CNN’s Paula Newton explores the overwhelming political and economic drama wreaking havoc in Brazil as it prepares to host the Olympics this summer.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers unveil new logo proposals
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers unveil a shortlist of four new logos more than six months after the original choice was scrapped over an embarrassing plagiarism scandal.
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Day 3 Finals – 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships
Live from SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre.
https://youtu.be/QdcfHgG_rb4
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Rio 2016 Aquatics Stadium unveiled by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
This year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be marked by “peace” and “tolerance towards others”, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Friday. Rousseff made the comments during the official opening of the 15,000-seat Olympic aquatic center. The center will host swimming and water polo during the August games.
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Schuyler Bailar, NCAA’s first openly transgender swimmer, tells ‘60 Minutes’ he made ‘the right choice’
Schuyler Bailar dives in.
Among the first openly transgender collegiate swimmers in U.S. history, Bailar tells his story to “60 Minutes” Sunday.
Bailar was a top swimmer, with a mean breast stroke. She was also a terrific student when Harvard recruited her.
Since then, Bailar has become a man — and is the first transgendered athlete to compete in a NCAA Division I men’s sport.
Now 19, he swims on the men’s team. Bailar has not won a race since transitioning, and is fine with that.
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Transgender swimmer now on Harvard men's team
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Wolverine Women NYC Exclusive with Senior Swimmer Paul Soley
Watch this interview that Wolverine Women did with Michigan Senior Swimmer, Paul Soley. We caught up with him to see what he was doing this past summer!
Wolverine Women NYC Exclusive with Senior Swimmer Paul Soley
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Siobhan-Marie O’Connor Interview with Speedo
British swimmer Siobhan-Marie O’Connor tells us the advice she has for young swimmers.
https://youtu.be/2Jhs5Loa9TU
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Day 2 Finals – 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships
Live from SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre.
https://youtu.be/g6h0NKeHt-8
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Meet Ant Williams: The Freediving Kiwi Who Can Hold His Breath for 8 Minutes
Ant Williams can hold his breath for eight minutes underwater. Eight minutes. Underwater.
Using just one, single breath and no tanks, he can dive 100 meters down, into the black folds of the ocean and safely return to the surface. One breath. For reference, many proficient free divers struggle to make it even 30 meters down. The pressure is too great.
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