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  • Living with Lyme Disease

    Jan 6, 2021

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    rokur
    in Health

    Maddie Tretter was an accomplished Division 1 swimmer at Cleveland State, preparing for the Olympic Trials, when she she started coming down with a laundry list of seemingly unrelated symptoms: panic attacks, nausea, migraines, swollen joints and more.

  • Does Talent Matter? // The Strange Reality

    Jan 6, 2021

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    rokur
    in Training

    Average talent leads to the most success, says some data – but can it be true? Does that mean that hard work is worth more than extreme talent?

    https://youtu.be/QUfZuDqV7QM
  • Piggy Paddlin’ | Wild Tennessee pigs go for a rare swim across Chilhowee Lake

    Jan 6, 2021

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Mark Walker from Maryville captured footage of wild pigs going for a morning swim Saturday across Chilhowee Lake. Tennessee wildlife officers says finding them in the water like this is a pretty rare sight!

  • Olympics: Possible Tokyo state of emergency, vaccination update, a unique perspective on mental health

    Jan 6, 2021

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    rokur
    in Organization

    With less than 200 days to the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan is planning to declare a state of emergency in the city and three nearby prefectures this week because of rising coronavirus cases, Kyodo News reports.

    That could go into effect by Friday, Kyodo News said, becoming the country’s second state of emergency since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Still, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga continued his pledge to hold the Olympics this summer and “bring hope and courage to the world.”

    See WPRI
  • ISL Season 2 Full Match 5

    Jan 5, 2021

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    rokur
    in Competition
  • H2O Audio Swim Headphones Bone Conductor Review | Colin Hill Swims

    Jan 5, 2021

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    rokur
    in Equipment, Technology

    After trying the ‘in-ear’ headphones – I’ve now got out these H2Audio bone conductor headphones to listen to music with.

  • 6x Olympic Swimmer Rebecca Soni Ditches Dairy

    Jan 5, 2021

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    rokur
    in Health, Nutrition

    Breaststroke specialist and former world record holder Rebecca Soni was still consuming dairy when she earned her six Olympic medals, but she didn’t feel good while doing it. Post swimming career, she no longer felt pressured to ingest dairy products and decided to ditch them to help her stomach issues and severe allergies. Her instincts were right all along—dairy wasn’t helping her performance, it was weighing her down.

  • Man Dies at Popular Sydney Swimming Spot

    Jan 5, 2021

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    rokur
    in Safety

    A man’s body has been pulled from the water at a popular swimming spot south of Sydney in the Royal National Park.

  • Coronado Swimmer Recounts Shark Bite Scare

    Jan 5, 2021

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    rokur
    in Nature
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