Category: Swimming Pools
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ReykjavÃk’s Empty Pools: Video
Did you ever wonder what the swimming pools in ReykjavÃk look like these days, when closed? Steinar Þór Ólafsson, communications director, visited them recently to take a look. All swimming pools in the capital are have remained closed since October 7, in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. Steinar tells mbl.is the closure gave him…
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Paris 2024 scraps temporary aquatics venue in cost control measures
The Paris 2024 organising committee has made further revisions to its construction plans, announcing that it will no longer build two temporary venues as part of a suite of cost control measures to ensure the French city delivers the Olympic Games within its initial €3.8bn ($4.5bn/£3.5bn) budget. Paris had originally planned to build a permanent…
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Tollcross swimmers resurface amid concern for Glasgow Life properties
Taking the plunge for the first time in over 6 months – the reopening of Tollcross international swimming centre has been a long time coming for these regulars. While it was all smiles poolside there’s been a swell of concern around the delayed opening of many Glasgow Life venues. The charity operates 171 libraries, museums…
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Announcement of Grand Opening Ceremony of Tokyo Aquatics Centre
We are pleased to announce that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) will hold a grand opening ceremony of the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Saturday 24 October 2020. The Tokyo Aquatics Centre is one of the new permanent venues TMG has constructed and will be used as the venue for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo…
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Are Pool Main Drains Dangerous? | Swimming Pool Steve
From http://www.swimmingpoolsteve.com/page… – Learn about the dangers posed by swimming pool main drains. In recent years new pools are built with anti-entrapment materials and installation standards. There are still many older pools that do not meet these standards and pose the risk of trapping swimmers underwater. Pools should be built with anti-entrapment standards as defined…
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Canterbury Year 12 students visit the almost completed Aquatic and Tennis Centre
The completion of the much anticipated Canterbury Aquatic and Tennis Centre is only weeks away so we took our Year 12 students for a sneak peek viewing of the construction, and to experience standing in the empty 10-lane 50m pool. Very soon they will return for a pool party as the first swimmers to go…
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‘Coach Rich’ vows to rebuild aquatic center after Hurricane Sally destroyed it
Rich Suhs was last inside the indoor aquatic center he’s owned for 11 years on Tuesday, checking chlorine levels in the two swimming pools where thousands of young girls and boys first learned how to swim. “I figured we would lose power at some point,†said Suhs, who is affectionately known as “Coach Rich,†and…
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French swimming pool rental platform surfs the heat wave | AFP
With the balmy summer temperatures continuing well into September in the Paris region, some of those lucky enough to own a swimming pool are renting them out on a daily or half-day basis. Founded in July 2017, the Swimmy platform has more than 2,000 users and offers around 500 swimming pools.
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