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  • Iranian takes 4 days to swim from Oman to Iran

    May 7, 2019

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    rokur
    in Open Water

  • Mother breastfeeding in public swimming pool told to get out of the water

    May 7, 2019

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    rokur
    in WTF

    Rebecca Robertson explains what happened at Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie.

  • A New Beginning | Swimmer Strength

    May 7, 2019

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    rokur
    in Competition, Training

    Swimmer Strength aims to keep all swimmers healthy, strong, and highly competitive in the water with world-wide reach. We provide high-performance training models online for swimmers and teams around the world – join the team when you’re ready.

    https://youtu.be/kHHXYLJ6Se0

    https://youtu.be/CvbX3f2bx2k

  • The Brain-Eating Amoebas of Kerosene Creek

    May 6, 2019

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    rokur
    in Health, Safety, Wild Swimming

    Kerosene Creek is a natural hot spring near Rotorua, on the North Island of New Zealand. And there have been official warnings for years: don’t put your head under water. It turns out that “brain-eating amoebas”, naegleria fowleri, are a real, if rare, thing.

  • Bulgarian Artisic Swimming Dou – Zorba The Greek | Music Monday

    May 6, 2019

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    rokur
    in Artistic Swimming

    At the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, the two Bulgarian Artistic Swimmer Assia Anastassova and Bogdana Zareva wowed the home crowd with their performance to Mikis Theodorakis’ “Zorba The Greek”.

  • Understanding Talent

    May 6, 2019

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    rokur
    in Training

    This film was developed by sportscotland to help young athletes understand what ‘talent’ is and how you can get good at sport – it’s more of a choice than you might think. For more information about talent, visit our website – www.sisport.com/talent

  • Perk at Play: Swim Speed

    May 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Inspired by the Olympics, Perk tries his hand at swimming freestyle. Unfortunately, not even state of the art equipment can help his aspirations.

  • Preparing Kennewick city pool for swimming

    May 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Swimming Pools

    City of Kennewick employees paint the Kenneth E. Serier Memorial Pool in preparation for the swimming season opener on June 15 in Kennewick.

  • On GMA: Sal’s Summer of Swim

    May 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    KATC’s Katie Lopez was LIVE at the Robichaux Center in Lafayette with more on Sal’s Summer of Swim and their swim safety classes.

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