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  • SA coach Graham Hill accepts blame for lack of female swimmers

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    graham-hillRead sport24

    South Africa’s national swimming coach, Graham Hill, says he is partly to blame for the country not having world class female swimmers.

    This comes after top men’s performer, Cameron van der Burgh, claimed that the country’s female swimmers are not willing to sacrifice enough in order to reach the top.

    Van der Burgh said women are reluctant to give up four, six or eight years of their lives – and that’s why they don’t reach the top.

    “They’re not prepared to make sacrifices. That includes their physical condition (broad shoulders and muscles), because they don’t want to look like men,” he said.

  • Davis Tarwater inspires kids to sign up for swim team

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization

    Davis_Tarwater_2012Read wbir.com

    Kids from around Knoxville got the chance to meet an Olympian and learn more about a summer swimming program.

    Sign ups for Emerald Youth’s swim team’s seventh season started Tuesday. Gold medal winning swimmer Davis Tarwater spoke to the kids about his own swimming experiences and helped register the kids for the team.

    Tarwater says he hopes he can help encourage kids to get involved with swimming.

    “Knowing what the sport’s meant to me, to be able to turn around and give back and encourage kids that they can do it, hopefully they can see me and see that I’ve been able to go through the sport and achieve a high level of success,” he said.

    Hear also Tarwater talking on “Sports Animal” about supporting Boston bombing victim Nicole Gross and family.

    Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

  • Ex-swim coach accused of abuse appears in court

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    20130522-220018.jpgRead Boston Globe

    When the young boy joined the Arlington Boys & Girls Club swim team in the late 1970s, his coach was Paul Collins, who also dated his family’s neighbor and would sometimes fill in as baby sitter.

    On those occasions, when the boy went to sleep, Collins would sit at his bedside and “begin rubbing his back and chest,” according to allegations detailed in court documents released Monday. ­Collins would then massage the boy below the waist and tell him he should not talk about it to anyone else.

    It was, he told the boy, “our ­little secret.”

  • Learn Anything in 20 Hours

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization, Science, Training

    A fun and thought-provoking TEDx Talk by Josh Kaufman, author of The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast!, via Lifehacker

  • Danish anti-doping agency receives major grant

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in Doping, Organization

    Read Jyllands-Posten

    The Culture Ministry is giving Anti Doping Denmark a nearly one million kroner grant to help it combat the growing use of steroids and growth hormones in the nation’s gyms and fitness centres. Steroid use is rampant in some centres, with Danes as young as 14 reportedly shooting themselves up in pursuit of the perfect body.

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    Image courtesy of Roberta F., CC SA 3.0

  • CC photo #508: Opening ceremony at Debrecen 2012

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    Just a photo from the opening ceremony at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

    Opening ceremony at Debrecen 2012

  • You Can Swim – Dr. Murray taking a swimming lesson at Stirling

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization, Technique, Training

    Scottish Commonwealth Games hopeful Kerry Buchan teaches Dr. Andrew Murray, who is trying out every Commonwealth Games sport, the basics of swimming at the National Swimming Academy in Stirling. You Can Swim runs from 20 May – 30 June in a pool near you in Scotland. For more info look at www.scottishswimming.com/youcanswim

  • Grinnell College Swim Team Show Choir

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in Fun, Organization

    Screen Shot 2013-05-22 at 10.55.36 PM“One more of their plethora of talents”

  • Google I/O 2013 – Dive Into Underwater Street View

    May 22, 2013

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    rokur
    in Nature, Science, Technology, Wow

    catlin-seaview-svii30+ minutes of geekdom, bear with me

    Google and Catlin Seaview Survey‘s Richard Vevers have partnered together to bring the first ever underwater street view imagery to Google Maps. Learn how Catlin Seaview Survey has built a special camera to collect this spectacular surround imagery.

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