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  • Olympian Nic Fink Reveals What Michael Phelps Told Him About His 2024 Paris Medal | Access Hollywood

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Competition

    Nic Fink is looking back at his nail-biting 100-meter breaststroke final!

  • New Law Creates Swim Vouchers For Low-income Families | WCTV Eyewitness News

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Learn To Swim, Organization, Safety

    Under a new law, the state health department will offer free swimming lessons for low-income families with children 4 and younger.

  • Paris Olympic ‘Flame’ Actually A Light And Water Display | CBC News

    Jul 30, 2024

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    rokur
    in Organization

    The Olympics cauldron for Paris 2024 is carried aloft every night by a hot-air balloon, a nod to the pioneering Montgolfier brothers. But the flame itself is something of an illusion, created by LED lights and sprays of water.

  • Paris Olympics 2024: Tom Daley And Noah Williams On Securing ‘Surreal’ Olympic Silver | Sky News

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Diving

    Tom Daley and Noah Williams have told Sky News it felt “amazing” and “surreal” to win a silver medal in the men’s 10m synchro final.

    The Team GB pair were level with Canada after two dives, but solidified second place as their own after an excellent third dive that scored them 83.52 points.

    Daley had only decided to take part in this Olympics 16 months ago – the silver medal in 10m synchro completes the set, having won gold at Tokyo 2020 and bronze at Rio 2016 in the same event.

  • Ryan Lochte On Why He Doesn’t Display Medals, Post-Retirement Depression And His Olympic Scandal | First Coast News

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Competition, Mental Health

    The multi-Olympic gold medalist talked to First Coast News about his passion, his past and his climb out of depression.

  • Heat Warning Hits Paris Amid Olympic Games As Temperature Soars | France 24 English

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Competition, Nature, Organization

    France’s meteorological agency has issued a weather warning for Paris and the surrounding areas with storms and highs of 35 degrees Celsius expected on Tuesday as it hosts the Olympic Games. The agency put in place a “yellow alert” — the second of four levels — for the capital as a heatwave brings searing temperatures to other Olympic venues across France.

  • Day In The Life Of An Elite Swimmer | Loughborough University

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Competition, Organization, Training

    Loughborough and Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen breaks down his typical day as a student athlete.

  • Mona McSharry’s Coach Grace Meade | Dream Of A Podium Finish | Paris Plan | Off The Ball Breakfast

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Competition

    Grace Meade, hometown coach of Olympic medalist Mona McSharry, joins live from Paris to look back on Mona’s incredible journey from Grange in Sligo to the Paris La Défense Arena. Off the Ball Breakfast

  • How Mollie O’Callaghan Beat Ariarne Titmus | Propulsion Swimming

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Competition

    We take a look through the iconic womens 200m freestyle race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming program, a fantastic head to head between Ariarne Titmus and Mollie O’Callaghan

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