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It’s Official: New Bergen Swim Facility To Be Named The ‘Alexander Dale Oen Arena’

Jun 3, 2014

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in Swimming Pools

See for instance simma.nu/no and bergen.no

Bergen City Council today announced the official name of the new and impressive Olympic sized swimming & diving facility in Bergen, Norway, to be named the ‘Alexander Dale Oen Arena’, or ‘ADO Arena’ for short.

It’s working title had until now been ‘Helleren‘, with growing support though for it to be named afterÂ the city’s legendary swimmer Alexander Dale Oen, after his untimely death in May 2012.

Alexanders’ big brother Robin Dale Oen states: ‘We are humbled and pleased that they have chosen to name the facility after Alexander. It is a fantastic honor, with this facility that will be for everybody’.

Photo courtesy of BjÃ¸rn Soleng
Dr. McGeorge learns to swim

Jun 3, 2014

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in Safety

See ClickOn Detroit

Dr. McGeorge is putting aside his embarrassment in the hope that it will inspire others to try to learn to swim. With the help of Peter Vanderkaay.
Park Tae-hwan heads to Brisbane for training

Jun 3, 2014

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in Competition, Training

See video in arirang

Shifting gears, South Korea’s top swimmer, Park Tae-hwan, is headed to Brisbane, Australia for his third bout of training this year.

He’ll be there for about 6 weeks and return sometime in July to take part in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games qualifiers, running from July 16th to the 21st.

The ‘Marine Boy’ is intent on adding more gold medals at the 17th Asiad in September.
Sennen swimmer has close encounter with huge basking shark

Jun 3, 2014

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in Nature

See The Cornishman

A swimmer got up close to a huge basking shark while taking a dip at Sennen, west Cornwall.

The video clip, posted on website YouTube, shows a swimmer making out to sea before running into the hulking basking shark that is swimming effortlessly below the water.

The shark glides straight past the man, who captured the moment on an under-water camera.

http://youtu.be/sz4nEOK2b7k
Olympic swimmer Ian Crocker teaches clinic at Sanford-Springvale YMCA

Jun 3, 2014

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in Organization

See WMTW and WCSH

Olympic swimmer Ian Crocker headed to the Sanford-Springvale YMCA Sunday afternoon to teach a swim clinic.

Wells Elementary School third-grader Isabella Bazata convinced Crocker to come visit her school as part of a class project. On Sunday she got the chance to swim with him.

Crocker, originally from Maine, lives in Texas. He visits various schools to coach and run clinics.

“(I) help give them inspiring stories and also the foundational techniques of swimming to help them keep moving on and progressing up to the next level,” he said.

“He’s an Olympic swimmer and I’m an Olympic swimmer so I thought it’d be pretty cool for him and me to talk, like what’s his favorite stroke? What’s my favorite stroke?” said Bazata, an aspiring Olympian.

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Too soon to swim? Experts warn beachgoers after man drowns

Jun 3, 2014

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in Safety

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The waters of Lake Erie at Huntington Beach in Bay Village can be so inviting. And, the waters can turn so deadly.

On Saturday,Â a man went into the waterÂ to help a troubled swimmer. While he was able to push the young lady to safety, for some reason, he was not able to return to shore himself.

The body of Peter Radke, 43, of Medina, was pulled from the water several hours later.
Coast Aquatics Hosts Surf and Swim Classic at Frank Brown Aquatic Center

Jun 2, 2014

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in Competition, Organization

See wjhg.com

Saturday at the Aquatic Center at Frank Brown, the Panama City Swim Team took to the pool for their latest meet.

But just because they were at home, doesn’t mean they were playing host.Their friends from Fort Walton Beach over at the Coast Aquatics Swim Team is leading their Surf and Swim Classic.

The long course meet has a huge turnout on hand. 522 swimmers have switched in and out of the lanes all day from seven different states, some coming from as far as Louisiana and Tennessee.
Dara Torres In Pool

Jun 2, 2014

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in Training

She likes the cold pool water. Not.
A “Celebration Of Life” – Shane Gould’s Olympic Memories | Olympic Rewind

Jun 1, 2014

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in History

Courtesy of the Olympic channel

Australia’s Shane Gould reminisces about her appearance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Swimming events and discusses the incredible spirit of the Games.