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  • First ISL Competition – Dallas 2019

    Feb 10, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Enjoy a look back at our first competition in the International Swim League! Michael Andrew takes you behind the scenes of our first meet and you get to see how much fun it is to be a professional swimmer in the ISL!

  • South Africa swimming champion suspended for 1 year

    Feb 9, 2020

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    rokur
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    South African swimming champion and world record holder, Roland Schoeman, has been banned for a year after testing positive for a banned substance in May 2019. He was part of the team that won gold in the 4 by 100 meters relay in at Athens 2004 Olympics. Schoeman can challenge the ruling at the Court of Arbitration for Sport should he choose to appeal. Here’s CGTN’s Sias du Plessis with the details.

  • St. Louis High School Students Teach Refugees How to Swim

    Feb 9, 2020

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    rokur
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    Students have been giving up their Saturday mornings for the last four weeks to teach refugee kids how to swim. Students at Lutheran South High School are making an impact on the refugees while helping them how to tread water.

  • Terre Haute Torpedoes hosts its annual Arctic Blast Swim Meet

    Feb 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

  • A potentially life-saving app maps the globe into 57 trillion squares, each with a unique address

    Feb 8, 2020

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    rokur
    in Safety

    what3words aims to solve a growing problem in a digital age — the outdated postal code and street address system. The idea is simple: every three meter square on the globe has a unique three word address.

    what3words works with emergency services in the UK to help them reach people in need faster.

  • Hidden camera found in locker room at swim school

    Feb 8, 2020

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    rokur
    in Crime

    A worker at Swimtastic in Waukesha found a hidden camera in a Kleenex box in the employee locker room.

  • New Bollards Placed to Protect Swimmers

    Feb 8, 2020

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    rokur
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  • Hiding From Coronavirus in Secret Jungle Pools of Thailand | Phang Nga Swimming Holes

    Feb 8, 2020

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Everyone is freaking out about the coronavirus here in Asia, so I decided to seek refuge among the snakes and spiders of the Southern Thailand jungle. It’s amazing that these beautiful swimming holes, waterfalls, and boulder grottos had no one else around for miles. These were some of my favorite times in Phang Nga.

    https://youtu.be/R_iv9WvrmiI

  • Tyler Christ Finds Success in the Lab Stemming From What He Does in the Pool

    Feb 8, 2020

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    rokur
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    Senior swimmer Tyler Christ certainly has had success in the pool but on the academic side, he’s a part of cutting edge research in the College of Engineering. Lehigh Sports Central’s Cassie Schmidt has more on his story.

    https://youtu.be/-fo-FKYi0bU

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