Year: 2018
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Atlanta Swim 1922 Clinic with Lia Neal
Lia Neal shares her experience from the Swim 1922 Clinic that took place as part of the TYR Pro Swim Series at Atlanta.
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2018 Pac-12 Hall of Honor Inductee: California swimmer Matt Biondi
Former Cal swimmer Matt Biondi is a member of the 2018 Pac-12 Hall of Honor class. During his time at Cal (1983-87), Biondi won 12 NCAA championships and 14 conference titles, eventually earning the Pac-12 Men’s Swimmer of the Century honor in 2016. He was a three-time Olympian, earning 11 total medals.
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Senior Olympic Hopeful Swimmer Stan in Delray Beach
“My mother influenced me because she could swim, and my father influenced me because he couldn’t” :-)
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US Olympic Swim Team Captain on the Phlex Edge
We are 2 weeks into our campaign for the EDGE, a revolutionary swimming fitness tracker that has been met with incredible support by the swimming community. We figured as we go through the campaign, we would not only highlight the vital features that the EDGE has to offer for swimmers, but some of the people…
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What Marketers Can Learn From The Declining Olympics Viewership
There was a day when we all sat down, as families, to watch the Olympics. We carved out time in our weekends and each night to watch key events. Today, that is not the case. A February 2018 Gallup poll showed that 61% of Americans didn’t plan to view the Olympic Games at all. The number of older…
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‘In the water you’re weightless’: the 99-year-old swimmer breaking records
George Corones waited nearly 100 years for a world record, and then two came along at once. The 99-year old Queenslander, who is wary of causing too much fuss, broke his first on Wednesday last week and by Saturday he had two to his name. He hit the wall at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre…
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#SwimBiz: The Evolution of Social Media with Elizabeth Beisel
Olympian Elizabeth Beisel talks about the evolution of social media and professional athletes and the importance of posting with a purpose.
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Faroe Islands Steps up Campaign for Olympic Recognition
Faroe Islands have stepped up their campaign for Olympic inclusion here today and called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to grant recognition in order to boost sporting opportunities. Read Inside the Games, BBC, AIPS, Around the Rings and see Faroe Olympic on Twitter and this brochure Tweets by FaroeOlympic
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US swimmer Mike Alexandrov accepts 1-year doping ban
Mike Alexandrov, a former Bulgarian Olympian and U.S. national team member, has accepted a one-year doping ban. The 32-year-old swimmer who lives in Los Angeles tested positive for benzoylecgonine and methylecgonine, which are metabolites of cocaine, as the result of a urine sample he provided at a meet in Santa Clara, California, last June. The…