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Dark mass keeping swimmers out of water in Indian River County
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Day 1 Recap #FINAJuniors Budapest | FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019
An astonishing atmosphere, wonderful performances, and new champions. This was Day 1 at #FINAJuniors in Budapest. Watch every action from the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 live on https://www.finatv.live
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25 years for Blount County mom who left kids alone in tub
The Blount county mother charged with abuse after leaving her children in the bathtub unattended is heading to prison.
25 years for Blount County mom who left kids alone in tub
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Syrian lecturer swims the English Channel
Dr Zeina Alsharkas from our Department of Economics swam across English Channel to highlight the plight of refugees fleeing her war-torn home country of Syria.
Read more here: essex.ac.uk/news/2019/08/13/syrian-lecturer-successfully-completes-english-channel-swim
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ISSS 2020 Singapore Peak Performing Swim Schools Seminar
Hear from Keynotes Avi Larin and Daniel Lee on some of what to expect on last day of this ground-breaking event for SwimSchoolers from around the World. Includes a short piece on the Conference Hotel – situated perfectly at Clarke Quay.
See also the event page
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Sheringham swimmer pummelled by waves
Super fit swimmer enjoying an impressive afternoon’s exercise in the sea at Sheringham, North Norfolk.
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Sun Yang hearing at Court of Arbitration for Sport to be open to public
A hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case involving controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang will be open to the public and the media, it was announced today.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to the CAS after the International Swimming Federation (FINA) opted to issue Sun with a warning following allegations a blood sample was deliberately smashed during an argument with drug testers earlier this year.
The CAS hearing between Sun, who served a three-month drugs ban in 2014, FINA and WADA will be only the second to be open to the public in the history of sport’s supreme court.
The first public hearing was between Irish swimmer Michelle Smith de Bruin and FINA in 1999.
Sun, a three-time Olympic champion, had asked CAS to make the meeting open “in order to be fully transparent and to clear his name”.
CAS said in a statement that it will “likely take place in Switzerland”.
The hearing had tentatively been scheduled for September but will not be held before the end of October, CAS added.
“Due to unexpected personal circumstances, one of the parties was obliged to request a postponement of the hearing,” CAS said.
“Such request was assented to by the other parties and accepted by the CAS panel.”
Read Inside the Games
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Is the 2020 Olympics an opportunity for Japan to tackle seafood sustainability?
From tuna to sea urchin, Japanese cuisine is all about seafood. But with fish stocks critically endangered, tourists sampling local delicacies may be harming marine life more than they realize.
Following the Olympics’ focus on sustainable food in Rio and London, Japan is under pressure to provide eco-friendly seafood to the huge numbers of visitors expected in Tokyo for the 2020 games.
“We want to establish sustainable seafood elements,” said Wakao Hanaoka, founder of Tokyo-based sustainable seafood consultancy, Seafood Legacy. “We want to use this 2020 Olympics as a chance to boost acceleration of the movement in Japan.”
Right now, that’s no easy task.
Read Deutsche Welle