This year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be marked by “peace” and “tolerance towards others”, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Friday. Rousseff made the comments during the official opening of the 15,000-seat Olympic aquatic center. The center will host swimming and water polo during the August games.
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Schuyler Bailar, NCAA’s first openly transgender swimmer, tells ‘60 Minutes’ he made ‘the right choice’
Schuyler Bailar dives in.
Among the first openly transgender collegiate swimmers in U.S. history, Bailar tells his story to “60 Minutes†Sunday.
Bailar was a top swimmer, with a mean breast stroke. She was also a terrific student when Harvard recruited her.
Since then, Bailar has become a man — and is the first transgendered athlete to compete in a NCAA Division I men’s sport.
Now 19, he swims on the men’s team. Bailar has not won a race since transitioning, and is fine with that.
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Wolverine Women NYC Exclusive with Senior Swimmer Paul Soley
Watch this interview that Wolverine Women did with Michigan Senior Swimmer, Paul Soley. We caught up with him to see what he was doing this past summer!
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Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Interview with Speedo
British swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor tells us the advice she has for young swimmers.
https://youtu.be/2Jhs5Loa9TU
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Day 2 Finals – 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships
Live from SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre.
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Meet Ant Williams: The Freediving Kiwi Who Can Hold His Breath for 8 Minutes
Ant Williams can hold his breath for eight minutes underwater. Eight minutes. Underwater.
Using just one, single breath and no tanks, he can dive 100 meters down, into the black folds of the ocean and safely return to the surface. One breath. For reference, many proficient free divers struggle to make it even 30 meters down. The pressure is too great.
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How Fast Would You Have to Swim to Evaporate all of the Water in a Pool? [Theory]
What a bizarre question. If you could swim fast enough and produce enough heat, how fast EXACTLY would you need to swim to turn all of the water in the pool into STEAM?
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Day 1 Finals – 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships
Live from SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre.
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Seven Hills student qualifies for Olympic Trials
A senior at Seven Hills has qualified for the Olympic Trials.
Matthew Marquardt qualified swimming the 200 meter backstroke in 2.03. Matthew is a multi-sport athlete but has really concentrated on swimming lately. He helped lead his high school swim team to back-to-back state championships for the first time in school history. He also swims with the Sea Wolves club team. He practices eight times a week for two hours at a time.
“The way I see my story of swimming is that it’s one of kind of gradual progression. I wasn’t a super star right when I started swimming, but over time through hard work and commitment to the sport, I’ve really moved through the levels of the sport,” said Matthew.