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  • FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic, Doha (QAT) 30/11/2014

  • FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic, Doha (QAT) 1/12/2014

    Application of Science and Innovation in Day-To-Day Practice – Marcel Wouda (NED)

  • FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic 2014, Doha (QAT) 1/12/2104

  • For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. At the age of 64, in her fifth and final attempt, Diana Nyad successfully fulfilled her lifelong dream of completing the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida on September 2, 2013. Upon completing her grueling 53 hour journey, a breathless Nyad told the world,“I have three messages. One is we should never ever give up. Two is you are never too old to chase your dreams. And three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team.”

    View her full session here: http://learn.pcma.org/store/seminar/seminar.php?seminar=33965

  • York High Schools Senior Swimmers compose a rendering of a day in their swimming lives.

    A Day in the Life of a York High swimmer

  • Learning to swim in the Maldives

  • One week after Park Tae-hwan’s doping scandal emerged, Korea’s swimming community has united in an attempt to protect the Olympic star.

    Officials from the Korean Olympic Committee, Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) and Park’s agency ― Team GMP ― held a closed meeting on Jan. 30 to discuss ways to help the 25-year-old, who has a hearing at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) set for Feb. 27.

    Although very little has been said of the meeting so far, experts say the parties likely focused on reducing any disciplinary procedures against Park, rather than evading punishment altogether.

    Local media has carried stories presenting Park as a victim, but it is unlikely FINA will agree with that assessment.

    On Jan. 20, Park filed a suit against the clinic where he was given a shot of Nebido containing the banned substance testosterone last July. It was announced that Park had tested positive in FINA doping tests on Jan. 26; the swimmer claiming he did not know the shot contained the banned substance.

    Experts say that although the clinic was liable, Park will also likely be held responsible for neglecting an athlete’s responsibility of being cautious with any medicine they take.

    Read The Korea Times

  • One of the starts for the 2km swim for the Cole Classic at Manly.

    http://vimeo.com/118457193

  • FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic, Doha (QAT) 30/11/2014