Union extend partnership until 2017
FINA and the European Broadcasting Union today announced the extension of their partnership for the distribution of the European media rights until 2017, including the 2015 and 2017 FINA World Championships as well as the 2014 and 1016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25M). The EBU will be the Host Broadcaster for the 2015 FINA World…
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Charlotte swim program helps minorities get into pool
See WCNC Jahari Dunn doesn’t seem to be doing anything that miraculous when she swims with the Queen City Dolphins. But the 17-year-old Cato Middle College High School student knows that what she does with her team is remarkable. “I saw the water and i jumped in and i didn’t know how to swim. My…
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69-year-old swimming coach found guilty of assault after grabbing child by the arm
Read for instance Bournemouth Echo A swimming coach who taught three generations of Dorset children is devastated after a ‘black cloud’ has been left hanging over her 50-year career. Janet Hewitt, 69, was found guilty of assault by beating last week after Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard that she grabbed a child by the arm after…
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Are 512 pushups too many for a swimmer? A Missouri jury says no
Read The Wichita Eagle Five hundred twelve pushups. Twice. That’s 1,024 pushups. Alexandra “Ali†Swee, now a Memphis, Tenn., college student, says she was told to do them one night five years ago during a Blue Springs practice when she was a 13-year-old member of the Kansas City Blazers swim club. She contended the excessive…
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Marathon Swim Lake Zurich 2013
In August 2013 the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team organized its 26th International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim on the Lake of Zurich. Enjoy the highlights of one of the most treasured swimming competitions, for which the participants have to wait years to be accepted. 50 solo-swimmers and 24 relay teams from all over the world participated. Marathon…
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The 94th Dublin Liffey Swim 2013
….. plus tug boats and plus naughty bridge jump at the end. The 94th Dublin Liffey Swim 2013 from Vanessa Daws on Vimeo.