Category: Organization
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US national swim team consider TT as Rio 2016 camp
Read Trinidad and Tobago Newsday “VISIONARY†is how Candi MacConaugha, International Games Manager of USA Swimming described the big picture approach being taken by the Ministry of Sport and the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago with regard to the George Bovell National Aquatic Centre. The elite facility is currently under construction at Couva and…
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Swim team honoring boy killed by father
Read and watch WSVN-TV An 11-year-old boy who was the victim of a senseless tragedy, will be honored by his swim team this weekend. His swim team with take part in a 12-hour swimming marathon to honor the little boy’s life that was taken too soon. Eleven-year-old Stefan Zuniga was shot and killed by his…
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Joseph’s Story – Swim Kids Operation 10000
“Follow 7 year old Joseph on his journey as he learns to swim and be safe in the water, mentored by Olympian Cate Campbell and Paralympian Matt Cowdrey. In Australia, drowning remains one of the leading causes of preventable death in children. Unfortunately, while many children are learning valuable swimming and water safety skills, alarmingly…
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Welcome to SwimBritain
“British Gas has supported British Swimming since 2009. From paddling pool, to podium. This year we’re launching an initiative to get more people swimming, more often. Team up, take on SwimBritain. Sign up for more information at www.swimbritain.co.uk.”
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O.C. swim coach Ad’m Dusenbury banned for life; other coach resigns
Read the Orange County Register Former Mission Viejo Nadadores coach Daniel Ad’m Dusenbury has been banned for life by swimming’s national governing body after acknowledging having an inappropriate relationship with a female teenage Nadadores swimmer, the Orange County Register has learned. Another prominent Orange County swim coach, Bill Jewell, has resigned his coaching position at…
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Boy dies after swim in Disney pool
Read MyFOX8 and see 5KSDK Two days after he was pulled from the bottom of a swimming pool at a Disney resort in Florida, a 13-year-old boy from Missouri has died. Anthony Johnson had been playing in a pool at Disney’s Pop Century Resort on Sunday. No lifeguards were on duty at the time; signs…
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James Magnussen helped by mind guru at NRL’s Bulldogs
Read The Telegraph As the 100m freestyle world champion prepares to return to the pool following admissions of Stilnox use and childish behaviour, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal that Magnussen turned to the Bulldogs to help rekindle his career. Magnussen contacted the Bulldogs two months after his failed Olympic campaign, with Hasler telling him he…