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  • Swimming: Dolphins team excels at Kenya swimming championships

    Mar 2, 2016

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    Dolphins swim club Kampala has finished the 2016 Kenya Swimming Championships on a high at the Kasarani Aquatics Arena.

    The championships are contested across different categories such as National Age Groups, Open and Relays. Joel Khamadi travelled to the Kenyan capital where he watched the Ugandan team cover itself in glory.

  • LIVE: Michael Phelps in Orlando

    Mar 2, 2016

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    Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps will be in Orlando at the YMCA Aquatic Center off of International Drive. He will take questions from the media around 6:00pm on Wednesday March 2nd.

    Photo by Aringo

  • Andrew Lum on what he learned as a college athlete

    Mar 2, 2016

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    in Psychology

    Andrew Lum, a swimmer at Willamette University, discusses the life lessons he learned as a college athlete.

  • Gertrude Ederle

    Mar 2, 2016

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    in History

    This was my 2009 History Day project on the English Channel swimmer Gertrude Ederle.

  • Superfinale Steffen Deibler Halle 2016

    Mar 2, 2016

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    in Fun

    Superfinale (Hasenrennen) über 100m Schmett mit Paul Biedermann als Hase auf den zweiten 50m! :-)
    Schwimmfest SV Halle 27./28.2.2016

    Superfinal (hare race) over 100m Butterfly with Paul Biedermann as hare the second 50m!

  • GoPro: Tahitian Escape with Bianca Buitendag and Johanne Defay

    Mar 2, 2016

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    in Wow

    Bianca Buitendag and Johanne Defay talk about their friendship and what it’s like to compete against one another for surf championships all while surfing crystal blue water in Tahiti.

  • Ryan Cochrane: Courage comes in many forms

    Mar 1, 2016

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    in Psychology

    Canadian Olympic swimmer Ryan Cochrane checks in after a recent trip to Australia to talk about this month’s lesson on courage. Ryan highlights that being courageous comes in many different forms, from dealing with life change to standing up to somebody who is bullying. The key Ryan says, is to always believe in yourself and to fight through the tough times.

    https://youtu.be/KK0rCt9j2vc

  • Olympic swimmer, Daniel Kowalski, on being a gay athlete

    Mar 1, 2016

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    Australian Olympic swimmer, Daniel Kowalski, speaks about being a gay athlete at the 2016 Sydney Lesbian & Gay Mardi Gras Film Festival, with a panel of Australian elite LGBT athletes, 28 Feb 2016, at the screening of LGBT sports documentary “Out to Win”. Fellow Panelists included Matthew Mitcham, Sally Shipard, Ian Thorpe, Shelly Gorman-Sandie and Casey Conway

  • Winter Festival Argentina 2015

    Mar 1, 2016

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    El International Winter Swimming Festival 2015 fue organizado por SWIM ARGENTINA.

    https://youtu.be/8__C0ue1n2c

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