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This summer the Halifax Harbour will host its first open-water swimming competition in more than 50 years, according to Swim Nova Scotia.
Swim Nova Scotia, the umbrella organization for all swim clubs in the province​, will host the event July 27.
Swimmers will start at the Cable Wharf, go around George’s Island, and return. […]
Halifax Harbour was off-limits to swimmers for decades, until a new sewage-treatment plant cleaned the water.
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China’s most famous swimming star Sun Yang is once again training with the national. The athlete was reprimanded by State General Administration of Sports, after he was caught driving without a license last November.
SunYang’s fortunes appear to be improving after a troublesome past five months, as the Chinese swimming federation lifted a ban prohibiting the double Olympic champion from training and competing.
After serving seven days in jail in November for driving without a license, Sun was slapped with an indefinite ban by the Chinese swimming federation and the Zheijang College of Sports. Both organizations lifted that ban Thursday, allowing Sun to return to the pool.
Sun is a little bigger than before as he is about 10 kilos heavier due to a lack constant national team training.
“Sun Yang put in a lot of effort in today’s training, as he knew what he need to do and trained very hard. He has a positive attitude and is working well with our instructors, I think it will help Sun get back to the shape he wants to be.” said Li Chunlei, Sun’s Trainer.
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Isaac Griffith has walked for the first time since being swept away by a rip current at Siesta Beach near Sarasota. Doctors also moved him out of the intensive care unit Friday.
The Indiana University football player was on spring break when currents swept him into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday.
“He’s doing great,” said his father, Shannon Griffith, while holding back tears.
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Swimming Australia is going to help every member of the national swim team sleep naturally after declaring that the use of sleeping pills, including Stilnox is now banned.
SA has joined with the NRL to ban the prescription drug in a move to repair its battered image and win back the respect of swimming fans. To combat athletes’ reliance on sleeping pills, Swimming Australia, Âtogether with the Australian Institute of Sport, has begun a widespread study on sleep hygiene of their elite swimmers.
Swimmers have been surveyed and are being monitored on a range of bedtime variables, including how many hours’ sleep they get each night, the amount of time spent on iPads and iPhones prior to sleep and the ambience of their bedrooms, at home and away during competition.
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Aged 14, Smith won eight national titles in the single greatest gold medal haul since Ian Thorpe.
He was touted as the next Thorpedo and, in Miami coach Denis Cotterell’s eyes, the best trainer he’d encountered since Grant Hackett.
But if Ian Thorpe can’t cope with being Ian Thorpe, how can a 14-year-old boy?
Smith thought fame and fortune would fall in his lap and behaved like he was a rock star when in fact he’d proven nothing at all.
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For the Swimmer:
Rather than staring at the same black line across the bottom of your lane, over, and over, and over again, many swimmers like to plug into a waterproof music player and add a little variety to their laps. Shape Magazine put together a 30 minute playlist for just those people:
SwimOutlet.com has unveiled its 2014 Tech Suit Review this Friday with eight new suits featured for the 2014 season. Last year’s tech suit review was the first annual suit review for the leading online retailer in aquatics in the United States. This year’s review again features the best swim suits on the market breaking down categories such as size/fit, performance and material.
The men’s suit reviews were independently written by long-time SwimOutlet.com partner and Olympic gold medalist Mark Gangloff, while U.S. Olympic Trials finalist Julie Stupp did the reviews for the women’s suits for the second consecutive year.
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Health officials are warning people not to swim at North Shores Beach after a strain of bacteria known to cause infections was detected in the water.
The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County issued a swimming advisory for the waterfront area at 73rd Street and Collins Avenue in Miami Beach after a two samples showed levels of enterococci that exceeded state and federal health standards.
Officials say entering the water could put swimmers at an increased risk for illness.
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Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe will be invited back into the Australian team as mentors after Swimming Australia launched a scheme to help swimmers handle the pressure of life in and out of the pool.
Hackett and Thorpe are in rehabilitation to overcome personal battles they have suffered since their careers ended, prompting Swimming Australia to take a far more active approach to the “life balance†of their athletes.
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