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.
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Swimming Nutrition | Nutrition for Young Athletes With Youth Sport Nutrition | Propulsion Swimming
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!
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Philip Adejumo | Black Kids Are Good at Swimming | AIS My Story
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.
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Octopus Lashes Out at Swimmer in Australia
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.
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Trailblazing Swimmer Cullen Jones | Trans World Sport
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.
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Body Found of Swimmer Who Went Missing off Miami Beach
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.
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Buoy-Men Swim Again
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.
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Competitors Have To Swim off Twice at State Age | Mighty Blues Mighty Moment
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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Swedish Swimming – More for More
‘Within Swedish Swimming, you can try out and practice swimming, water polo, artistic swimming, diving, and open water swimming.’