Year: 2017
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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
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Locals Swim Through Flooded Streets After Tropical Depression Maring Hits Quezon City
Locals in Quezon City were forced to swim through flooded streets after Tropical Depression Maring hit Philippines’ Luzon island, leaving many areas waterlogged. This footage shows West Riverside, a street in the San Antonio barangay (neighborhood) of Quezon City that was flooded with nearly three feet of water, judging from a scrawled marker written on…
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IOC admit votes may have been bought by Diack in Olympic Games bidding process
In a statement following the first morning IOC Executive Board here, they said they had taken “immediate action” regarding possible corruption in the election process. Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman was taken into custody last Tuesday (September 5) under suspicion of involvement in a vote-buying scheme in the Brazilian city’s successful bid for the event.…
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British man fined after becoming first person to swim across the Hoover Dam
A British man has become the first-ever person to complete the 660-foot swim across the Hoover Dam, albeit illegally. Arron Hughes, 28, was on a stag-do with a group of friends in Las Vegas and has been fined by police for swimming across the iconic stretch of water on the border of Arizona and Nevada.…