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  • Home Grown: Future Olympians – Swimming | Whitsunday Regional Council

    Aug 26, 2026

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    in Competition, Organization

    Home Grown: Future Olympians celebrates the young athletes chasing big dreams from right here in the Whitsundays.

    In our third athlete spotlight, meet Tora Delac, a dedicated young swimmer whose journey has been built on early mornings, countless laps and years of commitment in the pool. Starting with her local swimming club at just nine years old, Tora has progressed from regional competition to State and National Championships, earning multiple top-10 Queensland finishes and qualifying for the Australian Open Short Course Championships in Sydney.

    Tora’s story showcases the incredible sporting talent being nurtured in our region and the important role local clubs, coaches, volunteers and families play in helping young athletes succeed. It also highlights why investing in sporting facilities and pathways close to home matters for the next generation.

    Discover why the Whitsundays is advocating to host Olympic and Paralympic Sailing at the Brisbane 2032 Games and how that legacy could create more opportunities for local athletes to pursue their dreams, right here in the region.

  • Swimmers Hit the Beach in the Morning Ahead of Southern California Scorcher | KTLA 5

    Aug 26, 2026

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    rokur
    in Beach Life

    KTLA’s Eric Spillman was live in Santa Monica on Tuesday morning, where he spoke to a group of swimmers who got out early ahead of the heatwave set to blanket SoCal.

  • Making a Splash for a Cause: Swim Across America Boise Returns | KTVB

    Aug 26, 2026

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    in Charity, Organization

    The Aug. 29 event raises money for cancer survivorship programs at St. Lukeโ€™s Cancer Institute and welcomes swimmers of all ages and abilities

  • P.E.I.โ€™s Swimming Pool May Be Falling Short for Competitionsโ€ฆLiterally | CBC News

    Aug 26, 2026

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    in Competition, Swimming Pools

    The City of Charlottetown put $36 million into the new Simmons Sports Centre, which opened in 2024 and includes a new outdoor pool. Now, a third-party survey suggests the pool might be too short to be certified by Swimming Canada for competitions and meets. CBCโ€™s Tony Davis explains.

  • Tess Routliffe Returns to the Pool With Big Goals and New Perspective | the Ready Room | CBC Sports

    Aug 26, 2026

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    rokur
    in Para Swimming

    Tess Routliffe says she needed to take a year away from the pool after the Paris Paralympics to rediscover what she loves about swimming and to focus on the experience, rather than the outcome. She’s back and ready to compete at the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships, but stopped by The Ready Room first to talk with Brittany Maclean Campbell about her big goals still to come.

  • Itโ€™s Time for the Inaugural 4×4 Water Polo Open Championships | 2026 Dubrovnik | World Aquatics

    Aug 25, 2026

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    in Water Polo

    Dubrovnik is ready to make history as the inaugural World Aquatics Water Polo 4×4 Open Championships bring the first-ever global showcase of four-on-four Water Polo to the world stage.

  • Deep Dive Into Freestyle Technique Mechanics with Jan Prins | Effortless Swimming

    Aug 25, 2026

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    in Competition, Technique

    In this episode, Brenton Ford interviews Jan Prins about freestyle biomechanics, stroke mechanics, and the latest technology used to analyze swimming efficiency. They explore how subtle changes in technique can significantly impact speed and performance.

  • Emma Weyant | Unfiltered Waters

    Aug 25, 2026

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    in Competition

    In this episode of Unfiltered Waters, Elizabeth Beisel and Todd Anderson fill in for Katie Hoff, about a week out from giving birth to her daughter, and sit down with Emma Weyant ahead of the Pan Pacific Championships. It has been a strange year for her: a full training block with no Olympic Trials to break it up, and one of the hardest, most rewarding stretches of her career. So what does it take to trust a year of work you haven’t gotten to prove yet?

  • Triathlon Coach Recovering After Alligator Bite During Savannah River Training Swim | WJBF

    Aug 25, 2026

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    in Nature

    A triathlon coach is recovering after he says an alligator bit him while he was training with athletes in the Savannah River near North Augusta.

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