Michael Phelps was elected as the FINA Best Male Swimmer 2016 at the FINA/Alisports World Aquatics Gala.
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Adam Peaty (GBR) – Male Top Olympic Performer 2016 – FINA World Aquatics Gala
Adam Peaty was elected as the FINA Male Top Olympic Performer 2016 at the FINA/Alisports World Aquatics Gala.
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Sharon van Rouwendaal – Best Female Open Water Swimmer 2016 – FINA World Aquatics Gala
Sharon van Rouwendaal was elected as the FINA Best Female Open Watrer Swimmer at the FINA/Alisports World Aquatics Gala.
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Katinka Hosszu (HUN) – Best Female Swimmer 2016 – FINA World Aquatics Gala
Katinka Hosszu was elected as the FINA Best Female Swimmer 2016 at the FINA/Alisports World Aquatics Gala.
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Katie Ledecky (USA) – Female Top Olympic Performer 2016 – FINA World Aquatics Gala
Katie Ledecky was elected as the FINA Female Top Olympic Performer 2016 at the FINA/Alisports World Aquatics Gala.
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Michael Phelps after receiving Lifetime Achievement Award | Windsor 2016
Interview with Michael Phelps after he received the FINA Lifetime Achievement Award | Windsor 2016 | FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)
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Swimming participation in England falls by nearly 24%
The number of adults swimming at least once a week in England has fallen by more than three quarters of a million in the past decade – a 23.7% drop.
The drop in participation comes despite more than 500 new swimming pools opening across the country since 2006.
Sport England data shows 2.5 million people swam weekly in 2015-16, down 776,000 from 3.27 million in 2005-06.
The Amateur Swimming Association said more people were choosing activities such as aquacise and wild swimming.
Swimming, however, remains England’s most popular mass participation sport, with about one in every 20 people aged over 14 swimming at least once a week.
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Project Sky Canvas plans shooting stars from space for Tokyo 2020
When the 2020 Olympics gets underway in Tokyo, Project Sky Canvas hopes to paint the sky above with shooting stars.
The plan is to put a micro-satellite in orbit that will fire tiny particles into the atmosphere.
As they fall to Earth they will burn up and become on-demand shooting stars that can be directed to any chosen location and be seen within a radius of up to 200km (124 miles).
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This Italian hotel has a 25-meter-tall glass-bottom swimming pool
If you don’t like heights we suggest you avoid swimming at The Hotel Hubertus. This terrifying infinity pool is suspended 40 feet above the ground and has a glass window to give brave bathers the sensation of swimming through the sky.
Overlooking the Dolomites, the 82-feet-long-pool is part of a new extension at Hotel Hubertus, a wellness resort for skiers and hikers in South Tyrol, Italy.
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