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  • Dr. Mercola Interviews Olympic Athlete Arkady Vyatchanin

    Dr. Mercola Interviews Olympic Athlete Arkady Vyatchanin

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    Natural health expert and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Russian Olympic swimmer Arkady Vyatchanin on his experience with the standard American diet (SAD) and how it affects the performance of athletes in the U.S. https://youtu.be/YeOja98sSsA https://youtu.be/zn-oarprYaE

  • Russian Olympic medalist caught in country limbo

    Russian Olympic medalist caught in country limbo

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    Arkady Vyatchanin loves his country. He just doesn’t want to represent Russia at the Olympics. That stance has left the swimmer in legal limbo with the Rio Games less than five months away, the pawn in a political tug-of-war that again shows just how little the guys in charge actually care about the athletes. “I…

  • Arkady Vyatchanin demonstrates the Spectrum backstroke start device

    Arkady Vyatchanin demonstrates the Spectrum backstroke start device

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    See spectrumproducts.com Spectrum Aquatics, a leading manufacturer of commercial pool equipment, has recently developed an automatic anti-slip backstroke start “wedge” (patent pending) designed to improve the starts of competitive backstroke swimmers. Spectrum’s innovative backstroke wedge is compatible with any style of starting platform, works with any pool configuration, is easily adjustable, and automatically retracts up…

  • Arkady Vyatchanin to switch nationalities

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    Read AFP Two-time Olympic medal winner Arkady Vyatchanin has decided to quit swimming for Russia and represent another country, the Allsport news agency reported on Monday. “I believe that I can offer nothing else to Russian swimming,” Vyatchanin was quoted as saying at the Russian Cup final in Kazan. “I will continue my swimming performances…

  • Gregg Troy on Training Olympians and Gators

    Gregg Troy on Training Olympians and Gators

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    2012 Olympic Coach and University of Florida head coach Gregg Troy discusses the challenges of training Olympians and a nationally-ranked collegiate program at the same time. He also looks forward to 2016.

  • Ryan Lochte and Olympic Swimmers on the Slopes

    Ryan Lochte and Olympic Swimmers on the Slopes

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    “Olympic medalists Ryan Lochte, Aaron Peirsol, Conor Dwyer, Ous Mellouli, and Arkady Vyatchanin take to the sloes of Breckenridge CO. Lochte’s and Arkady’s very first time on the frozen kind of water. Virtually Ous’ first time.” – Next stop Sochi !! :-P

  • Russia’s Olympic swimming team finalized

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    The lineup of the Russian Olympic swimming team is complete, with 29 athletes earning the right to represent their country in London 2012, following the conclusion of the National Championships in Moscow. According to RT the one chance that Russian swimmers had to qualify for the Summer Olympics, which makes you wonder what the heck…

  • Russian Trials: Korotyshkin, Vyatchanin qualify for the Olympics

    Russian Trials: Korotyshkin, Vyatchanin qualify for the Olympics

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    At the Russian National Championships today, Alexander Tikhonov qualified for the Olympics with a 4:15.25 in the men’s 400 IM, Evgeny Korotyshkin and and Nikolay Skvortsov with a tight 52.07 to 52.08 in the men’s 100 butterfly ahead of Nikita Konovalov in 52.15, and Arkady Vyatchanin and Vladimir Morozov with 53.91 and 53.93 respectively in…

  • CC photo #8: Donets and Vyatchanin double world record at Istanbul 2009

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    So how often does this happen? – Russia’s Stanislav Donets and Arkady Vyatchanin on the Istanbul 2009 LEN European Short Course Championships podium, after both having set a new world record of 48.97, bettering Vyatchanin’s 49.17 from the semis the day before. Donets won gold in all three backstroke events, back then, and bettered the…