Month: May 2015
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Adam Peaty: Double world record holder can get better
The 20-year-old became the first man to swim the 100m breaststroke inside 58 seconds when he set a time of 57.92 seconds at the British Swimming Championships in April, That came eight months after breaking the 50m breaststroke record. “There are lots of areas I can improve to get every millimetre out of myself,” Peaty…
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Katinka Hosszu: You Have To Enjoy The Pain
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu talks about her stacked schedule at the Arena Pro Swim Series Charlotte. Hosszu explains how you have to enjoy the pain by swimming as hard as you can, even in prelims. Every race is an opportunity to get better as a swimmer. See Swimming World
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Tennessee Fisherman Saves A Drowning Boater
A 19 year-old East Tennessee man was trying to spend a relaxing morning on the riverbank doing some fishing, but ended up in the water to save a man’s life. Daniel Baldwin is in love with the sport of fishing. If he’s not in class at The University of Tennessee, he’s on the river angling…
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Paul Giamatti Discusses Past Life As Competitive Swimmer on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Paul Giamatti has joined the small but impressive list of celebrities who were competitive swimmers before they achieved stardom, publicly discussing his past life in the pool during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live. On the show to promote his upcoming film San Andreas, Giamatti talked about growing up in New Haven, Conn., as “the…
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Bo Jacobsen starts up own coaching business
6-times Danish coach of the year Bo Jacobsen has decided to start his own coaching consulting business, see www.coachjacobsen.dk. Bo is brother and former coach of Danish swimming legend Mette Jacobsen, who also coached Jacob Carstensen to gold in the 400 freestyle at the 1997 World Short Course Championships. Bo was from 1994 to 2013 the…
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In Loving Memory of Coach Brian Goldman (1964 – 2015)
Brian Goldman died peacefully Sunday morning (May 10, 2015) after a long battle with colon cancer. He is survived by his wife, Michele, his two adored sons, Jared and Ben, his parents Jill and Alan Goldman, his sisters Betsy Goldman and Melissa Rouse, brother-in-law Scott Rouse, nephews Jake and Austin Rouse, brother and sister-in-laws Mark…
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Brock On your Block: Swim With Heart
Brock on your Block host Phil Brock talks with Mikey Flaherty of the organization Swim With Heart in Santa Monica. Swim With Heart focuses on children and adults with special need teaching them not only how to swim but how to also strengthen their bodies.
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Athens 2004 Official Olympic Film – Part 3 | Olympic History
In part 3 of the official film of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games we turn our attention to Swimming, Athletics and we see Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj attempt to claim Olympic glory.
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Watch Lewis Pugh swim in the world’s coldest ocean wearing a Speedo
Lewis Pugh swims in the life-threatening conditions of the Antarctic Ocean where killer whales, leopard seals and the freezing temperatures of the water could kill him. And he does it all while wearing a Speedo. Pugh recently completed three swims in the Ross Sea where the icy water is 29 degrees Fahrenheit, and the only…