Sydney’s Bondi Beach has reopened to swimmers and surfers. But access is regulated and no-one is allowed to linger on the sand.
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IOC member Guy Drut says plans for 2024 Paris Olympics are ‘obsolete and outdated’ because of virus
Plans for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are “obsolete and outdated” in light of the coronavirus pandemic, International Olympic Committee member and former French sports minister Guy Drut said Sunday.
Drut, who won gold in the 110-meter hurdles in 1976 and took silver in 1972, wrote in a column for Franceinfo that the Olympic Games needed to be “reinvented” to put them more in touch with reality.
“The crisis we’re going through has a lasting impact on our daily lives, our way of life, our economy, our social pact, our choice of society,” Drut wrote.
“It cannot and must not remain without effect on the imperative necessity which is to reinvent ourselves.
“The Olympic and Paralympic Games are no exception to this new context. They too must reinvent themselves.”
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Top Swimmer Loses “Feel†in Lockdown
Srihari Nataraj has never been away from the pool for so long in a decade long career. The national record-holding swimmer says it was very important to stay positive, patient and be calm during the lockdown.
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USA Swimming announces plans for August return
USA Swimming is planning a return to the pool.
Though, no one is quite sure how it will all play out during the coronavirus pandemic.
The national governing body unveiled a tentative schedule Monday that begins with a series of regional events in August before a national lineup of meets kicks off in early November — all leading up to next summer’s Olympic trials in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Tokyo Games.
“It gives us a little bit of hope,” Hali Flickinger, a 2016 Olympian who trains in Arizona, told The Associated Press. “Everything is kind of stale right now. I have no idea what’s going to happen — nobody does — but at least we have something to look forward to in the future.”
Tentative is the key word, for sure.
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Beach crowds lead California to increase health warnings
California’s Governor Gavin Newsom urged residents to stay away from crowded beaches, after people flocked to the coast over the weekend.
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What’s The Risk Of Getting COVID-19 From Having People Over To Swim?
In our series “What’s the Risk?” experts weigh in on what risks different scenarios pose for transmitting COVID-19.
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Ask the Man: Perfecting Your Kick on the Swim
Dave goes over techniques to swim smarter and faster by practicing the kick. Questions were fielded by HUUB sponsored athletes.
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Episode 22 – Summary of the Series: Using Swimming Drills to Improve Your Freestyle Swim Stroke | Swim Smooth
In this 22nd and final episode in this series, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, summarises the benefits of doing drills to help refine your swimming technique and how important it is to transition immediately into the stroke following the drill (where possible).
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Yoga for Swimmers Express Class – Lower Body Mobility
Lower body mobility is needed not only to be able to kick effectively, but swimmers require mobility in the lower body to achieve ideal body position in the water and achieve power in their starts and turns.