Category: Health
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Scottish Swimming Adult Swim Series 2015 Promotional Video
With events in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Stirling the Adult Swim Series is a great opportunity to brush up you swimming skills and meet new friends at the pool. To find out more go to http://www.scottishswimming.com/adults
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Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard speaks out about struggles with body image
Amanda Beard is a seven-time Olympic medalist, world record holder, and swimming superstar since the age of 14 when she first appeared on the international stage to compete – and win gold – at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.
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University of Arizona swim team signs 6-year-old battling leukemia
6-year-old Josie Coronado became the newest member of the University of Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team in February 2015. Josie is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia and loves all things Wildcats. Signing the national letter of intent is a day she will never forget, but it has also inspired her new teammates. See also
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Skill Acquisition and Injury Prevention- Rod Havriluk (USA)
FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic 2014, Doha (QAT) 1/12/2104
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Sport Nutrition in Aquatics – Dr. Margo Mountjoy (CAN)
FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic 2014, Doha (QAT) 30/11/2015
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Why a Quick Cold Water Swim Is Good for You
People have been taking dips in ice cold water for generations, both for pleasure and for generations-touted health benefits. It may seem crazy to plunge into freezing water for any length of time, but this video from the folks at DNews runs down some of the benefits—and sets the record straight on the dangers. See…
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Missy Franklin Surprises Swimmer With Rare Form Of Cancer
Gold medal swimmer Missy Franklin made a young woman’s holiday wish come true on Tuesday. Franklin visited a cancer patient at Rocky Mountain Hospital For Children. Rebecca Carcaterra was in the middle of her sophomore year of college when a tumor was found in her shoulder this October. She was diagnosed with a very rare…
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Despite injuries, Erin McNulty aims for Olympic tryouts
Erin McNulty has been swimming six days a week since she moved to Humboldt County when she was 11. In high school, McNulty was the fastest swimmer at the Humboldt Swim Club. Now age 20, she swims the fastest 100-yard butterfly on the Division I collegiate swim team at University of Hawaii — without being…
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Quadriplegic swimmer leans on love to push forward
The following is one man’s experience, through two parallel stories. The first story is of a swimmer named Dillon Connolly, a record-setter at Sprayberry High School in Marietta and the University of Southern California. He qualified for Olympic trials and then decided to train professionally. Then in September, he had an accident. “I remember everything,”…