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  • BBC – 6 Minute English 2017 – What’s wetiquette?

    Oct 25, 2017

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    How do you behave in a swimming pool? Do you respect other swimmers or do you end up in their way? Rob and Neil talk about ‘wetiquette’ and teach you other new vocabulary.

    https://youtu.be/GOcZ6w1S9-U

  • Short Course Underwater Tips by Optus

    Oct 25, 2017

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    rokur
    in Technique

    Our friends at Optus have put together an overview of the importance of underwater in short course.

  • Swimmers run from water as killer whale swims towards shore

    Oct 25, 2017

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Raw video: Group of friends in for shock while visiting beach in New Zealand.

  • An Interview With Olympic Gold Medallist And Cancer Survivor Maarten van der Weijden

    Oct 25, 2017

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Find out more about Maarten’s fundraising efforts and his amazing 200km Elfstedentocht swim in August next year, all in aid of cancer research: http://maartenvanderweijdenfoundation…

  • Synchronised Swimming in a Vintage Suit from the 1920’s ft. Ona Carbonell | Fashion Behind the Games

    Oct 25, 2017

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    rokur
    in Synchronized Swimming

    Ona Carbonell is the captain of the Spanish synchronized swimming team and fashion designer, can she recreate and train in an 1920´s synchro swimsuit?

  • Sacramento police officers swim in uniforms against Grant High School relay team

    Oct 25, 2017

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    rokur
    in Fun

    The Sacramento Police Department beat out six groups of Grant High School students in a friendly swim relay race on Oct. 23 at the school’s new pool.

    Officers who patrol the Del Paso Heights area near the school split up into five teams to take on the Grant High School Junior ROTC, student government, swim team and other student organizations, with the police taking the top spot and the Grant swim team taking second and third place.

    Officers swam in full uniform and bare feet (save one officer, who wore socks), while students wore swimsuits.

    See The Sacramento Bee

  • Swedish sport headlines hit gender equality milestone

    Oct 25, 2017

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    rokur
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    Of the ten sportsmen and women who received the most media coverage between October 1st last year and September 30th this year, five were men and five were women, according to fresh statistics.

    Perhaps unsurprisingly, Zlatan Ibrahimovic topped the list. A whopping 35,619 articles were written about the footballer last year according to the figures compiled by media analysts Retriever and newswire TT.

    He was followed by national men’s football team manager Janne Andersson (with a somewhat more modest 19,639 articles), popular skier Charlotte Kalla, golfer Henrik Stenson, record-breaking swimmer Sarah Sjöström, ex-women’s football manager Pia Sundhage, footballer Lotta Schelin, ice hockey star Henrik Lundqvist, Nordic skier Stina Nilsson and footballer Victor Nilsson Lindelöf.

    Read The Local

    Photo by oskarlin

  • British man tells of his terrifying five-mile swim for his life – pursued by a 13-foot shark

    Oct 24, 2017

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    rokur
    in Nature

    A British diver separated from his boat off the coast of Australia has said he was lucky to be alive after being forced to swim miles back to shore – shadowed by a large tiger shark.

    The spear fisherman, John Craig, was underwater off Western Australia state Friday when his boat was swept away due to engine problems and strong currents.

    He told the BBC that sharks gravitated towards him because stress had raised his heart rate.

    Read The Telegraph

  • Under Armour Signs Syrian Refugee, Olympian Yusra Mardini to Endorsement Deal

    Oct 22, 2017

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    in Competition

    Yusra Mardini’s incredible story has taken another turn, as the Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer recently signed an endorsement deal with Under Armour.

    “I shouldn’t be alive today,” Mardini says in a promotional video released by Under Armour. “I should have been one of the many faceless refugees who died along the way. But I am here. Because I kept moving.”

    Read Sports Illustrated

    Through will and determination, @YusraMardini realized her dream of becoming an Olympian swimmer. Welcome to #TeamUA, Yusra! #IWILL pic.twitter.com/5ueK9RUHl4

    — Under Armour (@UnderArmour) October 19, 2017

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