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  • How I see Success | Calvyn Justus

    Jun 6, 2017

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    rokur
    in Psychology

    One of my favourite quotes is “Stay hungry, Stay Foolish” – Steve Jobs.

    https://youtu.be/Hn3vjMemwG4

  • Breeja Larson – Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer

    Jun 6, 2017

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Olympic gold medalist Breeja Larson shares why she is powered by ASEA.

  • Ryan Lochte Reveals Suicidal Thoughts After 2016 Olympics Scandal

    Jun 6, 2017

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    rokur
    in Gossip

    American Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte said he had suicidal thoughts following the gas station scandal that arose during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

    On Tuesday, Allison Glock of ESPN passed along comments from Lochte, who explained his mindset after he became public enemy No. 1 for a short period of time.

    “After Rio, I was probably the most hated person in the world,” he said. “There were a couple of points where I was crying, thinking, ‘If I go to bed and never wake up, fine.’”

    Glock asked whether that meant he considered suicide, and Lochte nodded in the affirmative before adding, “I was about to hang up my entire life.”

    Read Bleacher Report

    https://youtu.be/61VSZw6U6oo

  • Axel Reymond – French Champion 2017 of the 25 km in open-water

    Jun 5, 2017

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Axel Reymond – French Champion 2017 of the 25 km in open-water (FFN videos of 2017-06-04 at Gravelines)

  • Strong Swimmer. Confident Kid.

    Jun 5, 2017

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Sign your child up for summer fun with swim lessons at the Y!

  • Champion swimmer Ning Zetao calls on everyone to help #SaveOurOcean

    Jun 5, 2017

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    rokur
    in Nature

  • Swimmers Talk Safety After Lake Elmo Pool Drowning

    Jun 5, 2017

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    rokur
    in Safety

    A 6-year-old girl is dead after an apparent drowning at the Lake Elmo Swimming Pond on Sunday, Jeff Wagner reports (2:20).

  • At Sea – The story of one man’s relationship with the open water

    Jun 5, 2017

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Based on a spoken word poem written by Ayo Akinwolere, At Sea is the story of one man’s relationship with the open water.

  • World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall reveals Olympics swimming aspirations

    Jun 5, 2017

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    rokur
    in History

    Back in 2003, Hall was lining up at swimming meets alongside Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington as part of British Swimmingโ€™s world-class potential programme.

    At 11, he was ranked No1 in all freestyle distances, 50m through to 1500m and before long his ever-increasing medal tally caught the eye of tough-talking Australian Bill Sweetenham, who coached Britain for seven years until 2007.

    โ€œI thrived off winning, beating records and the attention. I was fascinated with human evolution and progress,โ€ Hall says. โ€œI was looking up to my hero Mark Foster and Olympic gold medallists, saying that I would one day be there.โ€

    However, Hall claims Sweetenham โ€œmeddledโ€ with his freestyle technique. โ€œFrom an enjoyable 14 hours per week, it ramped up to 20 hours and if you didnโ€™t do it, you would be chucked off the squad,โ€ he recalls.

    โ€œThere was so much pressure at a young age. It was Sweetenham who bullied the swimmers, coaches and ruined it for 90 per cent of the swimmers there. I hated it.

    โ€œI genuinely believe that if he hadnโ€™t come along I would be an Olympic gold medallist, I seriously do. I was that determined.โ€

    Sweetenham was later cleared of bullying allegations, although one report suggesting 13 Olympians retired because of his no-nonsense approach.

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    https://youtu.be/6bfvgrsw7i4

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