Reopening worries some citizens, medical professionals, and elected officials, but one Florida man is dedicated to doing what he can to flatten the curve. Attorney Daniel Uhlfelder said he will tour the state’s beaches on May 1 to remind fellow Floridians to stay home.
On May 1 I will be touring Florida in Grim Reaper attire reminding Floridians to stay home during the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/VvWqxI48Ec
But writer Bonnie Tsui reminds us that humankind also once sprang from — and still seeks — water.
Why do we swim? Tsui takes us from ponds to pools to surfers, racers and a few who have survived icy currents, seeking the answer in her new book, Why We Swim.
In this 21st episode, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, discusses a great drill called Broken Arrow which does an amazing job of helping you relax your upper back, neck, and shoulders prior to a hard swim.
A Cuban athlete is not letting a pandemic get in the way of her Olympic dreams, finding inventive ways to maintain a demanding training schedule in hopes of qualifying for the next Olympic Games in 2021.
Recently in an effort to get more people involved in logging sports “Timber†Tina Scheer contacted the Bangor Y to pitch the idea of community logrolling classes for children teens and adults. Logrolling also known as birling is a sport in which two people stand on a large floating log and try to maintain balance as it spins and bobs in the water. The objective is simple remain on the log the longest and you win. Fall in the water first you lose. This game was once practiced by river drivers who steered logs as they floated down streams and rivers to lumber mills.
Following the decision on 19 March 2020 to postpone LWC2020 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the ILS has discussed alternative solutions with the Italian Lifesaving Federation (FIN) and with the host of the LWC 2022. Both agreed with the proposed plan, which is to move the LWC 2020 to 2022, to keep the LWC 2024 at the Gold Coast, Australia and to plan the LWC 2026 in Agadir, Morocco.
Read ILSF and the official letter which mentions also the postponement of the General Assembly, and which has a grim prediction of how also 2021 will be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic:
The ILS Elective General Assembly and associated meetings planned to be held at LWC 2020
will now be held prior to the ILS World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2021 in Colombo Sri
Lanka in early October 2021.
It was agreed to postpone the LWC 2020 to 2022 and not to 2021. The reasons are:
There is much uncertainty regarding the continuing spread of Covid-19.
It is not likely that a medication or a vaccine will be available for at least a year to 18 months.
Until that time, continued movement restrictions will likely still be in force in 2021.
There is already a crowded global sporting calendar in 2021 because so many events are being rescheduled to the second half of that year.
Many ILS Member Federations are already reporting that their income streams have been seriously affected. It will take much of 2021 to recover their losses and they will not be able to afford to travel to an LWC that takes place in 2021.
There is also another major ILS event in 2021, namely the World Conference on Drowning Prevention. The Conference will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka in early October 2021.
The host federation, Italy, also needs time to recover financially from the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic so that it can deliver the rescheduled events.
If an LWC event was rescheduled to 2021, and 2022 was maintained in Morocco, there could be an adverse impact on both events as participants may not be able to afford to attend both events in relatively quick succession
This is be a very special episode from #FFTLive that will be relevant to ALL athletes across ALL sports. One of the greatest sprint coaches of all time and one of the greatest sprinters of all time will be discussing how a positive mental attitude affects performance.
On returning to the UK sprinter Anna Hopkin has decided to make Loughborough her new home – we caught up with her during the coronavirus lockdown to find out more about her decision.
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