Category: Organization
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British Swimming appoints Tim Jones as Head of Performance Pathway
See British Swimming British Swimming has appointed Tim Jones, former Head of Performance Sport at British Gymnastics as the Head of Performance Pathway for Swimming. Jones, a former international swimmer, is vastly experienced in swimming, having worked within the sport for over ten years before working as Director of the High Performance at Loughborough for…
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SSP Swimming Under the Stars “Big Splash”
“The City ended the swimming season at Northview Pool with a “Big Splash”” SSP Swimming Under the Stars “Big Splash” from Town Square Television on Vimeo.
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Record high participation at 2013 Round Christiansborg OWS event in Copenhagen
The Danish Swimming Federation announces today that the 2013 Round Christiansborg open water swimming event in Copenhagen this Saturday 31 August is sold out, as well as the Krüger Relay that follows the same afternoon. A total of 2040 swimmers have registered for the 2K swim in the channels around Christiansborg Palace, seat of the Danish…
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USA Swimming To Review Sexual Misconduct Prevention Program
See NPR The sport of swimming is back in the news, with new questions being raised about whether swimming has effectively confronted a sexual abuse problem, a problem that’s been revealed in recent years. USA Swimming – the sport’s governing body in this country – announced an independent review of Safe Sport, their organization’s program…
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Swim coach found dead hours after child porn arrest
Read Today’s TMJ4 and Leader-Telegram A man who drowned in Lake Wissota was the same man who was arrested just hours earlier for child porn, 32-year-old Daniel Weggel who was a high school swimming coach in the Eau Claire school district. Police says evidence seized shows Weggel hid cameras in his home, in the homes of…
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YMCA – Detroit Swims
See ydetroitswims.org, “In the city of Detroit, 7 out of 10 children cannot swim, putting our children at an unacceptable risk of drowning. No child should fear the water. To teach a child to swim, we need to raise $100 per child. In addition, many children do not have suitable swimwear, so we also need…
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Toronto Swim Club: Why Swim?
Courtesy of Toronto Swim Club Toronto Swim Club: Why Swim? from Melissa Dozois on Vimeo.
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Swimming: A study of biomechanics using underwater motion capture
“A demonstration of how a combined underwater and land-based motion capture system can be used to analyse movements of swimmers. In this video, we’re analysing swimmers in Sweden’s national swim team, studying the start, dive and the first 15 meters underwater. Shot in BorÃ¥s Swimming Arena, Sweden.”