Year: 2017
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Friendship and competition at the 2017 Manatee County swim meet
Bayshore High’s Ryley Ober, a two-time defending state swimming champion, won the 100-yard freestyle and took second in the 100-yard backstroke. The latter event saw club teammate Anna Freed win. Ober discusses her friendship with Freed and how the Bradenton Christian swimmer pushes her in practice and at competitions. Video by Jason Dill.
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Rituals – Gustavus Swim & Dive 2017
The goal of this video is to capture the everyday rituals of a swimmer at Gustavus Adolphus College. A big thanks to Tanner Sonnek for being the main subject of the video!
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Arctic Swim 2017 | Official Video
‘Official video report from the fifth stage of the X-Waters – an international open water swim series.’
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Olympics: Tokyo finds high bacteria levels at open-water swim venue
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers said on Wednesday that tests showed levels of E. Coli up to 20 times above the accepted limit and faecal coliform bacteria seven times higher than agreed at the planned venue for marathon swimming and triathlon. Organisers have vowed to improve the water quality to ensure the safety of athletes, including…
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Looking for savings, Olympics contemplates slashing funds for athletes village
Olympic athletes hoping to live it up at the 2020 Games in Tokyo may be in for disappointment. In an attempt to save funds, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday it will consider revising the “level of service†provided at the athletes village, the area set aside for athlete accommodations at the Olympics. “We are putting…
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Las Vegas shooting: Michael Phelps attends country festival, says he’s safe
Olympic swimming champion and Phoenix-area resident Michael Phelps took to social media Monday to say he is safe after attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas this weekend. Phelps, and his wife Nicole, attended the three-day music festival with friends Friday night, he wrote on Instagram. The couple saw Friday’s headliner, country…
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Malaysia police arrest aquatics coach over alleged rape of national diver
Malaysian police said on Tuesday (Oct 3) they have arrested an aquatics coach over the alleged rape of a national diver. The coach, who is a 35-year-old man from China, was arrested on Monday, police said in a media release. According to police, the victim made a police report that she was raped on Sep…