One of the recurring lines that Ariana Kukors Smith says she heard from her swim coach Sean Hutchison was that she was “the most impressive person” he had ever met.
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Which countries REALLY win the Olympics?
Olympic medal counts don’t really show you which nation was the most successful, because larger countries have a huge advantage. There’s a better way to measure a nation’s Olympic success.
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The loser will freeze: Red Bull Crashed Ice Quiz
Watch an ice cold trivia battle between Shane Benaud vs. Daniel Bergeson hosted by finnish native Mirko Lahti. What is a “Teräsuoja”? How long is the Red Bull Crashed Ice track in Jyväskylä? Do you know? Find out the answers and watch the loser freeze…Suomi Style.
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We’ve got a lot to learn | Strongman Swimming E2
Strongman Swimming documents Ross Edgley’s incredible attempt to swim 40km with a 100lb tree tied to him between the Caribbean islands of St Lucia and Martinique.
This episode explores the nutrition required to take on this epic challenge. Ross shares his typical daily 15,000 calorie diet and heads up to Keswick, North England, for further training with Keri-Anne Payne.
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Finland Ice Swimmers Gather for Championship
Ahtari, a Finnish city with only around 6,000 residents, became lively as thousands of ice swimming enthusiasts gathered for the annual national championship recently.
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Rohan More becomes first Asian to swim across Ocean Seven
Pune-based swimmer, Rohan More became the first Asian as well as the first Indian to swim across the Ocean Seven. Rohan is the youngest person in the world to swim across the Ocean Seven. The Ocean’s Seven marathon consists of seven long-distance open-water swims, which includes the North Channel, the Cook Strait, the Molokai Channel, the English Channel, the Catalina Channel, the Tsugaru Strait and the Strait of Gibraltar. The swimming marathon is widely considered equivalent to the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. With this, More becomes only the ninth person in the world to complete it. After waiting for a long time, due to bad weather conditions, Rohan got the chance to swim on February 9. He is a national figure and has received the Tenzing Norgay Award from the Indian Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The award, also known as the National Adventure Award, was presented by President Ram Nath Kovind.
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Vernon’s Polar Bear Swim
The annual Polar Bear Swim in Vernon proved to be a success.
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Swimming coach says he reported Sean Hutchison misconduct rumors years ago
A Southern California swim coach said he had reported rumors of former Team USA assistant swim coach Sean Hutchison being in a forbidden relationship with a U.S. champion swimmer at an Olympic training center years ago, CBS Los Angeles reports. The revelation about Hutchison comes after the swimmer, Ariana Kukors, said this week that he sexually abused her when she was 16.
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3-year-old dies from drowning at learn to swim center
Mitchell Chang was found at about 7:45 Saturday night in the deep end of the pool at Love to Swim on 20200 Stone Oak Parkway.
Police said staff members found the boy, called an ambulance and performed CPR until first responders arrived. The boy was taken to North Central Baptist Hospital, where he died early Sunday morning.
The pool was hosting a special Date Night event on Saturday night. A former employee tells KENS 5 that date night is a peace of mind event for parents. Parents drop their kids off and pick them up later. Activities during this event include swimming, arts and crafts and a movie.
This former employee also told us that during date night, the youngest children accepted are 3 years old. This former employee worked at a different location, other than the Stone Oak swim school.