Category: Organization
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Mark Spitz questions doping in swimming
Swimming legend Mark Spitz on a question regarding Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen and her record breaking performance in the Women’s 400 metre individual medley at the 2012 Olympic Games: “Certainly the performance stands on its own merits. World record swims and she drops her time by seconds from one year to the next. Obviously that…
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Profiles in Education: Swim Coach
Interlake High School Swim Coach Christina Hunsberger shouts words of coaching and encouragement as agile swimmers glide effortlessly through the outdoor pool. Steam rises from the water on a chilly December evening as Hunsberger follows along poolside, offering her athletes good advice and tips to improve their form. Read more here on bsd405.org
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Program of the Russian Swimming Federation for the young athletes – Vladimir Salnikov
Vladimir Salnikov, President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation and four-time Olympic swimming champion, presenting at the FINA 2012 World Aquatics Convention in Moscow, Russia.
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Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky & Heather O’Reilly: The future of sports
Olympians Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky and Heather O’Reilly talk about the future of sports with USA TODAY Sports columnist Christine Brennan and USOC Chairman Scott Blackmun at the USA TODAY relaunch event on Sept. 13, 2012, at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
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British Swimming statement – UK Sport Funding
“British Swimming is committed to implementing a streamlined Swimming World Class Programme with minimal impact on the Rio 2016 Olympic cycle following today’s UK Sport funding announcement. The sport of swimming has seen a reduction of around 15% from the £25m it received in the London 2012 Olympiad to a figure of £21.3m for the…
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Professional Swimmer – Ready Room to Pool with Speedo
Find out what the athletes see behind the scenes from the ready room to the pool at the 2012 Istanbul Short Course World Championships with Speedo. Interesting swim when ‘Ryan’ gets into pool, is that 2 butterfly strokes and then a bit of underwater doggy-paddle before finishing at 25 meters ? :-P
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An open letter to Eurosport
As our coach put it, when we were not watching the women’s 100 meter breaststroke final on TV at the team hotel: ‘I hope these are the snooker Olympics, since they are showing them non-live, rather than the swimming World Champs live’ :-/ Dear Eurosport, I hope you’re well. There’s been a world swimming championships…
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Sport England gets tough over swimming grassroots funding
Six sports in Britain, including swimming and tennis, have been warned they will have millions in grassroots funding taken away unless they can show they can improve participation figures in the next 12 months, as Sport England unveiled its investment priorities for the next four years. Read The Guardian