Category: Organization
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Chad Le Clos – World Transplant Games 2013 Ambassador
World Transplant Games 2013 Ambassador, Chad le Clos, shares a message with WTG2013 participants and looks forward to meeting them in Durban.
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Lotte Friis has (re)found happiness in Nice
After a disappointing London 2012 Olympics, Lotte Friis almost retired her swimming career. But instead she chose to move to Nice in France to start anew. Here is part 1 of Danish sports media On-Sport‘s visit in Nice. Most of the talk is in Danish, except when coach Fabrice Pellerin describes her in English.
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Help Glen Christiansen recover from his near-fatal accident
See the Friends of Glen fundraiser on GiveForward In February Glen had an unfortunate accident and got severly injured. He has had a remarkable recovery since then, and is making progress every day. But the road to full recovery is long, and due to the fractures in his head, he will have to give the…
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Increased financial support for Danish Swimming towards Rio 2016
The Danish Swimming Federation is set to receive a little over DKK 7 million (USD 1.22 million) this year from Danish government-funded elite organization Team Danmark, which is a raise of about DKK 200.000 (USD 35.000), in appreciation of their good results since 2009. Team Danmark CEO Michael Andersen: – The swimmers have produced really…
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Breaststroke rule simplified in US high school swimming
Read High School OT High school swimmers in the breaststroke event will now be permitted to execute a single butterfly kick on the start or turn at any time prior to the first breaststroke kick. “It was extremely difficult for officials to observe and consistently judge the initiation of the arm stroke on the start…
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DeSantis shocked by the drums at Danish swim meets
Read The Swim Brief Now, I try not to give out too much advice in this blog, but here is one very important piece. When flying to another country, crossing six time zones, and then trying to blow right through the time change on your way to a meet, then pondering whether you could possibly…
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RAF Swimming Championships Poster Step-by-Step
Yup, the RAF, the Royal Air Force. Awesome poster! RAF Swimmer Step-by-Step from Matt Stevenson on Vimeo.
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2013 World Police and Fire Games Swim Meet Teaser
Video about the 2013 World Police and Fire Games swimming competition, featuring Irish 2000 and 2008 Olympian Andrew Bree.
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YMCA swim coach Patrick Jeanneret accused of ‘indecent liberties’ with team member
Read for instance News5 A Warren County YMCA assistant swimming coach has been fired and is facing charges after an allegation he took “indecent liberties” with an underage team member. The Countryside YMCA Torpedoes swim team was competing in a national swim meet in Greensboro, N.C., over the weekend, when the alleged incident occurred. WLWT…