Year: 2018
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United Nations Drowning Prevention Group launched on World Water Day 2018
Ambassadors from across the world have highlighted the need for global drowning to be tackled if the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals are to be met by 2030. In an open letter on World Water Day (22 March), members of a newly formed UN group on drowning prevention, launched today, have called on the international…
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#SwimBiz Pros: All I Need to Know About Business I Learned From Swimming
USA Swimming CMO Matt Farrell hosts a panel on the benefits of swimming and how to talk about swimming and differentiate it from other sports with Susan Teeter, Ellen Lucey and Lindsay Mintenko.
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Swimming Instructor Accused of Abusing 40 Girls and Filming It With Underwater Camera
A swimming instructor in southwestern Germany is suspected of sexually abusing 40 young girls, and using an underwater camera to film some of the abuse. Baden-Baden prosecutor’s office spokesman Michael Klose told the dpa news agency Wednesday that the 33-year-old man, whose name wasn’t released, was first arrested in September in connection with six cases…
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Caeleb Dressel makes history with record 17.63 swim in 50 free at NCAA championships
Caeleb Dressel makes history with a record 17.63 swim in the 50 freestyle at the NCAA championships.
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Promo video for Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics released
The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang may have only just finished but already attention is turning to 2020 and Tokyo. Preparations for the 2020 games are well under way and organisers have released a promo video. One big point of the video is how sport has the power to “change the world and our future†with…
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Hidden Benefits Of Swimming
Swimming is often referred to the complete exercise and there are obviously good reasons for the same. Hence it would be interesting to delve a bit deeper and find out the various benefits and advantages associated with regular swimming. We are please to share the same over the next few lines. We are sure that…
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Japanese condom-makers hope for rise in sales with 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Japanese condom-makers are ramping up preparations ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, seeing a golden opportunity to showcase their world-record ultrathin products. For years, hundreds of thousands of condoms have been distributed for free to competitors at Olympic Games in a bid to encourage safe sex among the world’s fittest athletes. The tradition provides…
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James Guy Looking For Historic Medal Haul – Commonwealth Games
Interview with Team England swimmer James Guy as he looks ahead to the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast this coming April. Followed by footage of James with fans changing his shirt.