Adam Peaty claimed 2019’s Swimmer of the Year accolade after another stellar year on the world stage.
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Oakland man combines social justice with swimming
An Oakland man is merging social justice with swimming, through the Oaklantis swim team and swim school.
The founder and coach, Scott Thompson, grew up swimming competitively through college. When he moved to Oakland 10 years ago, he said he wanted to get more children in the pool. He called swimming a “vastly ‘white’ sport,” and said “the mission of our swim club is to expand swimming to places where it might otherwise not be.”
Thompson started Oaklantis, and now children from all over Oakland meet at Castlemont High School’s pool, year-round.
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Michael Phelps on Building His Brand After The Olympics | WSJ
Former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps talks to WSJ’s Lee Hawkins about life after swimming, including his work related to water conservation and his business endorsements.
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Video shows daring helicopter pilot refilling bucket in swimming pool
This video shows a firefighting helicopter pilot refilling its bucket in a backyard swimming pool in Portugal, to tackle a nearby blaze. João Guimarães, the next-door neighbor, writes that the fire was brought under control in 20 minutes.
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Paige Walters | The #AskASwimPro Show
In this episode of the #AskASwimPro Show, we’re in Detroit, Michigan with MySwimPro’s Marketing Director, Paige Walters! Learn more about Paige as she shares how swimming and water polo have shaped her life, and what inspires her the most about working at MySwimPro.
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Midland Dow’s Sasha Konovalenko explains similarities between swimming, blitz chess
Midland Dow swimmer Sasha Konovalenko is one of the top young female chess players in the country. She is also one of the top swimmers on the Dow team heading into the state meet.
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Midland Dow senior Anna Jensen talks about swimming on boys, girls teams
Midland Dow senior Anna Jensen competed on the boys swim team as a freshman when she was one of the top distance runners in the state. She joined the girls team and hopes to medal in the state meet. Jensen has committed to join the women’s rowing team at Texas.
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LA Current Making a Splash in the International Swim League
Spectrum News 1 and Kristen Lago came out to an LA Current practice to talk to some of the athletes about what it’s like to be a professional swimmer today as well as what it means to represent a sports city like Los Angeles.
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‘The Hottest Take’: Olympics | Rodger Sherman Wants to Get Rid of the Swim Strokes
In this episode of The Hottest Take, Rodger Sherman says the Olympics needs to make a change, and there are two options.