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  • Children with Cancer UK Swim Serpentine 2019

    Mar 5, 2020

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    in Charity, Open Water

    Swim Serpentine is the biggest open water swimming event in the country. It has rapidly grown to become the UK’s top open water swimming event with more than 6,000 entries last year! Watch the video to see how the Children with Cancer UK swimmers got on.

    Sign up to Swim Serpentine 2020 at: https://www.childrenwithcancer.org.uk…

  • Big names in Des Moines for swim competition

    Mar 5, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

  • Simone Manuel Is Pushing Barriers & Breaking Records | Milestones

    Mar 5, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel continues to push barriers and break records simultaneously. Growing up as a black swimmer in an overwhelmingly white sport, Simone always knew she would face adversity & unique challenges as she continued to pursue her dreams. In this episode of #Milestones presented by Toyota, Simone breaks down what gives her the drive to be great and stand up as a role model for black kids who want to grow up to be a dominant just like her.

  • Man Nearly Drowns While Swimming Under Ice

    Mar 5, 2020

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Jason Clark is an adrenaline junkie who has a bucket list of crazy things to do before he dies. When he went out on a frozen lake in Utah attempting a point to point swim, things went terribly wrong!

    https://youtu.be/ACBUzb-fMl8

  • World champion Scott Miller says addiction destroyed his life | 60 Minutes Australia

    Mar 5, 2020

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    rokur
    in History

    A world record breaker, Olympic silver medalist and once the most popular Australian swimmer, Scott Miller had it all. But with incredible success comes the opportunity for temptation, and quickly Scott had replaced training with hard partying. Now, after leaving rehab, Scott Miller is facing the greatest comeback of his life.

    https://youtu.be/EzXpjKvSbZ0

  • Why You Should Take Up Swimming – Ger Carty’s Story

    Mar 5, 2020

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    in Health, Open Water

    “People are always afraid of trying something new. Especially adults”

    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 somewhere”

  • Turkish gold-medalist Paralympic swimmer Sümeyye Boyacı joins Barbie’s ‘Role Models’ line

    Mar 5, 2020

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    rokur
    in Para Swimming

    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.

    Read Daily Sabah

     

  • 3 Killed After Dry Ice Used for ‘Visual Effect’ at Instagram Influencer’s Party

    Mar 4, 2020

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    rokur
    in WTF

    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.”

    You can see the moment when the dry ice was unloaded into the pool in the Russian news report below:

    See PetaPixel

  • Hypoxic Swim Set… It’ll get you | Cody Miller Vlogs

    Mar 4, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

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