Year: 2017
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FINA amends qualification standard times for Hangzhou 2018
Following our correspondence of 7th August 2017, please refer to the updated qualifying A and B times to be implemented for the Swimming competitions at the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) to be held in Hangzhou (CHN) from 3rd to 8th December 2018. See FINA memo attached and fina.org
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Le Clos planning to build swimming pool in Cape Town
He rules in pools all over the world but now Chad le Clos wants to build his own in the heart of Cape Town and hopefully attract a new generation of South African Olympic champions. The world and Olympic champion has his sights set on an established stadium where he hopes to drop in a…
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Michael Phelps on Having Another Baby
Michael Phelps and wife Nicole are pregnant with baby number two!
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Michael Phelps’ Multiple Wedding Celebrations
Michael Phelps and his wife Nicole had a good reason to celebrate their wedding multiple times… but then again who needs a good reason to keep celebrating?
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Capturing a Photo of a Swimming Polar Bear is Risky Work
A wildlife photographer spots a swimming polar bear, completing the last lap of its summer migration. It’s the perfect photo op–but it requires him to be dangerously close to the hungry animal.
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Alfred Nakache, Swimmer of Auschwitz – Hello Dippers #59
He was one of the best french swimmer of all time. More famous under the nickname of “The Swimmer of Auschwitz”, ha has been the main specialist of the “Breakstroke-Butterfly”. Back to his career and his brave life in this episode of Hello Dippers.
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A Transplant Games Athlete Tells Us About Her 60 Plus Gold Medals
It’s been raining gold for Nicole MacKenzie who’s won over 60 gold medals competing in both, the European and the World Transplant Games for team GB.
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Where Does Michael Phelps Keep his Medals?
There are only two people in the world who know where Michael Phelps’ Olympic medals are.
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USC Swim Captain Finds Hope After Paralysis
Dillon Connolly was on his way to having a successful swim career, but suffered a spinal cord injury in a swimming accident, which suddenly changed his life forever. Through Freedom to Live, Dillon learned the skills to achieve an independent life, which has allowed him and his girlfriend to find hope and build a future…