“People are always afraid of trying something new. Especially adultsâ€
Ger Carty is a successful long-distance swimmer and also the water safety officer for Dublin City.
But just like you, before Ger achieved anything, even he had to start somewhereâ€
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Turkish gold-medalist Paralympic swimmer Sümeyye Boyacı joins Barbie’s ‘Role Models’ line
I may not have arms but I have wings no one else sees.†These are the words of 17-year-old world paralympic swimming champion Sümeyye Boyacı, the kind of inspirational figure you would want your kids to look up to.
Mattel seems to think so as well, picking Boyacı as one of its “sheros” for young girls in this year’s line of Barbie dolls in honor of International Women’s Day on March 8.
Modeled after Boyacı, the doll is one of the many created as part of Barbie’s pledge to spotlight female role models in sports.
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3 Killed After Dry Ice Used for ‘Visual Effect’ at Instagram Influencer’s Party
According to the Moscow Times, Instagram influencer Ekaterina Didenko was celebrating her 29th birthday at a pool and sauna complex this past Friday when her husband, 32-year-old Valentin Didenko, dumped 55 pounds of dry ice into the pool to create dramatic “visual effect.â€
You can see the moment when the dry ice was unloaded into the pool in the Russian news report below:
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Hypoxic Swim Set… It’ll get you | Cody Miller Vlogs
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Ian Thorpe campaigns against religious discrimination bill, saying it will remove Australia’s ‘fair go’
Ian Thorpe has visited MPs at Parliament House to lobby against the Government’s religious discrimination bill, saying it goes against the Australian notion of a “fair go” and will divide the country.
The Olympian joined a campaign by Equality Australia to speak against the controversial proposed legislation, which has been through two iterations after broad criticism from both religious and LGBT groups.
The bill, which the Government said aimed to protect the freedom to practice religion, would allow medical workers to object to carrying out procedures against their faith and permit hospitals and aged care providers to hire people based on their faith.
Mr Thorpe said the bill would “discriminate against young and old”.
“It will discriminate against people based on their gender, it will also restrict people’s ability and access to be able to use our hospital services, our schools, and it will have a huge impact on the LGBTIQ community in particular,” he said.
“I believe in an Australia that has a sense of a fair go and this bill most certainly doesn’t do that.
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Breaststroke 2 Kick 1 Pull (Elite) | the Elite Breaststroke Drill You’ve Been Missing
Do you want to be the next breaststroke superstar like Adam Peaty, Cody Miller or James Wilby? This Elite Breaststroke Drill variation of 2 kicks 1 pull is going to be a secret weapon on your journey to becoming an Olympian
Breaststroke 2 Kick 1 Pull is a common drill done to improve streamlining and extending breaststroke stroke length. However, with a simple timing variation it can be turned into an extremely useful training method for elite swimmers!
Typically you’d swim 2 Kick 1 Pull at a moderate pace, but by altering your breaststroke timing you can add explosivity and power into your breaststroke technique.
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How Coley Stickels Utilizes Drills in Swim Workouts
Coley Stickels, Head Coach of the Univ of Alabama has a history of producing some of the best sprinters in history, including Abbey Weitzeil and Santo Condorelli. He discusses his approach with Chris Ritter, on how he uses drills during his workouts and it’s probably not how you think! This clip is from a full interview that you can access in The Hive powered by RITTER.
https://youtu.be/uNuNElR_L1Y
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Are You Wearing Your Swim Goggles Wrong? | Swimming Goggle Problems
Water leaking in, headaches from wearing the goggles, or they simply come off as you’re swimming? These are all things you should not be putting up with. Goggles should be comfortable to wear.
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As IOC preaches calm in wake of coronavirus, Japanese official indicates postponement of Olympics possible
As the International Olympic Committee continues to express confidence that the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will go on as scheduled, a Japanese official on Tuesday raised the possibility that the event could be postponed to later in the year in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan’s Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto told the country’s upper house of parliament that the contract for the Tokyo Games stipulates only that the event be held at some point during the calendar year, leaving open the possibility that it could be postponed to later in 2020. The Olympics are scheduled to run from July 24 through Aug. 9.
“The IOC has the right to cancel the Games only if they are not held during 2020,” Hashimoto told parliament, according to The Associated Press. “This can be interpreted to mean the Games can be postponed as long as they are held during the calendar year.”
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