28-year-old Syrian-American swimmer Azad Al-Barazai has been training extensively to represent Syria for the 2016 Olympic games, at a time when the country is consumed by civil war and the threat of ISIL.
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I’m a Paralympic Swimmer | My Life ★ Mode.com
Jessica Long is a Paralympic swimmer with 12 gold medals for Team USA. The epitome of determination, she has been doing things her own way since birth. Follow Jessica into the pool as she takes us through an intensive and inspiring training session.
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SwimMac Welcome to Bermuda
Bermuda Olympic swimmer Roy-Allan Burch is at Bermuda’s National Sports Centre with fellow members of SwimMac, training for the Rio Olympics. Check the medal count and check what their favourite things were about Bermuda!
https://vimeo.com/160816500
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Barton County sheriff recommends charges in swim team sex assault case
The Barton County Sheriff’s Office found evidence for criminal charges against a suspect in the alleged sexual assault that happened Feb. 3 on a Great Bend USD 428 school bus that was heading back to Great Bend from a swim meet in Salina.
According to the Barton County Sheriff’s Office, they have concluded the initial investigation.
“It is our belief the investigation supports evidence that the following crimes occurred. These crimes include aggravated criminal sodomy, Battery and criminal restraint,†Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir said.
Bellendir also mentioned that the criminal sodomy charge is normally a felony, but that might not be the case is juvenile court. This determination is under the jurisdiction of Barton County Attorney Doug Matthews.
The sheriff’s office has identified a 15-year-old victim, and a 17-year-old suspect. Both are students at Great Bend High School.
“Because both the suspect and the victim are juveniles, their names will not be released,†Bellendir said.
The case was given to the Barton County attorney’s office late Monday.
Read GB Tribune
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Biddeford swim team protests YMCA coach’s dismissal
A parents meeting is set for Wednesday night at the YMCA in Biddeford to discuss plans moving forward after a popular swimming coach was abruptly fired.
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Aussie Dolphins Bloopers
Fun times with the Australian Dolphins Swim Team
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Adam Peaty: Looking ahead to British Championships 2016
We caught up with Three-time World Champion Adam Peaty just two weeks away from the British Swimming Championships 2016.
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Swim Open Stockholm 2016 – Live Timing & Results
See swimopenstockholm.se and mastersskapssidan.se
See livetiming.se for program & start lists, live timing and results
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Going for Gold podcast: Swimming with Olympian Ryan Lochte
USA TODAY Sports columnist Nancy Armour hosts with special guest and USAT Sports reporter Nicole Auerbach, who spent a day at the pool with American swimmer Ryan Lochte. The 11-time Olympic medalist teaches Nicole the fundamentals of the freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke. See the video in its entirety at www.usatoday.com/videos/sports/ol…6/03/29/82373064.
Then Nancy and Nicole talk about the talented crop of American swimmers for this year’s Games, including the experience of Lochte and Michael Phelps, and the emergence of Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, from whom Nicole expects major things in Rio de Janeiro this summer.
See USA Today
https://youtu.be/Tp2vJ02mvQg