Australian swimming sensation and five-time gold medal winner at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ian Thorpe, spoke to News24 Live about the fresh ‘pool’ of SA swimming talent. Watch.
Thorpe is currently in Cape Town as a guest speaker at the World Sports Values Summit for Peace and Development.
We also ask him about the significance of Durban hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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After four failed attempts, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West, Florida, after completing a 110-mile, fifty-three-hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba. Why, at age 64, was she able to achieve what she could not as a young Olympian? She shares her unforgettable journey – physical, spiritual, emotional, psychological –a triumphant tale about facing fears, following a passion, and living life with no regrets. A sports broadcaster filing for NPR, Fox Sports, ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and the New York Times, Nyad is one of our most compelling storytellers.
100m and 200m back World champion Mitchell Larkin (AUS) crowned a hugely successful meet by posting the best time in the world this year in the 200m backstroke (1:53.34), as the Tokyo leg of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015 drew to a close tonight in the Japanese capital. This was Larkin’s second win of the meet as he won the 100m back on Day 1.
Still on the Australian side, Emily Seebohm (AUS) topped the backstroke events, each time winning the duel with “Iron Lady” Katinka Hosszu (HUN). Together with Larkin, their successes allowed Australia to collect five golds and a silver in Tokyo.
TrueSport Ambassador and Olympic Swimmer, Elizabeth Beisel shares some tips and tricks for eating healthy before a competition.
https://youtu.be/f_dSfhrcz8c
An unidentified 28-year-old female tourist was wading through waist-deep water off Florida’s Cocoa Beach near Cape Canaveral at about 3 p.m. on Sunday when, NBC News reports, a shark fin came up out of the water and slapped her across the face.
https://youtu.be/_DmGxVyFdTM
New Zealand native and Team Speedo swimmer, Lauren Boyle, chats to us about cartoons, Hawaii and drinking too much coffee. Watch the video to find out more about the Commonwealth Games record holder and gold medallist.
Christie the Westie may love to swim, but Abby the Labrador has other plans. She just wants her tennis ball, which is inconveniently in the middle of the pool. So she paws a boogie board over to herself, climbs on, then paddles it toward her ball.
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FINA is pleased to launch and share with you its new website, designed to be user-friendly and service-oriented towards the wider FINA Family and all the fans around the world.
We warmly invite you to have a look by yourself at www.fina.org
https://youtu.be/UNPapUuxNi8
