Category: Training
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CC photo #487: A winter’s worth of pins
A good first season for our youngest, resulting in these three pins (plus a fourth that he somehow managed to talk himself into … we’re still discussing that part). We use a Faroese version (basically ‘translation’) of the excellent Norwegian swim school, you can buy their (in my opion very best) learn-to-swim book ‘Slik lærer…
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Teesside University: Aimee Willmott
Olympic swimmer Aimee Willmott is studying BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise (Coaching Science) and is also on the elite athlete scheme. http://youtu.be/s-WoXgIzF-c
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Rowdy Gaines Swim Clinic for Newtown (Sandy Hook Elementary)
“On Friday, April 26, 2013, Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines gave a Swim Clinic for Newtown, CT Torpedoes. Many of the kids attend Sandy Hook Elementary.”
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Lotte Friis has (re)found happiness in Nice
After a disappointing London 2012 Olympics, Lotte Friis almost retired her swimming career. But instead she chose to move to Nice in France to start anew. Here is part 1 of Danish sports media On-Sport‘s visit in Nice. Most of the talk is in Danish, except when coach Fabrice Pellerin describes her in English.
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Danish swim club AGF closes all teams at Gellerupbadet after attack on coaches
Danish swim club AGF Svømning yesterday decided to shut down all swim training at Gellerupbadet in Aarhus for at least a fortnight, after two of their instructors were attacked by 20-25 youths in the disadvantaged residential area. They were luckily still in their car, but had its side mirrors kicked off and received kicks to…
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CC photo #465: Power failure at the pool today
Major power failure in the Faroe Islands today; here at Toftir we lost it for two full hours. Practice was interrupted but not stopped, cold showers skipped and even that last single sock found :-)
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Chloe Sutton has a special message for Idaho Falls!
Two-time Olympian Chloe Sutton has a special message for every swimmer who lives in Idaho Falls, ID area. So that would be April 27, 2013, see Fitter & Faster. Chloe Sutton has a special message for Idaho Falls! from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.