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  • Two Washington Locals Help USA Win First Artistic Swimming Team Medal In 20 Years | KING 5 Seattle

    Aug 8, 2024

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    Two Washington locals help USA win first artistic swimming team medal in 20 years

    Two locals were integral parts of Team USA’s first Olympic medal in artistic swimming in 20 years on Wednesday.

    Bellevue’s Audrey Kwon and Issaquah’s Keana Hunter helped the U.S. place second in the overall team artistic swimming competition with a final score of 914.3421. China won the gold medal with a final score of 996.1389.

    Artistic swimming, which was formerly known as synchronized swimming, became an Olympic sport in 1984 at the Los Angeles games. The U.S. and Canada were initially the dominant force in artistic swimming, combining for 17 medals.

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  • Surviving Open Water | Is Swimming in Lakes and Dams Safe For You? | Global Triathlon Network

    Aug 8, 2024

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    Surviving Open Water | Is Swimming in Lakes and Dams Safe For You?

    The open water! Fresh air, fresh water, exercise, the Great Outdoorsโ€ฆLetโ€™s jump in!

    But water safety is no joke. And the open water is about as treacherous as the water gets, so you should take safety there seriously. Today weโ€™re going to try to make you aware of some things you may not have thought of before your next swim in a lake or dam.

  • Team USA Takes The Stage In Artistic Swimming Event At Paris Olympics | Good Morning America

    Aug 8, 2024

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    Team USA takes the stage in artistic swimming event at Paris Olympics

    The team from the United States synchronized its way into the silver medal position in the team free routine.

  • Olympian Ryan Lochte Explains Why Swimmers Canโ€™t Leave the Olympic Village | 2024 Olympics | E! News

    Aug 8, 2024

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    Olympian Ryan Lochte Explains Why Swimmers Canโ€™t Leave the Olympic Village | 2024 Olympics | E! News

    Ryan Lochte and his wife Kayla Lochte explain the strict rules of the Olympic Village, including why swimmers are not permitted to leave.

  • Is The Olympics Clean? Chinese Swim Team Doping Dispute, Explained | ABC News

    Aug 8, 2024

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    Is the Olympics clean? Chinese swim team doping dispute, explained | ABC News

    A series of revelations involving more than two dozen Chinese elite swimmers’ failed doping tests has rocked the sports world, casting a shadow over Pan Zhanle and his teammates’ stellar performances at the Paris Olympics. What really happened? Why were the failed tests kept secret? Is the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) involved in a cover-up scandal? Can we still trust that the sport is clean? ABC News explains.

  • Putting a 2 Million Gallon Pool in an NFL Stadium | Sports Tech HQ

    Aug 7, 2024

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    in Competition, Swimming Pools
    Putting a 2 Million Gallon Pool in an NFL Stadium

    Before the world records and medal-race dominance at Paris 2024, USA Swimingโ€ฌ was crafting Team USA from a 2-million gallon pool in Indianapolis. Take a look back at how Lucas Oil Stadium was transformed into a record-setting swim meet with USA Swimming Managing Director of Sport Development Joel Shinofield.

  • Glam Olympic Swimmer Luana Alonso Breaks Silence After Being Booted Out Of Games For Disneyland Trip | The Sun Sport

    Aug 7, 2024

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    Glam Olympic swimmer Luana Alonso breaks silence after being booted out of Games for Disneyland trip

    Glamorous Olympic swimmer Luana Alonso has broken her silence after being accused of creating an “inappropriate atmosphere” within her team.

    Team Paraguay officials announced the 20-year-old was instructed to leave the athlete’s village on Sunday.

    And after spending the night in a swanky Paris hotel, she is now understood to have returned to the US where she is studying political science.

    Paraguay’s statement read: “Alonso is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay.

    “We thank her for proceeding as instructed, as it was of her own free will that she did not spend the night in the Athletes’ Village.”

    SunSport understands she was kicked out after sneaking out of the tournament to visit Disneyland Paris.

    But other reports suggest that she was continually distracting team-mates who hadn’t competed yet and that she chose to wear several of her own outfits around camp instead of official team uniform.

    Alonso failed to qualify from her 100m butterfly heat but missed out on a semi-final spot by just 0.24 seconds.

    And having announced her retirement from swimming immediately afterwards, she has now hit back at her own country’s Olympic team.

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  • Who Is Chinaโ€™s Diving Queen Quan Hongchan? | South China Morning Post

    Aug 7, 2024

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    Who is Chinaโ€™s diving queen Quan Hongchan?

    More medals for China as Quan Hongchan successfully defended the golden title in the womenโ€™s 10m platform in Paris. As a 17-year-old, Quan has already bagged three Olympic golds. Post sports reporter Paul McNamara joins us from Paris to tell us more about Chinaโ€™s golden diver.

  • My Thoughts On Pan Zhanle’s 46.40 100 Freestyle World Record | Kyle Sockwell

    Aug 7, 2024

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    My thoughts on Pan Zhanle's 46.40 100 freestyle World Record

    It’s good to be back.

    I was recently out in Paris on vacation when someone told me “hey Kyle did you know the Olympic Games are currently happening?” so I waddled myself down to the La Defense arena to watch some swimming when this happened.

    A 46.40 100 freestyle. Quite possibly the most preposterous thing I have ever witnessed take place in a pool. Let’s talk about it.

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