Maya DiRado defeats the “Iron Lady” Katinka Hosszu by 6/100th of a second to win gold in the women’s 200m backstroke.
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Millenium HUN are crushing it in Budapest
Preliminary 40+ Group C
7/8 Millenium (HUN) – Galatasaray (TUR) 22-5
8/8 Millenium (HUN) – Pallanuoto Milano (ITA) 24-5
RE-LIVE – Water Polo Day 2: Millenium HUN – Pallanuoto Milano | FINA World Masters 2017 Budapest
Quarterfinal
11/8 Millenium (HUN) – Darkside (USA) 16-1
Semifinal is tonight
12/8 Oazis Sport Club (HUN) – Millenium (HUN) tbd
https://youtu.be/DXIEjvB1DEw
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Sick of congested roads, German man swims to work
Fed-up with the grind of taking a bus or bike to work every day on congested streets in Munich, Benjamin David started swimming there instead.
The burly beer garden worker now packs his laptop and clothes into a waterproof bag which he puts on his back, dons his wetsuit and slides into the River Isar for his journey.
“It is beautifully refreshing and also the fastest way,” Benjamin David told Reuters Television.
“I used to go by bike or bus or car or on foot and you need much longer. Today the current was quite strong and I only needed about 12 minutes,” he said.
See Reuters
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Team USA | Remembering Rio | Simone Manuel – 100m Freestyle
Simone Manuel ties Canada’s Penny Oleksiak for gold with an Olympic record time of 52.70. She becomes the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic gold in swimming.
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Team USA | Remembering RIo | Michael Phelps – 200m IM
Michael Phelps claims his fourth straight Olympic gold medal in the event, putting an exclamation point on his dynasty.
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Swimming While Black: Then and Now
Black children drown five times as often as white children. A senior synchronized swim team in Harlem is trying to help change that.
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Sacramento teen heads to Junior Swimming World Championships
Sacramento’s Amalie Fackenthal, 17, will be representing the U.S. in the Junior World Swimming Championships at the end of August in Indianapolis. The teen is a top recruit in the sport. Fackenthal is a sprinter who tackles tougher events like the 200m Butterfly.
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Bath’s Jay Lelliott chasing 400m title defence at 29th Summer Universiade 2017, Taipei
Taipei – He may have won gold two years ago but Jay Lelliot is not feeling the pressure as he looks to defend his World University Games title in the 400m freestyle next month.
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Fisu Athlete stories: Anna Hopkin – Swimming – 29th Summer Universiade 2017, Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Taipei – University of Bath student Anna Hopkin celebrated her upcoming 21st birthday in style by winning 50m freestyle gold at the 2017 British Swimming Championships in Sheffield.
Hopkin, who studies Sport & Exercise Science, set a new personal best of 25.07 as she beat Olympic silver-medallist and fellow Sports Training Village-based swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor to the sprint title on Thursday.
“It feels amazing, it’s a really great feeling,” said Hopkin, who is part of Mark Skimming’s training group. “I began to tie up a bit at the end but I got my head down and got to the wall.
“I’m still improving, which is great, and I have a lot to work on. I’m turning 21 on Monday so to do this is the best birthday present.”