Category: Organization
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Missy Franklin visits paradise for a purpose
See 9News Bimini is the sound stage for a movie called The Current. It is a documentary that Boulder filmmaker Kurt Miller is making through his nonprofit MakeAHero.org. It is a documentary about people with physical challenges who learning to scuba dive. The ocean is the great equalizer. There are no limits or comparisons as…
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Australia axe coach of troubled relay team
Read Bangkok Post Australia have axed the coach of their scandal-hit 4x100m freestyle relay team for the world championships as part of a wide-ranging shake-up after last year’s Olympics flop, officials said Friday. John Fowlie, who oversaw a medal-less showing by the world champions in London, moves aside for Brant Best, coach of relay anchor…
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Outrage at no-go lanes for women
Read Illawarra Mercury Vivienne Moxham-Hall would love to compete in the 2013 South Coast Winter Swimming Championship, but her hopes have been frozen due to a rule that excludes women. Women are not allowed to take part in the competition because six of the eight clubs in the South Coast Winter Swimming Association have voted…
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CC photo #491: Haljand-test in Tórshavn 4 May 2013
Our very own ‘pocket rocket’ Kristina Elin Thomsen from Suðuroyar Svimjifelag taking off from a start block in Tórshavn, yesterday. Professor Rein Haljand filming the start with a tripod camera while son Holger hauls the overwater/underwater camera cart. And in blue, coach Jón Bjarnason getting his own version too with an iPhone :-)
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Aussie Olympians told to cooperate with probes or miss Games
Read for instance Asia One Australian Olympians must cooperate fully with their national anti-doping agency over the use of banned substances or face exclusion from the Games, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said on Saturday. In the midst of a doping probe into rugby league and Australian rules teams that has rocked two of the…
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Leaner meaner Aussie swim team; Hackett to be involved
Read The Age The tough love required after the London Olympics has honed Australia into a leaner, meaner swimming outfit for July’s world titles in Barcelona, new team boss Michael Scott believes. […] In one of his last acts before he resigned, ex-head coach Leigh Nugent set the qualifying standard at times required to reach 2011…
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Meridian swim club deals with water problems
See wtok.com Dirty water is being blamed for causing a murky mess at a Meridian swim club. The owner of what use to be Briarwood Country Club, estimates that between three and four inches of mud poured into the 10 foot deep pool there when workers attempted to fill it. Although this is a concern,…
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Fife coach Dougall collapses with perforated bowel, denied ambulance 5 times
Three weeks ago, former Scottish international swimmer and now head coach of the Fife Performance Swimming Squad John Dougall experienced acute stomach pain, and called 999 for an ambulance on the verge of collapse. Read for instance Fife Today, The Scottish Sun, The Courier and the Daily Record “They asked me the usual questions and…