Category: Organization
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Rio 2016 – A city leaps forward
Stunning waterfront plans have been unveiled for Brazil 2016’s Olympic Park – designed by British designers who made London such a success. The park will be built on the former Brazilian grand prix track in a striking triangular layout spread over 300 acres, accommodating among other things 20,000 journalists at the Media Centre, the Olympic…
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View 2012 Waikiki Rough Water Swim finishes by name
Very interesting YouTube deep linking service here by LiveSwim, where you can pick a finisher of the 2012 Waikiki Rough Water Swim and then watch that person cross the line. It is apparently a service of Pacific Sport Events & Timing. Here is the entire 3-hour video
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Track & Fields athletes unite to fight “Rule 40”
Friday 21 September, the Track and Field Athletes Association announced that it was being joined by international athletes, including Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, to fight the Rule 40 that bars Olympians from using their names or likenesses for advertising during the Olympics. Read for instance ESPN, the Washington Post, USA Today, Sports Illustrated.
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Ask Duncan – Episode 1
In the inaugural episode of Ask Duncan, British Gas Swimming’s Facebook community put their questions to Olympic gold medalist and all-round swimming legend, Duncan Goodhew.
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Rick Curl banned for life, also CUBU coach Noah Rucker indicted
It is all over the news, USA Swimming has banned Hall of Fame coach Rick Curl for life for an improper relationship with a teenage swimmer in the 1980s, who ran one of USA’s largest swim clubs Curl-Burke near Washington, D.C., and coached 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Tom Dolan, the club most notable…
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Psy backs 14 El Monte lifeguards fired for making a “Gangnam Style” spoof
The 13 lifeguards and one pool manager fired over making a “Gangnam Style” spoof at El Monte city Aquatic Center in August are pleading to get their job back. The YouTube video with nearly 1.5 million views was made on their free time, but The Weekly has learned that the lifeguards were already in hot…
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Report: Aussie team bullied teammates in disastrous London 2012 performance
Read USA Today, ugly stories about bullying are making their way around Australia, suggesting that a toxic team atmosphere may have been to blame for their team’s lackluster effort. “It is believed (a) young swimmer allegedly bullied was repeatedly called derogatory names such as “fatty” and “chubby” because of his physique and simultaneously slapped behind…
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Barcelona ramps up promotion of 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Promotional materials have been put up across the city, including in MontjuÑ—c Park near to where the event will take place, as part of an initiative which will last until September 30. The Barcelona 2013 logo has also appeared on the MontjuÑ—c mountain and 400 banners and posters have been distributed across the city centre…