David Plummer has been to 4 Olympic Trials. Here’s how he messed up and how you can avoid the same mistakes he made.
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The Mermaid Who Became a Champion | Yip Pin Xiu | Para Swimming | Paralympic Games
‘Sport has given me so much in life, what I feel is a responsibility to give back to society.” – Olympic champion and Singapore Member of Parliament Yip Pin Xiu.
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Veteran Turns From Gold-Medal Swimming to Triathlons
Brad Snyder is a veteran of our nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was blinded in 2011 when he stepped on an IED, but he considers himself lucky to have walked away from the incident. He took his determination to the Paralympic games, where he medaled in swimming seven times — including three golds and a world record in 2016. Now, he has become a triathlete, with hopes to represent his country yet again. His is a veterans’ story of strength and courage, both internal and external. NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante reports.
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Training for US Open 2020 | Cody Miller Vlogs
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Tokyo Olympic officials talk of test events early next year
Tokyo Olympics organizers on Tuesday said they were encouraged by a gymnastics meet over the weekend and are now ready to hold test events early next year.
The Sunday meet featured 22 Russian, Chinese and American athletes entering Japan and competing in Tokyo with a few thousand fans attending.
Hidemasa Nakamura, the Tokyo Olympic games delivery officer, told an on-line briefing that plans are now in the works for more test events starting in March. However, he did not say what form these might take or if non-Japanese athletes would be involved.
“We are discussing how to deal with COVID-19 together with the Japanese government and Tokyo Metropolitan Government,” he said. “From the beginning of next year, we will begin operations and proceed to have test events in March.â€
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Boxer Swimming Participates in “Hour of Power”
The Boxer Swim teams take part in the 15th Annual Ted Mullin Fund Hour of Power Relay for sarcoma research & awareness
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Freestyle Swimming Test Set | The Race Club
In swimming your baseline kick speed is determined how fast you can go with fins compared to without. If you are able to kick within 10 seconds of your fins time, you have good ankle flexibility and are on the right track. In this video head coach Devin tests the Race Club campers in order to help them understand where they are and how they can improve. Find out how Marissa, Daniella, Owen, Alex and Stone do in this simple yet critical set. And be sure to try this on your own and let us know your results in the comments!
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Winter Swimming – Live Q&A from Outdoor Swimmer magazine
Join winter swimmers Outdoor Swimmer editor Jonathan Cowie and contributing editor Ella Foote; Dr Heather Massey, senior lecturer in sport, exercise and health at the University of Portsmouth; Andrew Clarke of Better; and Gaby Hay of Swim England to discuss winter swimming and answer your all cold water swimming questions.
For more information on winter swimming please see the Cold Water Swimming section of our website: https://outdoorswimmer.com/blogs/cold…
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The End of College Swimming | MySwimPro
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many universities to cut swim teams, along with other sports. What does this mean for the future of college athletics, and what can you do to help?