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  • John Legend Learning To Swim | The View

    Feb 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Safety

    https://youtu.be/qxcn5-j26LY

  • Experience a College Swim Meet | Cody Miller Vlogs

    Feb 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Competition, Training

  • Carson Foster, the young US swimmer who broke Michael Phelps’ record | Heroes of the Future

    Feb 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Carson Foster is one the world’s fastest young swimmers. At the age of 10, he broke one of his idols records: Michael Phelps.

  • One Breath Around The World

    Feb 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Freediving

    Our new short film (12 min) is finally out. Turn out the light, put your headphones and freedive with me around the world.

  • The Point: Sunday Times report on Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has ‘gone haywire’

    Feb 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Competition, Doping

    Chinese three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is reserving the right to sue British newspaper the Sunday Times for defamation. What is the full story?

  • Michael Phelps’ 1st Olympic Gold Medal | Throwback Thursday

    Feb 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Competition, History

    At the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, Michael Phelps claimed his first Olympic Gold Medal. In the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps easily won with a world record time of 4:08.41!

  • Muscles may maintain the “memory” of past gains in their cells

    Jan 29, 2019

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    rokur
    in Science

    One of the most frustrating things about exercise is how easily progress can be undone – “use it or lose it,” as the old saying goes. If you don’t keep up the workout routine, your muscles slowly shrink and you’ll end up back at square one before you realize it. But maybe that’s not quite the case after all. Putting a new meaning to the phrase “muscle memory,” researchers have now found that muscles keep their nuclei from past growth, which makes it easier to rebuild later after a period of inactivity.

    Read New Atlas

  • Ice Swimming And Beard Icicles

    Jan 27, 2019

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

    Freezing myself just for your entertainment.

  • Chinese swimmer Sun Yang rejects claims in British newspaper

    Jan 27, 2019

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    rokur
    in Competition, Doping

    The Chinese Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is threatening legal action against a British newspaper over claims he may face a life-time ban. An article in the Sunday Times alleges that Sun clashed with anti-doping testers after missing an out-of-competition doping test in September. But Sun’s lawyer says the testers failed to show proper authorization letters and Sun Yang was entitled to reject an invalid doping test.

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