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  • Teaser Trailer “Heroes Don’t Wear Capes” (Tyler McGill)

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition, History

    “This film is really about the people who strive to do the right thing when life calls them to act upon that thing that could be classified as heroic. You could also say that it’s about what people do to satisfy and nourish the desires of the human heart, the will welling up inside it that we commonly refer to as and ambition/drive. We felt that the story of swimmer Tyler McGill was that story, and it was and is the story of “answering the call” for duty/action, and the drive of human ambition. His spirit, attitude, character and philosophy in relation to what he has achieved are the core of what he has achieved, and how he has done that. That’s what makes his story so interesting.”

  • Widespread doping scandal rocks Australia

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Doping, Organization

    Australian sport has been rocked by an Australian Crime Commission investigation revealing wide spread drug use across multiple codes and driven by coaches, sports scientists and doctors, with links to organised crime, risk of athletes being co-opted into match fixing and even use of drugs not yet approved for human use. Read for instance The Australian and 3News, via SwimNews

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  • Bubble Rings Merge – Underwater Original Trick

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Can you do this?, Fun, Wow

    Pro Free Divers “Mermaid Melissa” and Antonio show an original underwater concept for bubble ring tricks merging 2 bubbles into one.

  • Brentwood swim coach accused of sex abuse

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    Read St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    A lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses an unidentified swim coach who worked at the YMCA in the late 1980s of sexually abusing two students.

    The suit, filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court, says that the boys took lessons at the Mid-County branch of the St. Louis YMCA in Brentwood in 1986 or 1987, when both were 11 or 12 years old.

    The boys were the only two students in a semi-private class, and the suit accuses the coach of showing the boys pornography, acting as a “big brother” figure and talking “graphically about sex” before progressing to sexual abuse.

    The alleged victims are not identified in the suit other than as “John Does.”

  • Ocean swimwear Sport collection 2014

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Equipment, Wow

    “This is an image film, what was made for Ocean swimwear Sport collection 2014. Some shots inspired by Polina Rabtseva.”

    Ocean swimwear Sport collection 2014 from Fluid on Vimeo.

  • Olympic dream of armless Afghan teen

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Wow

    Abbas Karimi was born without arms but that hasn’t dampened his ambition to win a gold medal for swimming in the next Paralympics. Report by Sarah Johnston.

  • Building a Swimming Culture in SA with Chad le Clos

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition

    ABN’s Arabile Gumede caught up with South African Olympic gold medallist, swimmer Chad le Clos, to discuss the building of a swimming culture in South Africa.

  • Scottish Swimming Sponsorship Video 2013

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization

    “With the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on our horizon, we have a unique opportunity to work together to support our athletes, connect with our communities and create a lasting legacy for Scotland. We would like to invite you to come with us on a great journey.”

  • Butterfly with head up

    Feb 7, 2013

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    rokur
    in Technique

    Olympic gold medalist Tyler McGill explains the drill of butterfly with the head up. Two-time Olympian Adam Brown from England demonstrates. See Fitter & Faster

    Butterfly with head up from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.

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