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  • A Short Course from Short Course

    Mar 30, 2020

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    rokur
    in Technique

    Take a look at our Short Course on dolphin kicks to improve your underwater swimming.

  • Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Will Start on 23 July 2021

    Mar 30, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan today agreed on new dates for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in 2021. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be celebrated from 23 July to 8 August 2021. They also agreed on new dates for the Paralympic Games, which will be celebrated From 24 August until 5 September 2021.

    Read olympic.org

  • Olympic Swimmer Ryan Murphy Joins The Show | Action Sports Jax

    Mar 30, 2020

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    in Competition

    Olympic Swimmer Ryan Murphy joins Action Sports Jax to talk about the Olympics being postponed.

  • How to structure your Open Water Swim Sessions during COVID-19 if you can still get out there?

    Mar 30, 2020

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Today, Paul discusses how to structure an open water swim session to more mimic the pool environment and training sets that you’re more used to, if you’re still able to get out in the open water.

  • Missy Franklin’s former coach Todd Schmitz sheds light on Olympic delay

    Mar 30, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Former USA Swim coach Todd Schmitz provides insight into the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games and introduces his newest local star.

  • Rebecca Adlington’s Swim-Of-War | Gods Of The Game

    Mar 30, 2020

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Gold medalist Rebecca Adlington battles the mortals in a swim-o-war.

  • How to swim at home during quarantine

    Mar 29, 2020

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    rokur
    in Training

    A little device I thought of

  • How the Mystery of “Dead Water” Could Save Swimmers

    Mar 29, 2020

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    rokur
    in Nature, Science

    For thousands of years, sailors have been telling stories of a mysterious phenomenon called dead water.  Even after scientists figured out why it happens, it still affects swimmers today.

  • Tokyo 2020: How Coronavirus Forced an Olympic Postponement

    Mar 29, 2020

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    rokur
    in Organization

    The Tokyo Olympics are to be postponed until 2021 after talks between Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach. Abe felt that postponing the games was the most appropriate response to the global disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s a look back at events over the past seven years that lead to the games being postponed

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