Category: Swimming Pools
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Lloyd Aquatic Center At a Glance | Mercersburg Academy
The 41,000-square-foot Lloyd Aquatic Center opened in 2019 and features the Olympic-size Furnary Pool with a diving area, locker rooms, seating for spectators, and office space. The 10-lane pool employs a system of movable bulkheads to allow for the transformation of the 50-meter space into two separate 25-yard courses, giving swimmers the opportunity to train…
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Would you swim in this public mineral pool? 🇧🇬 Exploring Bulgaria
As the quarantine situation is tightening in Bulgaria, I decide be smart, not scared about it. Join me as we visit one of the coolest public mineral pools in the country, right next to the capital. Might be fun!
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Inside the Tokyo Aquatics Centre | Venues of Tokyo 2020
The doors to the Tokyo Aquatics Centre are finally open. Head on inside and explore with Paul, of the #Tokyo2020 team, to see just how amazing this new venue is for yourself. For more information: https://tokyo2020.org/en/news/state-o…
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FIRST LOOK: Stadium Swim at Circa hotel-casino to offer heated pool experience | KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
Stadium Swim has six pools, including two spas, and can hold about 4,000 people. It’s open every day of the year from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. — and the pools are heated for cooler weather. There are also two swim bars.
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Tokyo opens 15,000-seat Olympic aquatics centre
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike finally inaugurated on Saturday the Aquatics Centre for next year’s rescheduled Olympics, seven months after it was supposed to open. The Aquatics Centre was due to officially open on March 22 but that event was cancelled over coronavirus fears. Two days later the entire Tokyo Games was postponed until 2021. Organisers…
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ReykjavÃk’s Empty Pools: Video
Did you ever wonder what the swimming pools in ReykjavÃk look like these days, when closed? Steinar Þór Ólafsson, communications director, visited them recently to take a look. All swimming pools in the capital are have remained closed since October 7, in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. Steinar tells mbl.is the closure gave him…
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Paris 2024 scraps temporary aquatics venue in cost control measures
The Paris 2024 organising committee has made further revisions to its construction plans, announcing that it will no longer build two temporary venues as part of a suite of cost control measures to ensure the French city delivers the Olympic Games within its initial €3.8bn ($4.5bn/£3.5bn) budget. Paris had originally planned to build a permanent…
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Tollcross swimmers resurface amid concern for Glasgow Life properties
Taking the plunge for the first time in over 6 months – the reopening of Tollcross international swimming centre has been a long time coming for these regulars. While it was all smiles poolside there’s been a swell of concern around the delayed opening of many Glasgow Life venues. The charity operates 171 libraries, museums…
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Announcement of Grand Opening Ceremony of Tokyo Aquatics Centre
We are pleased to announce that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) will hold a grand opening ceremony of the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Saturday 24 October 2020. The Tokyo Aquatics Centre is one of the new permanent venues TMG has constructed and will be used as the venue for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo…