In this week’s Sports Jam Spotlight segment Jason Melillo profiles Armstrong swimmer Sierra Smith. The senior is one of the top swimmers in the state and will swim in college at the University of Missouri. Airing on the September 23, 2019 edition of CCX Media’s Sports Jam.
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Happiness is hydrotherapy: the pool where community love runs deep | The Pool
Innisfail’s Mary and Duncan Patterson visit their local pool twice a week.
The water aerobics workouts help keep their bodies fit, but the benefits to their mental well-being run much deeper.
Duncan has dementia and wife Mary is his full-time carer.
For Mary, the pool is a place of respite. For Duncan, it’s a source of social interaction.
At the pool, the Patterson’s are immersed in a community that cares, where the support and encouragement offered by their fellow exercisers is overflowing.
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Swimming: Australia’s Rice to help India rise in Olympic pool
Triple Olympic champion Stephanie Rice is confident she can help India get its first Olympic medal from swimming after announcing plans to set up her academy in the country early next year.
The Australian swimmer won three gold medals at the Beijing Games in 2008 – each in world record times – and will be inducted next month as an Athlete Member of The Sport Australia Hall of Fame, one of the highest honours in Australian sport.
A swimmer making the cut for the Olympics is a cause of celebration in India given the abysmal record of its athletes in the pool at the highest stage of competition but Rice believes there was enough talent in the country of 1.3 billion.
“The biggest contribution that I can make, that’s probably lacking a little bit, is the high level international coaching experience in India,†she told reporters at a beachside hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday.
“Lot of the current Indian swimmers train in the Thailand or the U.S. and they come back to compete for the country.
“It makes it really hard for India to become a really good sporting nation because you require every athlete to have funds to be able to train somewhere else in the world.â€
Read Reuters
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Swim Longer Easier – 3 Breathing Drills For New Swimmers
You can swim longer and have it feel so much easier if you can just get your body position and your breathing corrected. In this video we’re going to take a look at 3 breathing drills and 3 things to keep in mind while you do these drills.
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Olympians Leisel Jones and Ellie Cole on their connection to pools | The Pool
Olympic Size: Swimming is our international sporting badge of honour. Australia has won more Olympic Medals in swimming than any other pursuit. Internationally, Australia trails only the might of the United States for medals won.
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How to Swim Faster | Whiteboard Wednesday
On today’s episode of #WhiteboardWednesday we are going to answer the most common question we get from swimmers around the world!
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How to Clean Your Swimming Pool
When you have your own swimming pool you need to clean it. Many people who are looking for a Spanish property ask me about the maintenance of a pool. Can you do it yourself? How long does it take? Is it difficult? I will show you how I clean our pool.
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Did you know squirrels swim? Some even try to paddleboard
In Maine, we swim with the squirrels.
Maine wildlife photographer Karl Ramsdell was paddleboarding across the Saco River in August when he caught a sight not many people have likely seen – squirrels swimming alongside him.
“We thought we were seeing things,” Ramsdell told NEWS CENTER Maine.
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Merle Liivand to Swim the WOWSA Ocean Fest 2019 10k in a Mermaid Monofin