In Swimming, Uganda will be represented by a four strong team at the 18th FINA world championships in the South Korean city of Gwangju. Team captain Avice Meya is hoping that the team can put in a good show at the global showpiece.
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Swimmer tackles ‘plastic vortex’ to highlight ocean pollution
Long-distance swimmer Ben Lecomte has undertaken the challenge of swimming 300 nautical miles through the so-called ‘plastic vortex, also known as ‘The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’.
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Diving Men – 10m Platform | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
China’s Jian Yang is the winner of the 10m Platform Diving at the FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju with a total of 598,65 points. His compatriot Hao Yang came in 2nd by scoring 585,75 points, bronze went to Russian Aleksandr Bondar (541,05 points).
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Artistic Swimming – Team Free Combination | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
The final event in Artistic Swimming at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju was the Free Combination event. The Free Combination is swum by eight to ten swimmers, and each routine is a combination of all the other events: solos, duets, trios, and team segments.
In the preliminary round, due to a penalty Russia received for being over the 4:00 minutes time limit, the difference between their score and the score for the Chinese team was 0.5000 points. The Russian Combo swimmers depicted warriors and concubines in their routine which was based upon the Russian Opera “Knyaz (prince) Igorâ€.
Having cut enough time from their preliminary routine, the Russians were within the allowed time and claimed their 9th gold medal at the 2019 World Championships with 98.0000 points.
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This Egyptian swimmer broke boundaries for women | Words of Olympians
Rania Elwani broke boundaries and inspired the world. In “The Golden Fishâ€, the Egyptian tells how she became the first Arab woman to swim in an Olympic final.
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Artistic Swimming – Mixed Duet Free | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Spectacular entertainment as Russia’s Mayya Gurbanberdieva and Aleksandr Maltsev took the gold medal at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju. Italy won silver and Japan came in third.
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Diving Mixed – 3m Synchro | Top Moments | FINA World Championships 2019 – Gwangju
Nerve racking drama in the 3m Mixed Synchro at the FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju as Australia’s Matthew Carter and Maddison Keeney win the gold medal by 0,78 points ahead of Francois Imbeau-Dulac and Jennifer Abel of Canada.
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Cool off with Ithaca’s favorite swimming holes
Summer in New York can be sweltering, so finding top spots to escape the heat are important. Three swimming holes in Ithaca deliver cool dips to splash the time away.
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Mongolian swimmers participating at the FINA World Championships
More and more new countries participate at the FINA World Championships. Mongolia, for example, has 4 swimmers participating. We were curious where Mongolia stands in water sports and their plans are for the future.