Year: 2020
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Estonians brave icy waters to break swimming relay world record
Estonians braved the dark and cold waters of the Baltic Sea on Friday (December 11) to set a new world record for the largest winter swimming relay, according to event organisers. Five hundred and five people took part in the challenge, which lasted for nearly five hours and covered a total distance of 12.6 kilometres,…
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Inspired by Mao, Wuhan river swimmers ‘reborn’ after virus lockdown | AFP
Even in winter temperatures of about 15 degrees Celsius (60F), a steady flow of hardy men and women wade into the brown waters of the Yangtze River in Wuhan and swim into the distance. The tradition pre-dates Mao, but it was embedded in Wuhan’s consciousness in 1966 when the then-73-year-old founder of communist China launched…
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LEN Champions League, Day 1 – Summary
Recco survives a tough test against Marseille The opening day almost produced the first upset as Marseille was on equal terms with Italian giant Pro Recco but the 8-times winner staged a great finish to clinch all three points. 2018 winner Olympiacos also struggled against Ortigia but secured a fine win while 2016 champion Jug…
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Cody Simpson Says He Qualified for Olympic Swimming Trials — and Gets Shoutout from Michael Phelps
Cody Simpson is one step closer to the Olympics. On Saturday, the 23-year-old Australian singer — who is also an avid swimmer — revealed that he had qualified for his first Olympic trials. “I’d love to share this personal milestone and let you in on my current journey as an athlete that I’ve kept relatively low key until…
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1⃣3⃣ – Fu Mingxia wins Diving Gold at just 13 years old | #31DaysOfOlympics
Chinese Female Diver Fu Mingxia won the platform-diving world championship in 1991 at the age of 12, making her the youngest diving champ of all time. She is also famous for being one of the youngest Olympic diving champions, having earned gold at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona when she was just 13 years…
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Slideshow: Ice hole swimming in Omsk, Russia
An ice hole was carved into the frozen Irtysh River for brave locals to take a dip on the opening day of the winter swimming season in Omsk, Russia
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Swimming & Autism: Overcoming Fear
This is Brian and this is his story. Brian, who has autism, used to love swimming with his family all summer long. In an unfortunate event, Brian sustained a seizure while in the water. Luckily, he was okay but was traumatized from the incident and has not wanted to return to the water since. Watch…
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Fastest Freestyle Swimming Technique – High Octane | The Race Club
Have you ever noticed everyone that swims the 50 freestyle in the Olympics has a very similar swim technique? It’s not a coincidence that the fastest way we (currently) know how to swim is with a straight or nearly straight arm recovery. Obviously, there are consequences to this technique as it drains energy very quickly.…