With all official events canceled I decided to pursue the dream of doing the Robben Island crossing. This is an 8km ocean swim in the freezing waters of Cape Town, South Africa which is known for its sharks surrounding the Cape Town bay area.
This has never been done by a paraplegic and this will be a worlds’ first.
Come along for the journey and watch me prepare for the ultra-distance swim in the next 12 weeks and experience it all with me.
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U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte discusses why the Spire Institute & Academy is the perfect place to train athletes for success
The institute is new and improved, with five former Olympians working as ambassadors for the institute.
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Chinese elite swimmer goes from the pool to policing
Jiang Haiqi starred alongside the controversial Sun Yang in winning a historic relay swimming bronze medal for China at the London 2012 Olympics.
But now he is doing national duty of a very different kind — as a policeman saving lives on Shanghai’s Huangpu River.
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Epic Irish Swim | Ocean Swimming With GCN’s Conor Dunne
A Global Cycling Network presenter doing a swimming video!? Yep, that’s right! Ex-professional cyclist Conor Dunne has many Grand Tours under his belt, but this time he’s taking on a new challenge by swimming 5km in the Irish Sea to Helvick Harbour! â Here’s how he got on!
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Netherlands claim New World Record at Rome 2009 | FINA World Championships
Today we take you back to the 2009 edition of the FINA World Championships in Rome for another epic moment! It has been a tough battle between Germany, Australia and Netherlands to become World Champion in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay. With a strong finish the Dutch Team came back from behind to claim the Gold Medal and a new World Record! Can you remember who was in the team?
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Announcement of Grand Opening Ceremony of Tokyo Aquatics Centre
We are pleased to announce that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) will hold a grand opening ceremony of the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Saturday 24 October 2020. The Tokyo Aquatics Centre is one of the new permanent venues TMG has constructed and will be used as the venue for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. The ceremony had been postponed from last March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Japan’s Suga tells UN Tokyo is ‘determined’ to host Olympics
In debut UN speech, new PM says Japan is determined to host Olympics ‘as proof humanity has defeated’ COVID-19 pandemic.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has told the United Nations General Assembly that his government is determined to host the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 after the games were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Games were originally scheduled for this summer, but were put off for a year in March by the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government.
“In the summer of next year, Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games as proof that humanity has defeated the pandemic,†Suga said in a recorded message on Friday.
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Breaststroke – Swim it Correctly | U.S. Masters Swimming
Timing is tricky on breaststroke – do it wrong and you can lose all of your momentum in the water. Picked up bad habits because you only use this as your cool down stroke? You call put a lot of strain on your hips, knees and lower back when you swim breaststroke wrong.
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Inside with Brett Hawke: Save Tribe Swimming
William & Mary is considered one of the most prestigious academic schools in the country.
You may have heard of some of their famous alumni… Thomas Jefferson. James Monroe. John Tyler.
America’s brightest swimmers don’t go to W&M for the scholarships because there are none. And they certainly don’t go for the facilities — the pool is not worthy of the accomplishments that Tribe Swimming has achieved.
They attend W&M because the people that go to W&M are a special kind of people. One could say they are from the same Tribe…
Brett welcomes Rich Williams from the W&M Class of ’98 on the podcast to help spread the word to SAVE TRIBE SWIMMING!
Go to savetribeswimming.com to donate today!