Syrian swimmer Rami Anis will compete for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016 in the 100m Butterfly.
We speak to Rami as he trains in Belgium under the guidance of two time Olympian Carine Verbauwen.
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AIDA 2016 Pool Freediving World Championships To Be Streamed Live
See Individual AIDA Pool World Championships on Facebook and aidafinland.org
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Police to start cracking down on swimming at Trotwood lake
Emergency crews say the site of Sunday’s drowning is very dangerous.
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Parents, students fight to keep swimming in Harford County Schools
Harford County parents and students are trying to save local swimming and diving programs.
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Hater’s gonna say it’s fake! — Dutch Olympic Swimming team extreme swimming cap challenge
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North Alabama swimmer heads to U.S. Olympic trials
It’s every athlete’s dream to make it to the Olympics and one Athens High School swimmer is one step closer to that dream.
Kobie Melton started swimming at the age of six and now at the young age of 15, she’s getting a shot to swim at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Melton qualified for the Olympic trials and in June, she’ll try to make the cut for the Olympic team.
“I would go crazy,†she said. “That’d be my number one dream. That would be so cool.â€
See WAFF
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American Red Cross offers free summer swim program to keep kids safe
Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in children. American Red Cross is diving in and kicking off free summer swim program that’s getting high marks from Atlanta’s first family.
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Brazil’s Struggles Will Be Front and Center at Rio Olympics
When Rio won the rights in 2009 to host the summer Olympics, Brazil planned a blitz of projects to showcase how far it had risen. But when tourists start showing up in 2 months to attend the games, it will be the bust and not Brazil’s best that will be on display. Bloomberg’s David Biller reports on “What’d You Miss?”
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The VIP Swim Challenge 2016 – A Race to Save the V.I.P.
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times (or more): There is the Coral Triangle, the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape, and then there is the Verde Island Passage (VIP). The VIP is THE most important body of water in the world. It is the global epicenter of marine biodiversity. And it is a mere 2 hour drive from Manila!
https://vimeo.com/170452068