Athens 2004, the first Olympic race of America’s Dana Vollmer who competed in the 200m freestyle and placed sixth but won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×200m freestyle relay, together with Natalie Coughlin, Carly Piper, and Kaitlin Sandeno. In addition to claiming the gold medal, the relay team broke the previous world record in the event that had stood for 17 years.
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With Triple-Digit Temps, Families Flock To Public Pools And Area Aquatic Centers | CBS Los Angeles
Hermela Aregawi reports from Santa Clarita where the city’s aquatic center hosted several hundred swimmers doing their best to beat the heat.
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Surviving Long Distance Swimming In Arctic Oceans | Iceman – The Lewis Gordon Pugh Story | Wonder
Lewis Pugh has 10 seconds before he plunges into the freezing Arctic Ocean, where he swims a kilometre across Antarctica, wearing nothing but a Speedo and a swim cap, a feat never thought possible. ‘Ordinary’ humans would probably die within minutes in this icy water! How can his naked body cope with these conditions for so long? And why on earth would anyone want to do such a crazy thing?
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Alligator Bites Man Swimming in Venice Pond | WFLA News Channel 8
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Olympic Pride – Erica Sullivan | The Social Kick
Bursting onto the scene, Erica Sullivan makes her appearance on The Social Kick.
Erica is a 20-year-old long-distance pool and open water swimmer from Las Vegas. Newly selected to represent Team USA in the 1500m, Erica claimed her ticket in a brilliant trials swim, coming in second to Katie Ledecky and holding off Sandpipers teammate Katie Grimes.
Selected for her first Olympic Games during Pride Month and with the games taking place in Tokyo, Erica opens up about her position of representation being both gay and of Japanese descent.
Proud of who she is and unapologetically witty and charismatic, our conversation touches on the importance of representation, not just in swimming but all over the world.
One of the fastest up-and-coming US distance swimmers, we talk to Erica about what it’s like training open water in Nevada, her difficulties and advice with mental health as an athlete, and her love of film (watch out Oscars)!
A joy to speak to and get to know, Erica Sullivan is undoubtedly making waves both in and out of the water.
Enjoy!
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Explore a Former Olympic Side With Me | Aldershot Lido Swimming Pool | Explore With Rebecca
Explore a former OLYMPIC SIDE with me. I’m at the Aldershot LIDO swimming pool and show you around.
The Aldershot LIDO will open for the public on the 01.07.2021 again. Let’s hope for good weather.
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Sajan Prakash Makes History in Rome, Becomes First Indian Swimmer to Qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics | The National Bulletin
Sajan Prakash on Saturday became the first-ever Indian swimmer to breach the ‘A’ Olympic qualification time by clocking 1:56:38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome, Italy. The 27-year-old made the Tokyo Games ‘A’ standard, set at 1:56.48 seconds, by 0.10 seconds at the FINA-accredited Olympic qualifier.
With the historic sprint, Prakash also rewrote his own national record of 1:56.96s that he had set last week at the Belgrade Trophy swimming competition.
This will be Prakash’s second successive Olympics, having represented India in the 2016 Rio Games.
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Every Olympic Marathon Swimming 🥇Medallists | Olympics
Enjoy watching every Winner of the Olympic 10km marathon:
Beijing 2008 women: Larisa Ilchenko 🇷🇺
Beijing 2008 men: Maarten van der Weijden 🇳🇱London 2012 women: Éva Risztov 🇭🇺
London 2012 men: Oussama Mellouli 🇹🇳Rio 2016 women: Sharon van Rouwendaal 🇳🇱
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One person goes missing on Lake Washington | KING 5
Rescue crews turned recovery operations over to the Seattle Police Department after an hour of searching, according to Seattle Fire.