Month: September 2017
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Inside Virgin Active South Africa’s ‘Safe to Swim’ programme
Virgin Active South Africa’s ‘Safe to Swim’ programme was started to ensure that all managers on duty at their health clubs would be prepared in case of an emergency in the pool. What was intended to ensure that their members would always be safe became an opportunity for staff to face their fears and learn…
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3 things I learned taking a baby swim class with Michael Phelps
It’s not very often the most decorated Olympian of all time is in your baby’s swim class — but when he is, you pay attention. Michael Phelps, his wife Nicole and 1-year-old son Boomer came to New York City this summer to participate in a swim class put on by the Phelps Foundation and Huggies…
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No One’s Buying Tickets to the Winter Olympics
Olympic tickets usually sell pretty quickly, but when the country on your northern border makes regular threats about launching nuclear weapons, that can have a chilling effect on sales. South Korea’s learning that lesson, as domestic ticket sales for the PyeongChang games, which start in roughly five months, have been incredibly slow. Of the 750,000…
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Michael Phelps wins celebrity golf event
Weather impacted the third round of the Omega European Masters Saturday, but Michael Phelps had time to win a celebrity event and Scott Hend leads by two. Video from another event
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Brock Turner Is Now the Literal Textbook Example of Rape
When Brock Turner was convicted on three felony counts last summer (assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, sexual penetration of an intoxicated person and sexual penetration of an unconscious person), he was sentenced to only six months in prison, with the expectation (now fulfilled) that he would be released after three.…
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How to get Michael Phelps fit and will his son Boomer become a swimmer?
You have to hear about his babies swimming lessons!
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Backstroke queen Emily Seebohm nominated for prestigious Don Award
World Championship gold medallist and Australia’s backstroke queen Emily Seebohm has today been nominated for one of the most prestigious sporting awards, ‘The Don Award’, presented by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. The Award is widely regarded as Australia’s leading contemporary sporting award and named in honour of Australian sporting Legend and our inaugural Sport Australia…
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Can Sam beat Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington?
Sam challenged 4 time Olympic medallist swimmer Rebecca Adlington to a swimming race! https://youtu.be/iK-LDSalrEA
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Michael Phelps talking about challenging Conor McGregor to a swim
“I did it as a joke” All of this talk… Should we race as well?? @TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/l3JoMgb1qT — Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) August 29, 2017