Category: Organization
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CC photo #112: Our conference poster up at Hotel Føroyar
A nice touch up at Hotel Føroyar, where most of our foreign guests stay during the 11th Nordic Conference in Elementary Swimming Teaching this weekend.
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11th Nordic Conference in Elementary Swimming Teaching launched
So I’m a bit busy filming and doing other stuff, and it seems that at the same time this website is struggling because of going over the allocated memory resources (read: too much success :-). But the conference is on, first lecturer Jens Bruun is speaking, see www.neg2012.com. And by the way, I’m putting pictures…
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Texas ‘Mud Race’ death won’t stop next month’s race in Houston
Texas officials are trying to determine how a man died during a challenging and at times chaotic obstacle race called the “Original Mud Run†last weekend, but race organizers are going ahead with another mud run for next month. Read more here on ABC News.
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Anthony Ervin talks to kids at diversity clinic
2000 Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin visited the Ossining Aquatics Center on Sunday to speak to about 100 aspiring swimmers on the Spartans Swim Team at Metropolitan Swimming’s diversity clinic. Read lohud.com
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Wow, beautiful all-red spectator stand in tribute to 11-year-old cancer victim
At the 10th annual Easter swim meet at Hutton Moor Leisure Center in Weston, UK, yesterday, hundreds of swimmers and supporters came together in red in tribute of 11-year-old Mary Collard, keen member of the Weston Swimming Club, who lost her battle against bone cancer on New Year’s Day. Read more here on Mercury24
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30-year-old racer’s body found after ‘mud run’ in Forth Worth
Friends and family say 30-year-old Tony Weathers was one of the most talented athletes they knew, and cannot understand how a man in such elite physical condition could die during Fort Worth’s “Original Mud Run” on Saturday. He was in the competitive division of the Mud Run, consisting of challenges including “Hole to Hades”, “Leap…
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Putin admins sport events help Russia develop country’s infrastructure
Russia’s Prime Minister and President-elect Vladmir Putin admitted yesterday that Russia bids for so many top sports events because it helps develop the infrastructure of the country. Besides the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, other major events they are also staging include the World Athletics Championships and…
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More and more Danes turn to football, swimming and gymnastics
This report released today by the Danish Sports Confederation (DIF) reveals growing membership numbers in Danish football (soccer), swimming and gymnastics, while sports like handball, badminton and tennis see pretty much equivalent declines. The 10 biggest sports in Denmark in 2011 Football 356,754 (+13,799) Golf 157,496 (-588) Swimming 146,103 (+9,515) Gymnastics 129,876 (+5,086) Handball 113,323…