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  • What Can You Expect For Swimming And Sunbathing Season This Year? A Look Inside 2021 Pool And Beach

    Apr 3, 2021

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    rokur
    in Swimming Pools

    It might be only 40 degrees this morning, but it’s April. That means Memorial Day is around the corner. Will you be able to splish-splash to your heart’s content? Or will many beaches and pools be closed again?

  • How The Tokyo Olympics Became The Most Expensive Summer Games Ever | So Expensive | Business Insider

    Apr 3, 2021

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    rokur
    in Organization

    Before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were delayed a year by COVID-19, they were already the most expensive summer games. Experts estimate they will cost more than $26 billion. The extra year added at least another $2.8 billion. There’s still a chance they might not happen at all.

  • Swimming Nutrition | Nutrition for Young Athletes With Youth Sport Nutrition | Propulsion Swimming

    Apr 2, 2021

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    rokur
    in Competition, Nutrition

    On this week’s Propulsion Swimming Podcast we have teamed up with Youth Sport Nutrition to give young swimmers a basic guide to follow for their nutrition within swimming!

  • Philip Adejumo | Black Kids Are Good at Swimming | AIS My Story

    Apr 2, 2021

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    rokur
    in Competition

    On this episode of the Africans In Sports MY STORY we are featuring Nigerian swimmer, Philip Adejumo. Adejumo is breaking down barriers for young black Africans. From a young age, he was always reminded of the stereotype that black kids can’t swim. Now an elite swimmer for Nigeria, he waves his flag to the world as a symbol that black people can in-fact swim.

  • Octopus Lashes Out at Swimmer in Australia

    Apr 2, 2021

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Geologist Lance Karlson captured the angry octopus on a beach in Western Australia. The creature then whipped him while he was swimming, leaving red marks on his neck and body.

  • Trailblazing Swimmer Cullen Jones | Trans World Sport

    Apr 2, 2021

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    rokur
    in Competition, History

    Back in 2007, we caught up with American swimmer Cullen Jones as he was training for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Cullen became the first African-American swimmer to hold a swimming world record and spoke to us about his wish for more diversity in swimming and other sports.

  • Body Found of Swimmer Who Went Missing off Miami Beach

    Apr 2, 2021

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Kirk Munguia was in the ocean with his 11-year-old daughter when he went under Wednesday afternoon. A man who tried to help him also died in the strong current.

  • Buoy-Men Swim Again

    Apr 2, 2021

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    rokur
    in Nature

    With the warmer temperatures, the “buoy-men” are also coming out of their winter quarters at the Hamburg Port Authority again. Since 1993, four “buoy-men” by artist Stephan Balkenhol have been greeting ships, tourists, and Hamburg residents. The 2.40 m high floating statues stand throughout Hamburg’s waterways. Originally they were made of wood, but now they are made of aluminum. With our camera, we were there when one “buoy-man” resumed its summer position on the Elbe near Neumühlen.

  • Competitors Have To Swim off Twice at State Age | Mighty Blues Mighty Moment

    Apr 1, 2021

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Today we’re bringing you another Mighty Blues Mighty Moment featuring Joshua Kerr (Manly SC) and Koby Hall (Novocastrian SC) who had to swim off TWICE at Senior State Age for a Finals spot. Watch now to see how it all went down!

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