Category: Swimming Pools
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Mermaid Ilaria Molinari trying out the Y-40 Deep Joy deepest pool in the world
Via SwimmingWorld A week ago, we reported on the pool being completed along with some amazing video footage from the facility. Today, we’re back with another beautiful image from this artistic location as Ilaria Molinari took to the pool in a mermaid outfit.
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Children petition against natatorium in University Park, Texas
Neighborhood children are petitioning against Highland Park Independent School District’s $15-$20 million plan to build a new swim center at Curtis Park. The park is considered the summer aquatic, social and recreational hub of University Park. “We think we should have a say in our community,†one child told CBS 11 News about their petition,…
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Y-40, the world’s deepest indoor swimming pool
The Hotel Terme Millepini in Montegrotto Terme, Italy is home to Y-40, the world’s deepest indoor swimming pool. The pool, which has a maximum depth of 137 feet, is designed for dive training, leisure diving, and underwater film and photo shoots. It features four underwater caves and an underwater viewing tunnel for onlookers. See Laughing…
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Hungary to stream EUR 54 million into building swimming complex
The central government and Budapest’s council will jointly finance a development of the Dagaly spa in the city’ northern 13th district from a budget of 17 billion forints (EUR 54.5m), the deputy mayor of Budapest said on Wednesday. Gabor Bagdy said the project will consist of two phases, one to complete the facilities for the…
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Defeat in battle to save Coventry’s Olympic-length swimming pool
The final nail was hammered into the coffin of Coventry’s Olympic-length swimming pool as councillors finally voted to shut it down. But hope of retaining a 50m pool somewhere in the city was resurrected after the council agreed to explore the option of building a new 50m pool somewhere else in the city, before the…
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Can You Grow All Your Food in an Old Swimming Pool?
With the rise of green living, it seems like gardens are popping up everywhere: in backyards and abandoned lots and on rooftops. However, when the McClung family moved into their Mesa, Ariz. home in 2009, they took one look at the empty swimming pool in their backyard and saw an opportunity for something completely unique.…
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Glasgow 2014: Officials insist records will stand despite defective pool floor
Commonwealth Games and FINA officials insist records set in the Glasgow pool will stand despite revelations that a technical hitch has left the floor stuck in an uneven position. The Tollcross pool has a moveable floor that allows the depths to be changed. But the floor became stuck fast the day before competition began on…
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Y-40 Swimming Pool Will Be The Deepest In The World
See Hashslush In Abano Terme, Italy, the construction of the deepest swimming pool in the world had begun in a hotel named Terme Millepini. Project architect and manager of the hotel, Emanuele Boaretto, started excavation for the Y-40 recently, which is a concept swimming pool for now. Devoted to driving professionals and amateurs, the pool will be the deepest on the planet, achieving its depth world record…
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Stirling prize longlist pits the Shard against Olympic Aquatics Centre
Read The Guardian The jagged form of the Shard, western Europe’s tallest building, is set to compete with the piscene curves of the London Olympics swimming pool for the title of best British architecture for 2014. Both structures have been selected on the longlist for the Stirling prize, the £20,000 annual gong awarded by the Royal…