Month: April 2019
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Scott looking to take it one step at a time
With the British Swimming Championships less than two weeks away, Stirling based Duncan Scott is keen to focus on the task at hand, rather than getting ahead of himself. With Glasgow’s Tollcross International Swimming Centre playing host to the annual showdown of Britain’s best, the Commonwealth and European champion knows he needs to swim well…
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Grant Hackett’s final Gold Medal in Montreal 2005 #epicmoment
Grant Hackett’s most successful discipline was the 1.500m Freestyle Swimming. “The Giant from Australia” took his first gold medal in this discipline on home soil, at the FINA World Championships in Perth 1998 – and a lot more should follow. Watch how Hackett took his final Gold Medal at the 2005 Championships in Montreal!
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The Heart of a Swimmer vs. the Heart of a Runner
So, for the new study, which was published in November in Frontiers in Physiology, researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada and other institutions set out to map the structure and function of elite swimmers’ and runners’ hearts. The researchers focused on world-class performers because those athletes would have been running or swimming strenuously for…
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A swimming pool in the Anacostia? Study calls it ‘feasible’
A swimming pool in the Anacostia River? An environmental study shows the idea is achievable. The Anacostia Waterfront Trust [AWT], DC Department of Energy and Environment [DOEE] and SmithGroup, an architectural engineering firm, all contributed to a study that assessed the feasibility of a river swimming pool project. Photo by cabin in the hood
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100 Days to go – Gwangju 2019 counts down to FINA World Championships
Today marks the 100-day countdown to the FINA World Championships which will take place in Gwangju this summer. On this occasion, the mayor of the city of Gwangju, the mayor of the city of Yeosu and Korea’s most decorated swimmer and Gwangju 2019 ambassador, Park Tae Hwan, gathered to celebrate this important milestone for the…
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Bodies of Divers Found at the Bottom of Belize’s Great Blue Hole
The Great Blue Hole, a giant ocean sinkhole off the coast of Belize, is a beautiful and mysterious sight. Now, researchers working on an expedition of the sinkhole have released the first 3D maps of its interior and a minidocumentary on their submarine trip, including how they found mysterious marks and the bodies of long-lost divers…
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UCLA’s Maria Polyakova takes home Pac-12 Women’s Diver of the Year honors
UCLA’s Maria Polyakova named the Pac-12 Women’s Diver of the Year for the second time of her career after winning two Pac-12 crowns at the conference championships. The senior won the 1-meter (335.70) and 3-meter (350.70) springboards for her third and fourth career titles at the championships to earn Pac-12 Diver of the Meet, as…
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Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil named 2019 Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Year
Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil was named the 2019 Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Year after winning three individual events and contributing to four relay victories at the conference championships where she earned Pac-12 Swimmer of the Meet honors. She set a Cal and Pac-12 meet record in the 100-yard freestyle touching in at 46.35 and later…
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Cincinnati Swimming and Diving: Back to Back Champs
Hear from Coach Mandy Commons-DiSalle and members of the Bearcats’ swimming and diving team as they look back on the season and talk about being back to back men’s swimming and diving champions.