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  • Professor Peter Clough, head the Psychology department at Huddersfield University who carried out the research, found that contrary to what some parents believe, “sport involvement does not appear to have any negative implications” on results.

    He told The Daily Telegraph: “Overall, taking part in sport appears to have a lot of positive impact. There is no evidence that people involved in sport get any worse GCSE results.

    “But they are happier, psychologically healthier, less anxious and more resilient and robust. Taking part in sport on a regular basis is not doing them any harm and it is doing them good.”

    Prof Clough’s study found that there is a significant relationship between involvement in sport and mental toughness, as well as a positive association between sport and mental wellbeing.

    “These findings strongly suggest that students revising for their GCSEs or A-levels should not abandon sport,” he said.

    “Balance is important, and sport plays a vital role in preparing them for the pressures of the exam room. It can even help some young people thrive when in stressful situations.”

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  • This Hofstra University rip current study, which uses virtual reality as its platform to educate beachgoers, is funded by New York Sea Grant.

  • Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is trying to repair his reputation after two suspensions that cost him valuable sponsorship endorsements and hurt his chances of qualifying for what would be his fifth Olympic games in 2020.

    To try to fix the damage, the 35-year-old swimmer signed on to CNBC’s “Back in the Game,” in which former baseball player Alex Rodriguez mentors athletes to help repair their finances and reputations, as he had to do a decade ago following revelations that he used performance-enhancing drugs.

    Lochte accompanied Rodriguez to ACG’s 2019 InterGrowth conference, where Rodriguez was speaking, and sat down with Middle Market Growth for an interview about the show, his swimming career, and how he plans to regain the public’s trust.

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  • French hotel owners assailed Airbnb on Wednesday over its new partnership with the International Olympic Committee, warning they would stop working on the planning for the Paris 2024 summer Games to protest against what they call an unfair competitor.

    French hotels have long accused home rental platform Airbnb of taking advantage of minimal oversight to undercut their business, and have been lobbying authorities for a crackdown on short-term tourist rentals.

    “Airbnb doesn’t play by the rules, and must be disqualified,” the GNI association of independent hotels said in a statement during an industry gathering in the Atlantic coast resort town of Biarritz.

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  • Swimming started as a passion in the lochs of Scotland and now takes Ross Murdoch around the globe. What makes you get Up and Go?

  • Created by messer for messers, don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can’t do what you want to do.

  • Bert swimming every stroke with son Chad in Naples.

  • Body position is the foundation for all swimming strokes. When correcting strokes, look at the body position because it affects all the other components of a stroke (legs, breathing, arms, and coordination). In order for a stroke to be efficient, the body must minimize the amount of drag (The water resistance that slows down your motion) by being streamlined. Being streamlined reduces the work put in to move through the water and is key to swimming efficiently.