Month: June 2014
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1936 Olympian Adolph Kiefer still gets a kick from swimming
See Chicago Tribune Adolph Kiefer, a 96-year-old Chicago area swimmer who won a gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, talks about his lifetime of swimming. Kiefer is also an inventor and innovator of new products related to aquatics competition. http://youtu.be/XWBa-X4z4D0
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Olympian Ariana Kukors ‘un-retires,’ making a comeback
See King5 She has been our colleague, our friend, and a local businesswoman. It has been the life, after swimming, for Ariana Kukors. She spent the Sochi Olympics serving as a special correspondent for our local newscasts. It was there, while watching the Olympic cauldron, that something sparked within the 25-year-old. “(We) were standing together…
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Meet a 94-year-old ocean swimmer
See Today Charlie Christianson is 94-years-old and still swims in the ocean every single day. Olympic swimmer Libby Trickett chats with Charlie about his life and love for the beach. http://youtu.be/1NdgePH_QG4
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Shark Man – Free Diving with Tiger Sharks
In this web episode we follow Mark Addison of South Africa’s Blue Wilderness free-diving with tiger sharks at Aliwal Shoal. Mark explains his passion for these majestic creatures. http://youtu.be/fr4pFkYWEH8
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7News reveals shock allegations against former Australian top swim coach Terry Buck
See 7News The police statement that condemns one of Australia’s top swimming coaches, who somehow escaped arrest and prosecution over decades of alleged child sex abuse, has been revealed by 7News.
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Katie Ledecky 8:11.00 and World Record in the 800 free
Read SwimmingWorld Katie Ledecky put an exclamation point on a thrilling meet this afternoon with a world record in the women’s 800m free during the final day of racing at The Woodlands Senior Invite. Ledecky, who lowered her own world record in the 1500m free on Thursday, broke her second world record of the meet…
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Daniel Tranter learns to pack a punch in pool
Read Sydney Morning Herald He has chalked up hundreds of kilometres in the water but it is the countless hours swimmer Daniel Tranter has spent throwing leather in a sweaty Campbelltown boxing gymnasium that has braced him to ”fight” every inch of the the 200-metre individual medley event at next month’s Commonwealth Games.
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Swim team teaches water safety
See WGRZ With the summer months comes the return to the nice, cool water for some relief … and the danger that comes with it. So the Buffalo City Swim Racers held their fist Water Safety Festival at City Honors School on Saturday. They’re teaching kids how to stay safe in the water this summer…
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Hats Off: Students find ways to make duct tape and cardboard poolworthy
Read Lubbockonline Seven boats constructed only of careboard and duct tape raced across the Pete Ragus Aquatic Center recently in the first Texas Tech/Lubbock Independent School District STEM challenge. The boats were all occupied by four middle school students. The O.L. Slaton team won the competition.