World 1500m Silver Medalist and European Record Holder, Lotte Friis shares her number one swim tip with us.
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Fabien Gilot from team France: Winner of the Doha 2014 Men’s 4×100 Free
Winner of Men’s 4x100m Freestyle at the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships in Doha.
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Chad Le Clos winner of the Doha 2014 Men’s 200m Free
After winning the first final of the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Chad Le Clos won the gold in 1:41.45.
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FINA Executive Director looks on the future
In future FINA World Aquatics Conventions, FINA Executive Director, Cornel Marculescu, hopes to see an increasing connection between National Federations and the business world around Aquatics, especially with the advancements in technology.
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Review: Olympic Swimming Documentary Touch The Wall Celebrates Female Friendship And Strength
I am not an athletic person. In highschool I loathed PE with a pure, righteous anger, and I still haven’t gotten over my ensuing hate for organized sports. Given my proud couch potato status, I was surprised by the ways in which Touch the Wall, a documentary about Olympic swimming champs Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce, still resonated with me.
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Kiwi freediver William Trubridge falls short in world record attempt
William Trubridge, world champion and double world record-holding freediver, is the world’s best free immersion diver, and also holds the record for the “constant weight without fins” discipline.
The 34-year-old attempted to dive 102m into a cavern off the Bahamas this morning.
Trubridge looked comfortable as he attempted the 102m dive today, reaching the marker at two minutes, but shortly before the surface, the diver grabbed a safety line and was helped to top by two divers.
When he emerged from the water his wife and coach Britta could be heard saying “breathe, breathe, breathe”, to him.
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What does it take for a normal guy to beat an elite swimmer?
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK investigates, by
making young distance ace Henrik Christiansen wear different  of handicapping clothes and accessories, in a race against reporter Nicolay Ramm, ‘who likes to swim’.Watch it here on NRK.
And don’t worry, you don’t need to understand Norwegian in order to enjoy ! :-)
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Oceanman International Open Water Championships Series Launched
The international championship series Oceanman is born to become the first franchise in the world of open water swimming worldwide. The variety of 2015 locations features Altea (Alicante, April, 26), Palamós (Costa Brava, May, 24), Orta (Italy, June, 20), Cala Montgó (Costa Brava, September, 13) and the grand finale, the Oceanman European championship in Benidorm (Alicante, October, 25) to close the season and cap off the year of great challenges.
The events under the scope of the Oceanman brand will follow the same format in terms of distances, brand image, communication, rules & regulations policy and safety measures. The events offer 3 competing distances- Popular (1-2km), Half-Oceanman (from 3 to 5 km) and Oceanman (from 6 to 14km)
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Kiwi to attempt 102m freedive: I fear failure, not for my life
On Wednesday morning William Trubridge will attempt to freedive 102 metres, unassisted, into a deep 200 metre cavern in the Bahamas.
“I’m not fearful for my life because I trust the safety divers, but there is always that anxiety,” he told TV ONE’s Breakfast.
“Am I going to make it? Am I going to black out? My main fear is not being successful in my attempt.”
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