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Myanmar Swimmer to Forgo Tokyo Olympics in Protest at Junta Violence

Apr 26, 2021

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A Myanmar swimmer will skip the Tokyo Olympics in protest against the coup perpetrated by his country’s military, saying he will not represent his nation when hundreds of protesters have been killed by authorities.
Win Htet Oo, a 26-year-old freestyle swimmer, said in a statement posted on his Facebook page on April 10 that he will not participate in the Tokyo Games at a time when the military junta continues its violent crackdown that has killed unarmed civilians, including some athletes.
“I shall not march in the parade of nations under a flag steeped in my people’s blood,” the Myanmar swimmer said in the statement.
He noted the International Olympic Committee communicated to him privately that the Myanmar Olympic Committee plans to send a team to the Tokyo Games.
But he said, “It is my hope that the IOC refuses to acknowledge the MOC as the rightful organization responsible for the Olympic Movement in Myanmar,” adding the MOC is a puppet organization for the military regime.
Read Kyodo News and The Jakarta Post

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Australian swimming great, Olympic gold medalist John Konrads dies at 78

Apr 26, 2021

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John Konrads, who set 26 individual freestyle swimming world records and won an Olympic gold medal in 1960, has died, the Sport Australia Hall of Fame announced Monday. He was 78.
Konrads was born in Latvia in 1942 and moved to Australia with his parents, his two sisters, and a grandmother in 1949.
“As a swimming sensation in the 1950s and 60s, John Konrads dominated the world swimming scene, breaking every freestyle world record between 200 meters and 1,500 meters by the time he was 15,” Sport Australia Hall of Fame chairman John Bertrand said in a statement. “His career tally of 26 individual world records is an incredible record.”
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South Africa’s Schoenmaker: Top Medal Contender in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke Events at Tokyo 2021

Apr 26, 2021

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South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker is a leading medal contender in the 100m and 200m breaststroke events at Tokyo 2021 and hopes she can end the rainbow nation’s 21 years wait for a medal in the women’s swimming events at the Summer Games. The 23-year-old African champion chatted to CGTN’s Sias du Plessis.
Swim Run | Sport Combines Swimming and Running

Apr 26, 2021

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Ryan Stramrood from Torpedo SwimRun Moon spoke with eNCA’s Nandi Tshabalala.
Where There Is a Will, There Is a Way – Nicole Frank (Uruguay) Fina Developmental Program

Apr 26, 2021

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Nicole Frank Rodriguez is one of the swimmers training at Azura Florida Aquatics under the FINA Developmental Program
Olympians Consider Other Paths During COVID | 7News

Apr 26, 2021

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Our Olympians are busy preparing for the Tokyo Games which is now only 89 days away. But, last year’s pandemic postponement led to many contemplating life outside of sport with some of Australia’s top stars admitting the transition can be tricky.
Chernobyl: The Azure Swimming Pool / Cinematic FPV

Apr 25, 2021

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To wash away radiation from buildings, to wash away a hard day… The Azure swimming pool is one of the few institutions that continued to function after the Chernobyl accident. Until 1998, when the third power unit was shut down, liquidators and employees of Pripyat enterprises came here to swim.
â€˜Let Them Swim,â€™ Group Petitioning Rochester Leaders to Reopen Silver Lake Pool

Apr 25, 2021

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in Swimming Pools

There’s a growing effort in Rochester to reopen Silver Lake Pool this summer.
The pool sat vacant last year. Then in September, some on Rochester City Council and the Parks Board recommendedÂ permanently closing the pool.Â They cited budget concerns and said the pool was old and that fewer people used it.
“Every spring, when we start up Silver Lake pool, we keep our fingers crossed that all systems will fire back up and that they will work again in the summer,” Parks and Recreation Supervisor Ben Boldt said back in September.
A group of community members recently started a petition to reopen the pool, saying the pool still has a lot of value.
The group states on itsÂ “Let Them Swim” Facebook pageÂ that the pool serves a diverse population, including eight different community groups that reach underserved populations.
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The Full Review | British Swimming Olympic Trials 2021 | Propulsion Swimming

Apr 25, 2021

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In this week’s episode of the Propulsion Swimming Podcast, we are doing our complete and comprehensive review of last week’s British Swimming Section Meet, which acted as the British Trials to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics!