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  • Do it Don’t Quit | Brooke Hanson | TEDxCurrumbin

    Nov 16, 2021

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    in Competition

    Olympic Games Gold and Silver Medallist Brooke Hanson empowers people to embrace possibility and live a purpose-driven life. After achieving the highest levels of elite swimming Brooke shares her journey and heartache beyond the pool and what she would give her Olympic medals back for. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Brooke won a gold medal as part of the Australian 4×100-metre medley relay team. Several weeks later she competed at the 2004 FINA Short Course World Championships in Indianapolis where she won six gold medals, five of which were for individual events.

  • This Is Iowa: Teen Swimmer Back on the Blocks After Double Lung Transplant | KCCI

    Nov 16, 2021

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    rokur
    in Competition, Health
  • Swimmer Reacts | Entertaining Swimming Drills to Spice up Training | Propulsion Swimming

    Nov 16, 2021

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    rokur
    in Technique

    In this week’s video from Propulsion Swimming, we continue our Swimmer Reacts series as our resident coach and swimmer Dan, analyses a selection of Entertaining Swimming Drills. Check out if he’d recommend them or if they are ones to avoid.

  • How to Teach Junior Breaststroke Fast Hands | Laurie Lawrence

    Nov 15, 2021

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    rokur
    in Technique

    Junior swimmers need to understand that modern breaststroke swimming requires fast hands. Adam Peaty is a perfect example of fast hands in breaststroke. When teaching young children make it memorable. Watch Olympic gold medal coach have fun teaching land drill fast hands to a group of junior

  • African Swimming Championship: Tanzania Hopes to Make a Splash in the Tournament | CGTN Africa

    Nov 15, 2021

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    in Competition

    The Tanzania Swimming Association says it is using the upcoming African Swimming Confederation Zone 3 swimming competition to assert the country’s growing dominance in the East and Horn of Africa region. The 6th edition of the competition will take place in Uganda this December and will bring together swimmers from 10 countries. CGTN’s Isaac Lukando has more.

  • French Trio Swim Across Lake Titicaca for Climate Change | Reuters

    Nov 15, 2021

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    in Charity, Environment, Open Water

    A trio of French swimmers began their quest to swim across Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca in complete autonomy, aiming to encourage people to stop polluting the lake

  • Lilly King Explains How She Does Her Breaststroke Pullout | Inside with Brett Hawke

    Nov 10, 2021

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    rokur
    in Competition, Technique

    How do you do your breaststroke pullout?

  • SwimSAFER Swim It Forward | Swim Australia

    Nov 10, 2021

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety
  • Bobby Finke On Training With The GOAT, Katie Ledecky | Ultimate Swimmer

    Nov 9, 2021

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    in Competition

    2x Olympic Gold Medalist Bobby Finke shares his experience of training with one of the greatest female swimmers in history, Katie Ledecky!

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