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Sean Conway #SwimmingBritain Week One Review
“Watch Sean Conway’s week one review during his incredible Swimming Britain adventure.”
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Fran Halsall: ‘I may never get over the disappointment of London 2012’
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The first anniversary of London 2012 is closing in on Halsall with almost suffocating intensity – and she needs a deep breath before revealing her scars. “I’m still dealing with it, and I will have to continue dealing with it, because it’s not going to go away, is it?” Halsall admits. “I’ll probably never get over the fact, or get it completely out of my head, that London was something I’d worked hard for over so many years. I didn’t get what I’d been hoping for and it’s taking a long time to come to terms with that.”
(Video from when Halsall won her 8th British 50 free title in Sheffield, two weeks ago)
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Rise and Swim (Welcome to the Grind)
Inspirational Swimming Video Featuring Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Ian Thorpe, Cesar Cielo, Alain Bernard, James Magnusson, Nathan Adrian.
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Former swim coach Ken Stopkotte accused of stealing checks from churchs captured in Guadalajara
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A former Fishers, Indiana swim coach accused of stealing checks from a church has been captured.
Ken Stopkotte was on the run for months. Authorities just found him in Mexico. He is now facing extradition to the United States.
The former coach was supposed to appear in court in April but never showed.
An affidavit alleges that he stole nearly $100,000 in checks from more than a dozen churches in Tennessee.
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South Florida man drives car through fence, into pool
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Taking an evening dip in the swimming pool can be a relaxing summertime Florida experience, but not when you take the car with you.
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Michael Jamieson honored with British universities sportsman of the year award
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Swimmer Michael Jamieson has been named the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Sportsman of the Year following a successful 2012-2013 season which saw him claim Olympic silver in the 200 metres breaststroke at London 2012.
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Pool safety expert says children should never swim alone
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say drowning is the second leading cause of death for children age one to 14 and is 14 times more likely to kill a child age four and under than an automobile accident.
That’s why pool expert Stephan Lampman says parental presence is important.
“You should never allow children, really any age, to be swimming by themselves. They can get in the pool, but there should be a parent somewhere close by the pool that they can see and observe what’s going on,” he said. “It’s just one of those things that parents have to be totally aware of – that children, when they see water, it doesn’t make any difference if it’s an above ground pool or an in-ground pool, they’re going to do everything they can to get in that pool.”
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Boston’s Charles River open for public swimming after 50 years of dirty water
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For the first time in 50 years, the public was invited yesterday to swim in the Charles River.
The river, which was once famous for its filth, saw dozens take the plunge near the Hatch Shell as part of the Charles River Conservancy’s first public recreational swim.
“For more than a decade, the Conservancy has been working to bring public swimming back to the Charles River,†said Charles River Conservancy President Renata von Tscharner.
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