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  • Olympic Swimmers Admit To Peeing In The Pool | The Social CTV

    Jul 30, 2024

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    rokur
    in Swimming Pools

    Is it ever okay to pee in the pool?

  • French Fiber Optic Cables Cut in Latest Olympic Attack | Bloomberg Television

    Jul 30, 2024

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    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    A number of fiber optic cables carrying broadband service across France were cut overnight in the latest attack on the country’s infrastructure during the Olympic Games. Officials says the Games weren’t impacted. Bloomberg’s Benoit Berthelot reports.

  • Meet The 18-year-old Artistic Swimmer Heading To The Paris Olympics Before College | Stay Tuned

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Artistic Swimming

    For the first time in 16 years, Team USA will get to compete in artistic swimming at the Olympics. The last time they qualified, Megumi Field was a toddler. And at 18, she’s one of the youngest members of the team. Artistic swimming is an art that thrives on camaraderie and teamwork, and it’s those skills that have brought the U.S. back to center stage.

  • What It Takes To Be An Olympic-level Swimmer | USA Today

    Jul 30, 2024

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Three-time Olympic swimmer Ryan Murphy raced his way to a bronze medal in a crowded 100-meter backstroke final Monday for his third podium in three consecutive Olympic Games.

  • Olympics: Tatjana Smith Wins Swimming Gold | France 24 English

    Jul 30, 2024

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Tatjana Smith took South Africa’s first gold of the Paris Olympics on Monday and added the 100 metres breaststroke title to the 200 metres she won at Tokyo 2021 under her maiden name of Schoenmaker.

  • ‘I Felt Like I Had It’: Peaty Upbeat Despite Falling Short Of Third Olympic Gold | Guardian Sport

    Jul 30, 2024

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Team GB swimmer Adam Peaty said he would not let Paris 2024 define his career after he finished second to Italy’s Nicolò Martinenghi by just 0.02 of a second in the men’s 100m breaststroke to win joint silver with the USA swimmer Nick Fink

  • Olympics 2024: Would You Swim In The Seine? | NZ Herald

    Jul 30, 2024

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    rokur
    in Environment, Open Water, Triathlon

    Chereè Kinnear takes to the streets of Paris as worry mounts over the River Seine’s water quality. Video / Chereè Kinnear

  • ECB President Christine Lagarde On Sports Background, Lessons From Swimming And Journey To Finance | CNBC Television

    Jul 30, 2024

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    in Artistic Swimming

    European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss her sports background, her history as a competitive artistic swimmer, lessons from swimming, and more.

  • Seine Swim Training Canceled Again Over Pollution, Current | Reuters

    Jul 30, 2024

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    rokur
    in Open Water, Triathlon

    Paris 2024 Olympics organizers canceled the triathlon swimming training session in the Seine river for a second day, 24 hours before the men’s race, after heavy rain late last week increased both pollution levels and the speed of the current.

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