Tag: COVID-19
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How Penny Oleksiak is managing life in isolation with a tip from Michael Phelps
A Michael Phelps book recommendation resonates with Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak more than ever these days. Oleksiak has read Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” multiple times since the American swim legend suggested the title to her. The 19-year-old dove back into the book when the COVID-19 pandemic forced her out of the pool in…
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Iceland’s beloved swimming pools lie empty during pandemic | AFP
The British have their pubs and the French have their cafés. For Icelanders though, it’s all about the pools. The country’s outdoor swimming pools are popular spots that lie at the very heart of Icelandic life, but have been closed for weeks because of the coronavirus. Watch this video on YouTube
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COVID-19 Survival Tips from Nathan Adrian
Competitive swimmer and 5x Gold Medalist Olympian Nathan Adrian shares insights and provides advice on how to stay focused on your dreams and goals as an athlete, and how to be a good man – as a friend, partner, and brother during COVID-19. Watch this video on YouTube
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Are You Allowed to Swim During the SOE? The A.G. Responds | Channel 5 Belize
For the latest news across Belize, visit: http://edition.channel5belize.com/ Watch this video on YouTube
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Core Conditioning with the City of Glasgow Swim Team
Core conditioning isn’t just for swimmers it’s for everyone. Watch this video on YouTube
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LEN confirms new dates for European Championships in Budapest (HUN), cancels Water Polo Cups
The 2020 European Aquatics Championships are now confirmed for 10-23 May 2021 The 2020 European Aquatics Championships in Swimming, Diving, Open Water Swimming, and Artistic Synchronised Swimming, originally planned for 11-24 May 2020 in Budapest (HUN) and provisionally re-planned at first for 17-30 August 2020, are now confirmed for 10-23 May 2021, in Budapest (HUN). The…
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COVID-19 can be caught from a swimming pool or drinking water? Coronavirus fact vs. fiction
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The pandemic is a nightmare for one local competitive swimmer
There’s nothing worse for an athlete than knowing they’re losing ground to their competition, especially in these times. And as Neal Jones reports, that nightmare is coming true for one local swimmer. Watch this video on YouTube
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Coronavirus: Like a long-distance swimmer, we must endure
Lewis Pugh, an ocean advocate who has swum in icy oceans and turbulent seas, knows about endurance and the elasticity of time. In a podcast late last year he spoke about the challenge of long-distance swims, and when I heard his words last week they resonated powerfully. ”The thing about long-distance swimming is how the…