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  • FINA Swimming World Cup 2016 – Paris-Chartres (FRA) Live Stream

    Aug 25, 2016

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    The first leg of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016, in Paris-Chartres, on August 26-27 – will be live streamed, free of charge on FINATv.

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  • Mark Spitz Criticizes Ryan Lochte

    Aug 25, 2016

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    1972 Olympic gold medal swimmer Mark Spitz calls Ryan Lochte’s saga an unnecessary distraction. Jeff Nguyen reports.

  • Refugee team swimmer: “I used to be scared of water”

    Aug 25, 2016

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    Yusra Mardini part of the Refugee Olympic team on how she used to be afraid of the pool to swimming for survival and becoming an Olympian.

  • Team GB Return Home – Interview With Former Olympic Swimmer Mark Foster

    Aug 25, 2016

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    rokur
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    Interview with former Olympic swimmer, Mark Foster at London Heathrow airport, as Team GB land back in the UK from the Rio Olympic Games.

  • Conor Dwyer and Maya DiRado Weigh in on Ryan Lochte Drama | E! Live from the Red Carpet

    Aug 25, 2016

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    The gold medalist and Olympic swimmer Maya DiRado open up to Maria Menounos on Ryan’s Rio scandal and interview with Matt Lauer.

  • Nathan Adrian Comments on #Lochtegate

    Aug 25, 2016

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    Nathan Adrian is back home from the Rio Olympics with four new medals and plans for 2020. He joined Tanner Thomason poolside to talk Michael Phelps, Tokyo 2020 and #Lochtegate.

    https://youtu.be/gmm-i77iV5g

  • Connor Jaeger takes on Tokyo 2020 Quiz

    Aug 25, 2016

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    USA silver medallist Connor Jaeger tests his knowledge of Japan ahead of Tokyo 2020.

  • Jazz Carlin On Her Double Silver Medal Wins For Team GB | Good Morning Britain

    Aug 25, 2016

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    Swimmer Jazz Carlin, who won silver in both the 400m and 800m swimming races, talks about her Olympic experience at Rio 2016.

  • An Engineer’s Hypothesis On The Current Stir From The Rio Pool

    Aug 24, 2016

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    rokur
    in Science, Swimming Pools

    Yet another new theory has surfaced that suggests the structure of the Olympic swimming pool may have given some swimmers advantages in Rio.

    According to Timothy Wei, a professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the strange swim time trends could have been caused by wave patterns created by the motion of the swimmers in the race. It’s possible, he said, that some sort of interaction between the waves and the pool itself could have created the issue that multiple analysts have raised in reviewing the results from Rio.

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