Category: Organization
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CC photo #618: The Danish House of Sports
“Idrættens Hus” in Brøndby, Denmark, venue of the 2013 Aqua Clinic, 5-7 September 2013.
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Danes to keep momentum with big squads, Great Danes, Smart Track projects
So I wrote this piece for SwimmingWorld, yesterday, and fortunately got good help there to clean it up language-wise. Danish Swimming seems to be in very good hands. At the 2013 Danish Aqua Clinic this weekend, the Danish National Team trio of sports director Mikkel von Seelen, head coach Nick Juba and national training center…
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MarTar Swim School to fight childhood obesity
See CBS Baltimore September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. At the Mar Tar Swimming School in Elkridge, parents are looking out for their children’s health by allowing them to swim toward fitness. “A swimming pool makes your body lighter no matter what, so the weight is usually not an issue,†Girch said. In 2010, more…
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Scottish Swimmers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Featuring Kathryn Johnstone, Robbie Renwick and Lewis Smith
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Swimming Australia launch GO Swim Month 2013
“October 2013 is being transformed into GO Swim Month, a national campaign aimed at promoting swimming through registered GO Swim centres. A GO Swim Day is a great introduction to a local swim club or a chance for existing members to get together and celebrate everything they love about swimming and their club. Head to…
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Tens of thousands swim across Sun Moon Lake at annual event
Read Focus Taiwan Tens of thousands of people joined an annual mass swimming event on Sunday across Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan’s largest fresh water lake. Over 25,000 swimmers attempted the 3,000-meter swim across the lake in the central county of Nantou, including 237 disabled people and 1,088 foreign swimmers from 30 countries, organizers said.
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Gerhard Zandberg hits out at Swimming South Africa
Read Eyewitness News Swimmer Gerhard Zandberg on Monday told Eyewitness News Sport that he is hoping his Swimming South Africa appeal hearing will be a catalyst for change in swimming. Zandberg was served with a R5,000 fine and ordered to do community service after switching rooms at the recent World Championships without consent. He lodged…
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Olympic gold medalist Tyler Clary leads youth clinic at Notre Dame
See Fox28 While Notre Dame traveled to Michigan over the weekend, a former Wolverine trekked his way to Irish country Saturday. 2012 Gold Medalist Tyler Clary was on hand at the Notre Dame Swim Clinic helping young swimmers learn some new techniques. Clary won the gold in London in the 200M backstroke. “It’s so cool…
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Bob Bowman on the Lowenthal tragedy and Shallow Water Blackout
At the 2013 Asca World Clinic in New Orleans, NBAC head coach Bob Bowman addressed the crowd on “the most important information I have ever given to coach”. Read SwimVortex.com Louis Lowenthal was 14 when he died on Wednesday, October 31, at Sinai Hospital, three days after he was administered CPR on the pool deck…