Month: September 2017
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Christopher Woodward’s Arctic Swim Day 5 Blog
The final day! Christopher hits his 30km target to raise money for The Garden Museum.
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Hickey resigns from IOC executive amid tickets scandal
Ireland’s former Olympic chief Pat Hickey has resigned from the International Olympic Committee’s executive board after becoming embroiled in a ticket-selling scandal at last year’s Rio Games. Hickey, 72, was arrested by Brazilian police during the Games and held in jail. He was eventually released on bail after the Association of National Olympic Committees loaned…
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See Why Jumping in a Pool Saved This Blind Woman’s Life | Short Film Showcase
Blind swimmer Vivian Stancil is a Senior Olympian, but she would have never gotten in the pool had it not been for a doctor’s dire warning.
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Seven sharks found in basement pool in New York
Lagrangeville, New York police found seven live sharks and three dead ones in a basement pool inside a home. The sandbar, leopard, and hammerhead sharks were between two and four feet long. According to the Associated Press, “marine wildlife experts took blood samples and measured and tagged the sharks before transferring them to the Long Island Aquarium…
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Ep. 4 – A Cruel Twist Threatens One Squad’s Dreams | Synchro Sisters
In the final episode, the Aquanuts and the Aquamaids go head-to-head as they compete at the most important synchro competition of the year.
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Whistle-Blower Says He Told of Rio Olympics Corruption Years Ago
A former sports official in Brazil said he told the International Olympic Committee about corruption among organizers of the 2016 Rio Olympics several years ago – long before law enforcement officers raided the home of Brazil’s top Olympic official this week during a continuing investigation into corruption and bribery. The police found the equivalent of…
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City Swim Roermond 2017
Roermond is an event richer: the Roermond City Swim. https://youtu.be/phQNyFyHiqM
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Irish Swimming club ‘in turmoil’ over claims head coach breached suspension
The national representative body’s complaints and disciplinary committee directed that head coach Pearse McGuigan be suspended from “all activities as a coach or otherwise with Galway Swimming Club†over his treatment of a 14-year-old swimmer at a gala last January. The complaint which led to his suspension related to his public reprimand of the teenager…