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Lake Naomi’s Swim Team practices in the pool. Video by Mark Luethi Photography. “World Map” by Jason Farnham courtesy of the YouTube Audio Library.
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Meet David Carry, three time Olympian and Commonwealth Champion swimmer, talking about UNBREAKABLE by ProjectScotland.
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Former Fishers swim coach Ken Stopkotte was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank larceny, money laundering and access device fraud, Call 6 Investigator Kara Kenney reported.
Some fishermen in Washington state can be forgiven for their very frazzled reactions after a pod of killer whales swam right under their rowboat.
A Facebook video of the close encounter near Anderson Island in Puget Sound is making the rounds on social media after it was initially posted in December.
The first few seconds of the footage show a distant pod of orcas leaping out of the water.
The crab fisherman sitting in the rowboat, including cameraman Steven Sloan, seem pretty exhilarated to have stumbled on the animals.
Then, the killer whales get closer. And closer. And then they disappear.
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Housework, gardening or ambling around the golf course are not enough to stay fit and people must work up sweat if they want to avoid an early death, a new study suggests.
Taking part in vigorous exercise for at least 45 minutes a week is essential for health and guidelines should be changed to help people realise they must work harder, say researchers.
The government’s Change4Life campaign advises people that housework, washing the car or taking the dog for a walk can be beneficial for health.
But unless those activities are combined with more intense work outs, they are unlikely to ward off illnesses like heart disease or diabetes.
Likewise gentle swimming, social tennis or household chores are not beneficial unless they are coupled with more strenuous exercise.
Researchers from James Cook University in Australia, studied more than 200,000 middle aged people for six years.
They discovered that those who did more than 45 minutes of vigorous physical exercise, which left them out of breath and sweaty, were 13 per cent less likely to have died of any cause during that period.
“The benefits of vigorous activity applied to men and women of all ages, and were independent of the total amount of time spent being active,” said lead author Dr Klaus Gebel from James Cook University’s Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention.
“The results indicate that whether or not you are obese, and whether or not you have heart disease or diabetes, if you can manage some vigorous activity it could offer significant benefits for longevity.”
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What a shame short-sighted young gun Mack Horton can’t see the scoreboard at the national swimming titles in Sydney.
It seems he is the last to know about his world-beating performances.
And the stage is set for him to be initially oblivious of a doozy in the 1500m freestyle final on Friday night.
At just 18, Horton has toasted 400m and 800m freestyle success at the 2015 world titles trials – once being told.
Horton revealed an awkward moment where he had to ask Grant Hackett how he had fared in the 400m freestyle final earlier this week.
Hackett – who had just picked up a shock 400m bronze in his first meet in six years – mistakenly told Horton second-placed David McKeon’s time.
But Horton had actually clocked the fifth fastest time in history to claim a maiden 400m title – a fact not revealed until later by his coach Craig Jackson.
Horton again had to squint hard before giving up and being told he had sealed a maiden 800m win in 7:51.85 on Monday night – seven seconds faster than his nearest rival. […]
Horton almost apologised for swimming so fast in the 800m final, admitting he had plenty more left in the tank.
But asked how much faster he could go to defend his national 1500m title, a guarded Horton said: “That’s a secret”.
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James Magnussen is pissed off, giant killer Cameron McEvoy is now the hunted and 16-year-old wunderkind Kyle Chalmers is the new hunter.
Welcome to the new world order of Australian sprinting.
McEvoy extended his recent dominance over the two-times world champion Magnussen by gunning down the sprint king in the final strokes of the 100m freestyle on Wednesday night.
It is the third time in their last four bouts that McEvoy has delivered the knockout blow, but interestingly it was the first time the younger 200m specialist had done so by coming from behind.
McEvoy hit the wall in 48.06s to just overhaul Magnussen who had led by 0.19s at the turn but finished in a disappointing 48.18s ahead of Tommaso D’Orsogna (48.54s) and 16-year-old rookie Chalmers (48.69s). […]
“That’s pretty disappointing. I shouldn’t be swimming 48s,†Magnussen said.
“I’m really happy with the way I swam it I just died in the end.
“(Losing and the time) both equally pissed me off. Losing is probably worse.
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