Month: October 2019
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Brooklyn Swimmer Eleanor Holm Addresses Her Removal from Olympic Team for “Alleged Whoopie” (1936)
In September 1936 aboard a boat on which she returned to New York City from Europe, Eleanor Holm (also known as Eleanor Holm Jarrett), a Brooklyn born and raised swimmer, comments about her removal the previous month from the U.S. Olympic team because of what this British newsreel report refers to as “alleged whoopie,” aboard…
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Tourist In Iceland Ignores ‘Don’t Walk On The Ice’ Signs, Starts Floating Away On A Chunk Of Ice
We hope this guy’s friends got him a warm bath and a fresh set of clothes stat. See Digg
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High 5: Burlington High Girls Swim Team
Lynchie heads to the pool where he met up with the Burlington High Girls Swim Team that welcomed a new member to the squad this fall and that young lady became an instant, inspirational leader.
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Commuter plane carrying high school swim team crashes on Alaskan island
A commuter airplane carrying 42 people, including a high school swim team, went off the runway while landing Thursday at a small Alaska community on the Bering Sea. Peninsula Airways said in a statement that two passengers were critically injured and 10 others were receiving medical care. A school official said the swim team was…
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Senswim – a Video-Only Solution to Measure and Analyze Swimmers in Real-Time
Learn More about SenSwim – A video based tracking system for competitive swimmers that measure training components.
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The Social Kick Podcast #009 ISL Week 2 Reactions and Recent Doping News
The guys go over the 2nd ISL meet. Bryan is impressed over the camaraderie at the meet and Luke is blown away the fast swimming and “hard work†put in. In recent news with Conor Dwyer, the guy’s transition to performance enhancement. Bryan reminds us of his difficulties with the drug test schedule and its…
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“The support of the Y community was simply amazing.†– The Taylor Family
As longtime members of the YMCA of Central Florida swim community, the Taylor family knew that the Y was special. When the family was faced with tragedy last year, the Y swim community embraced the Taylors with love and support to help them keep going—and to help daughter Olivia persevere to become a National Champion…
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Florida man wrestles 8-foot alligator from swimming pool
On Tuesday, a Florida man wrestled an 8-foot, 8-inch alligator from a swimming pool in Parkland, Florida. Gator Boys‘ Paul Bedard posted an eye-popping photograph of him lifting the giant reptile above his head like a prize after the safe morning capture. Bedard said he got a call in the morning that the gator walked…