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  • Training Camps | an Insight Into the World of Professional Swimming

    Feb 6, 2020

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    in Competition

    In today’s Propulsion Swimming Podcast: We talk about the memories and teachable experiences we can take from our years going on swim camps and give you advice for your first chance to see what a professional swimmer goes through. Plus, We give a huge shout out to a Millfield swimmer raising $10k for the Australian Bush Fires.

  • Stateless Swimmer Wants To Be Seen

    Feb 6, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Rafael Roxas was abandoned by his parents as a child and raised in an orphanage in the Philippines. He found hope as a competitive swimmer, but his dreams were crushed when he was unable to submit a birth certificate. For Rafael, becoming a citizen is a path towards being and competing again.

  • Alex Grove Limbers up for Cross Channel Swim

    Feb 6, 2020

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    rokur
    in Charity, Open Water

    Former Warriors and Scotland centre Alex Grove gears up for swimming the English Channel to raise funds for Acorns Children’s Hospice.

  • Great Falls CMR swimmer Gabrielle Stull quietly overcomes cancer scare to thrive

    Feb 6, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

  • Wallaby rescued swimming 6km off South East Queensland coast

    Feb 6, 2020

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Water Police have rescued a wallaby found fatigued and swimming in circles 6.2 kilometres off the South East Queensland coast.

  • Virginia Tech Swim & Dive – Senior Day

    Feb 6, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    A recap of our senior day activities that took place before our meet against NC State. Thank You Seniors!

  • Swim for Emma: Teammates rally for 11-year-old in ICU after 2 brain surgeries

    Feb 6, 2020

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    rokur
    in Charity

    Tuesday was like a lot of days for Emma Palmer, until it wasn’t. She was at swim practice at the Countryside YMCA and when she got out of the pool, her body wouldn’t work.

  • Bodybuilder Tries Ice Swimming | Ft. Ross Edgley & MattDoesFitness

    Feb 6, 2020

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

     

  • Check out the Winter Swimming World Championships 2020 – Lake Bled

    Feb 5, 2020

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

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