Swimmer dies after jumping into Geist Reservoir
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Tokyo Olympics: Why Nursing Athletes Called Out Olympics for ‘Drastic’ Breastfeeding Rules | Times of India
The world’s best athletes who are at the top of their game are inside the Games Village for a chance to make history. Among them are professional sports persons like Canadian Basketball player Kim Gaucher, Spanish artistic swimmer Ona Carbonell and US marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk. Besides being brand ambassadors for the sport, they are also mothers with young infants. These nursing moms taking part in the Tokyo Olympics are finding it challenging to breastfeed their infants. Restrictions imposed by the Japanese government have made it too difficult for mom athletes to take their babies to Tokyo. Strict conditions were imposed like families will have to stay at separate hotels, not allowed to go anywhere for about 20 days, and can only meet at the edge of Olympics village for breastfeeding.
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Team GB Swimmer Adam Peaty Calls for Better Funding for the Sport | The Independent
Team GB swimmer Adam Peaty calls for better funding for the sport after he claimed silver in the men’s 4×100 meters medley relay at the Tokyo Olympics.
Team GB swimmer Adam Peaty calls for better funding for the sport
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USA Swimmer Ryan Murphy Says Family Received Online Abuse after Doping Claim – Tokyo 2020 | CGTN Sports Scene
United States Olympic swimmer Ryan Murphy said his family has received abusive messages after he made a doping claim after winning silver in the 200-meter backstroke on Saturday. Murphy’s charge that he was unsure the race was clean was taken as a shot at Russian winner Evgeny Rylov.
He backtracked on Sunday, saying he was not calling any particular athlete bit reiterated that doping in swimming remains a major problem.
But Murphy’s American teammate Lilly King didn’t hold back, saying Russia should have been banned and called their punishment for a state-run doping program and subsequent cover-up a “slap on the wrist”.
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‘Amazing Journey’ for Olympic Swimmers Siobhan Haughey, Maggie Macneil, Says Coach | South China Morning Post
On the final day of the swimming competition in Tokyo 2020, coach Rick Bishop says he could not be more proud of Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey and Canada’s Maggie MacNeil, who he has coached for six and three years respectively. Haughey took home two silver medals, becoming Hong Kong’s most decorated Olympian, while MacNeil claimed a gold, silver, and bronze medal. The new head coach of swimming at Louisiana State University tells the SCMP’s Alkira Reinfrank that Haughey who will undergo physiotherapy for a hip injury she sustained at the Games, is “so tough”.
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Adam Peaty 🇬🇧 All Rio 2016 Races | Olympics
British competitive swimmer Adam Peaty specializes in breaststroke. He has represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games. He won the 🥇medal in the 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Olympics, the first by a male British swimmer in 24 years. Enjoy watching all his swims at Rio!
Adam Peaty 🇬🇧ALL Rio 2016 races!
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Katinka Hosszu’s First Olympic Race 🏊♀️ | Olympics
At the Athens 2004 Olympics, a new swimming star from Hungary shined for the first time. Her name: Katinka Hosszu! The Hungarian’s made her Olympic debut in the Women’s 200m Freestyle event. She went on to compete at all three Olympic Games 2008, 2012, and 2016 as well and finally won three gold and one silver at Rio 2016. Enjoy watching her Olympic debut!
Katinka Hosszu's first Olympic Race! 🏊♀️
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Women’s 3m Diving 🥇 Last 5 Champions | Olympics
Enjoy this look back at the last 5 Women’s 3m Diving winners at the Olympics:
Fu Mingxia 🇨🇳 / Sydney 2000
Guo Jingjing 🇨🇳 / Athens 2004
Guo Jingjing 🇨🇳/ Beijing 2008
Wu Minxia 🇨🇳/ London 2012
Shi Tingmao 🇨🇳/ Rio 2016
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How The Bottoms Of Pools Are Professionally Deep Cleaned | Deep Cleaned | Insider
Miles Laflin (thep00lguy) is a professional pool engineer based in the UK. He has gone viral on TikTok and YouTube for his satisfying pool cleaning videos. Miles takes us through 4 different abandoned pools and shows us different techniques to deep clean each one.
