We met Olympian Champion Penny Oleksiak from Canada at the FINA Junior World Championships 2017 in Indianapolis and asked her on whether the Olympic triumph has changed her life and how she finds the right motivation again and again.
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Michael Andrew interview at FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
Watch the full interview with short-course World champion (100m IM, 2016) Michael Andrew from the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.
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#SwimBiz: Mind Games: How Parents Find Swim Teams for Their Kids Online
Jake Grosser of USA Swimming talks about the ways in which parents find a swim team for their kids online and how your club can capture the attention of that parent and land that registration.
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Simone Manuel interview at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
Watch the full interview with Olympic and World champion Simone Manuel from the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.
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Madisyn Cox interview at FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
Watch the full interview with world champion and bronze medallist Madisyn Cox from the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.
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Recalling the Best of Singapore 2015 – FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
Check out the best moments of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore 2015 and be excited for Indianapolis 2017!
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Why It’s Almost Impossible to Hold Your Breath for 24 Minutes | WIRED
Spanish freediver Ah-leysh Segura held his breath for 24 minutes and 3 seconds in 2016. How is that possible? Here’s how.
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Simone Manuel: We Need To Get Rid Of The Racial Stereotypes That Surround Swimming
Sixty-four percent of African-American children don’t know how to swim. World Champion Simone Manuel is changing that statistic.
“I am often referred to as “The Black Swimmer.â€
While I one day hope to be known as an “Olympic champion†swimmer without that qualifier, I know that I can’t ignore the significance of being an African-American female in the sport.
When I’m referred to as an African-American Olympic swimmer, it makes it seem as though it’s not supposed to be done, which isn’t true. I work just as hard as anybody, I love the sport and I want to win just like everybody else.
I played basketball, volleyball, soccer and danced growing up, but I just had more fun when I was swimming. There were times when it was a challenge to fit in and it wasn’t always easy not having many swimmers who looked like me. But I enjoyed it and wanted to keep swimming and get stronger and faster.
As I kept going in the sport, I asked my mom why there weren’t more African-American swimmers, so we did our research, learning about Olympic medalists Maritza McClendon and Cullen Jones, and Sabir Muhammad and Byron Davis. I looked up to Maritza and Cullen because they shared a common experience and they helped me through some of those hardships with being the ‘only one.’”
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Swim Safe in Peel
A look at this years Swim Safe event that took place in Peel, where a free programme of outdoor swimming and water safety sessions for children was held.