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Iowa Hawkeyes Swimming & Diving Media Day 2015
Head Coach Marc Long is optimistic about both his men’s and women’s swimming teams and coach Todd Waikel’s divers are deep, talented and experienced. Should be an exciting season!
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Olympic Gold Medalist Missy Franklin Joins USA Swimming Foundation as Ambassador
Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin has joined the USA Swimming Foundation through 2020 to become a USA Swimming Foundation Ambassador, promoting the organization’s mission to “Save Lives & Build Champions in the pool and in life.â€
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Body found during search for missing swimmer near blowhole
Honolulu fire rescue crews recovered a body Tuesday morning after resuming their search for a teen missing near the Halona Blowhole.
The medical examiner identified the body as 19-year-old Tajhee Williams of Port Jervis, New York.
See KITV
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Man spends US$2 million on luxury swimming pool, gains new friends
The pool in question is called “The Mountain” and it cost US$2 million (NZ$3.17 million) to construct.
This man-made aquatic paradise in Springville, Utah, has a grand total of five waterfalls.
Here you can not only swim and jump off the mountain top (with a backflip, if you’re game) but you can also scuba dive, scoot down a water slide or cook a quality meal for your pals.
The hidden water slide measures 18 metres long and winds through the inside of the mountain before it spits you out through one of the waterfalls.
Inside the mountain, among the spiderweb of secret tunnels, is a kitchen with granite benchtops, an eight-burner grill and a mini fridge.
See stuff.co.nz
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Ike Papke’s attempt to swim from the Faralleon Islands to San Francisco
Ike Papke’s attempt to swim from the Faralleon Islands to San Francisco in 1966.
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Bosom Buddies underwater dart tournament
A local family wants help raising awareness to fight breast cancer. They’re looking for people to play darts the weekend of Sept. 25. But there’s a catch, people have to play darts underwater as part of a tournament. It’s at central coast dive over the weekend and people can still sign up. They don’t even have to know how to scuba dive to be part of “Bosom Buddies.”
See LOCAL12
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Stanford Women’s Swimming – Maui 2015 Pre-season Training Camp
Highlight video of our Pre-season training/bonding trip to Maui. Video credits to the one and only Lia Neal.
Check out our preseason video courtesy of @LiaNeal #Maui2015 https://t.co/qa9ssw0DdX
— Stanford W. Swimming (@stanfordwswim) September 23, 2015
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Rio 2016 urges NOCs to seek “non-traditional” accommodation as shortage looms
Rio 2016 have urged National Olympic Committees to seek “non-traditional” forms of accommodation during next year’s Olympics and Paralympics, such as rented apartments through their partnership with Airbnb. […]
Speaking to delegates during last week’s OCA General Assembly in Ashgabat, Rio 2016 NOC Relations Department continental manager for Asia and Oceania Sarah Paterson admitted there were challenges, but insisted how organisers would help NOCs in any way possible.
She urged them to look beyond hotels to apartments and other rented accommodation, claiming they could offer advice wherever needed.
This follows an agreement signed earlier this year between Rio 2016 and Airbnb, the online rental community which is offering as many as 20,000 “affordable” accommodation options, predominantly aimed at fans attending the Games.
Read Inside The Games