Louisville native Brooke Forde is getting ready to dive into the familiar waters of Lakeside Swim Club. The Stanford star has been coming here for her whole life.ย
“To come right back here, it’s sort of easy to reflect on my journey,” Forde said.ย
It’s one that’s led her to four national titles as a collegiate swimmer, with the latest coming on March 19 at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in the 400 individual medley event. And that presented the toughest path of her journey so far.
French freediver Arthur Guerin-Boeri sets the world record for the longest distance traveled under a sheet of frozen ice with a single breath, swimming 120 meters in Finland’s Lake Sonnanen, north of Helsinki.
Operating in the pharmaceutical industry for 109 years straight with the objective of healing life, Abdi ฤฐbrahim has become the main sponsor of H. Emre Sakcฤฑ, our record-breaking national swimmer who will be representing Turkey in the Tokyo Olympics. Having signed a 4-year sponsorship agreement with H. Emre Sakcฤฑ, our record-holding athlete in national and international breaststroke, Abdi ฤฐbrahim Chairman Nezih Barut said “As Turkey’s national and leading pharmaceutical company, we have decided to support athletes who have the potential to earn medals for our country by competing in swimming, one of the Olympic sports branch, in international contests and especially the Olympics. We have signed a long-term sponsorship agreement with Emre Sakcฤฑ who has stood out with his steady success in swimming and we will be his main sponsor for 4 years, including the Paris 2024 Olympics. We will continue our support to ensure that more Turkish athletes participate in the Olympics and thus achieve more victories for our country in the area of sports.”
Abdi ฤฐbrahim Becomes the Main Sponsor of National Swimmer Emre Sakcฤฑ
A mistake and an accident took Guillaume Nery out of competitive freediving, but he found purpose and success again by letting go. And heโs even starred in one of Beyonceโs music videos.
Swim Ireland has expressed concern that thousands of young people have missed out on learning to swim during the ongoing lockdown and called for extra funding to be made available for classes when pools reopen.