Month: March 2014
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IU football player Isaac Griffith walks for first time since swimming incident
See The Indy Channel Isaac Griffith has walked for the first time since being swept away by a rip current at Siesta Beach near Sarasota. Doctors also moved him out of the intensive care unit Friday. The Indiana University football player was on spring break when currents swept him into the Gulf of Mexico on Monday.…
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Swimming Australia bans sleeping pills
Read news.com.au Swimming Australia is going to help every member of the national swim team sleep naturally after declaring that the use of sleeping pills, including Stilnox is now banned. SA has joined with the NRL to ban the prescription drug in a move to repair its battered image and win back the respect of…
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Star junior swimmer Daniel Smith on comeback trail after drug addiction
Read news.com.au Aged 14, Smith won eight national titles in the single greatest gold medal haul since Ian Thorpe. He was touted as the next Thorpedo and, in Miami coach Denis Cotterell’s eyes, the best trainer he’d encountered since Grant Hackett. But if Ian Thorpe can’t cope with being Ian Thorpe, how can a 14-year-old…
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Music For Every Sport – A Few Ideas For Your iPod Playlist
See Audioflood For the Swimmer: Rather than staring at the same black line across the bottom of your lane, over, and over, and over again, many swimmers like to plug into a waterproof music player and add a little variety to their laps. Shape Magazine put together a 30 minute playlist for just those people:…
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Mark Gangloff and Julie Stupp review 2014 Tech Suits on SwimOutlet.com
SwimOutlet.com has unveiled its 2014 Tech Suit Review this Friday with eight new suits featured for the 2014 season. Last year’s tech suit review was the first annual suit review for the leading online retailer in aquatics in the United States. This year’s review again features the best swim suits on the market breaking down categories…
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Swimming Advisory Issued for Miami North Shores Beach
See NBC Miami Health officials are warning people not to swim at North Shores Beach after a strain of bacteria known to cause infections was detected in the water. The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County issued a swimming advisory for the waterfront area at 73rd Street and Collins Avenue in Miami Beach after…
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Troubled stars Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett to be offered mentoring roles with Swimming Australia
Read Herald Sun Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe will be invited back into the Australian team as mentors after Swimming Australia launched a scheme to help swimmers handle the pressure of life in and out of the pool. Hackett and Thorpe are in rehabilitation to overcome personal battles they have suffered since their careers ended,…
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Federica Pellegrini wants to swim at 2016 Olympics, then retire
Read NBC Sports Italian Olympic champion Federica Pellegrini wants to swim in a fourth Olympics before calling it a career. “I want to swim in the Olympics of 2016, then I will leave,†she told Italian magazine Grazia, according to Italian reports. â€I want to be a wife, mother, with a quiet job. “I am…
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Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol test the Omega Backstroke Start Device
See FINA How to use the device: At the start, the toes of both feet must be in contact with the end wall or face of the touchpad. Bending the toes over the top of the touchpad is prohibited. The ledge may be adjustable to 4 cm above or 4 cm below the water level.…