Greg is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Côte d’Ivoire and now a professional swim coach in Montreal, Canada for Camo Natation.
He is the host of “All the TALK with Greg Arkhurst” a platform to discuss each other’s unique experiences.
Today Brett and Greg discuss the murder of George Floyd and why Greg believes this is a human problem and that we must stay positive in order to move forward.
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Bennett Beach opens Friday for swimming, playgrounds at county parks sometime next week
Erie County officials provided updates on parks and recreation activities as the first day of summer approaches.
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Women in Water: Alice Dearing
As part of our Women in Water series, we caught up with marathon swimmer – Alice Dearing to talk staying fit out of the water, furthering her involvement with the Women’s Sport Trust and the Black Swimming Association, which she helped to co-found earlier this year. Read more here – www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/dearing-making-important-impacts-out-water
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‘Health Guards’ help swimmers socially distance at North Little Rock public pools
Pool water generally kills the virus. It’s the playing and lounging around the pool that’s a problem. Health guards help prevent that.
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Call to cancel Tokyo Olympics enters race for Tokyo governor
The contentious issue of the billions being spent on the postponed Tokyo Olympics has entered the debate in the race for governor of Japan’s capital.
Incumbent Yuriko Koike is a strong favorite to be reelected — and a strong supporter of the Olympics — in a field of more than a dozen candidates. The campaign officially opened Thursday.
Taro Yamamoto is a popular actor, turned politician who has entered the fray. He said in a debate this week that the Olympics should be called off and the billions redirected to help people struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
“The Olympics should be canceled,”Yamamoto told Koike. “There is no guarantee to hold the games safely in Tokyo, and we don’t have a vaccine yet” for COVID-19.
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Photo by MIKI Yoshihito. (#mikiyoshihito) 
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Phlex Edge Review… the Best Swimming Wearable?
I review the Phlex by Edge. A Smart Swim Tracker that takes all sorts of metrics while you train such as your heart rate. Purchase at https://phlexswim.com/
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Would You Swim Here? Swimming during COVID-19 when pools were shut
Swimming in a saltwater lake that’s green and has low visibility – would you do it?
During COVID-19 we had no choice because the pools were shut.
Evandale Lake scares me a little bit because you can’t see anything and it’s dark and green. It reminds me of the Creature of the Black Lagoon. -
‘We can help reduce drownings by teaching young’ | Melanie Nocher, Olympic swimmer
Ireland’s double Olympic swimmer Melanie Nocher has an important message for guardians.
An estimated 700 families lose loved ones to drowning in the UK & Ireland every year, but Melanie can see easy ways to reduce this.
In aid of the Royal Life Saving Society’s Drowning Prevention Week, Melanie is asking guardians to teach their children about water safety from a young age, by signing them up to their local Learn to Swim programme or Swim School.
Giving them the opportunity to develop this important life skill and water safety knowledge at a young age, will hopefully set them up for life – and could one day end up saving that life.
For more information about learning to swim visit https://www.swimireland.ie/get-swimmi…
To find out more about water safety and Drowning Prevention Week visit https://www.swimireland.ie/news/swim-…
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How to Train for the Swim without Access to the Pool or Open Water
Are you without pool access? Whether it’s due to the coronavirus pandemic or anything else, you can still train for the swim even without access to water. Watch as ROKA triathletes explain how to do just that!