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  • Day in the Life of a Professional Swimmer | Michael Gunning Vlogs

    Sep 23, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Sport is so rewarding and swimming is so much more than simply swimming laps of a pool… After this crazy COVID period of lockdown, it’s been so nice getting back to training properly, so I thought I’d give you an insight into the life of a professional swimmer!

  • A Very Tuff Kick Set | Cody Miller Vlogs

    Sep 23, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition
  • This Woman is Making a Splash by Helping Dogs Learn to Swim

    Sep 23, 2020

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    rokur
    in Nature

    From the loss of her dog, Sassy, to a rare disease called Degenerative Myelopathy (DM). Alabama local, Sherri Griffin, learned how to help and heal dogs through hydrotherapy.

  • ‘Picking a needle out of a haystack’: The untold story of Grant Hackett’s golden moment

    Sep 23, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition

    “Before the race, I always used to look up at my mum and dad, and give a bit of nod or a wave to them.

    “I couldn’t find them before that race – it was just so jam-packed. There was 17 or 18,000 people around this small 50 metre pool.

    “As soon as I won, I turned around – you kind of go crazy, all the emotions come out, a dream come true – but then I looked straight at them!

    “It was like picking a needle out of a haystack, and I got to see them and celebrate that with them.”

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  • High School swimmers ready for virtual swim meet

    Sep 23, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    Swimmers will compare time for ‘state championship’

  • Woman breaks record swimming across Monterey Bay

    Sep 23, 2020

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    She was able to swim from Santa Cruz to Monterey in record time

  • Canterbury Year 12 students visit the almost completed Aquatic and Tennis Centre

    Sep 22, 2020

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    rokur
    in Swimming Pools

    The completion of the much anticipated Canterbury Aquatic and Tennis Centre is only weeks away so we took our Year 12 students for a sneak peek viewing of the construction, and to experience standing in the empty 10-lane 50m pool. Very soon they will return for a pool party as the first swimmers to go in the completed full pool!

  • Brent Hayden Open Water Swimming With FORM Goggles and Live Heart Rate

    Sep 22, 2020

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    rokur
    in Competition, Equipment, Open Water, Technology

    Hear what Olympic medalist Brent Hayden has to say about swimming in open water while seeing his heart rate in real-time with the FORM Smart Swim Goggles.

  • Lab Series Introduces New Rescue Water Series With Calvyn Justus

    Sep 22, 2020

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    rokur
    in Equipment

    Introducing professional swimmer and 2016 Olympian @calvynjustus as the newest Lab Series Global Ambassador.⁠ No one knows the importance of hydration like Calvyn. As a top swimmer, he demands extreme performance to stay at the top of his game and looking his best.

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