Tag: COVID-19
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Swim clubs want province to lift restrictions, so swimming lessons can resume
Learn-to-swim clubs are petitioning the Quebec government, in an effort to bring back swimming lessons in red zones. They claim the lack of instruction has been a key factor in the higher number of drownings in the province this year.
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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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Federica Pellegrini Announces She Has Tested Positive For Covid-19 On The Eve Of ISL Season
World 200m freestyle champion Federica Pellegrini has tested positive for Covid-19 with the International Swimming League set to start on Friday in Budapest. The 2008 Olympic gold medallist made the tearful announcement on her Instagram story, saying that she left a training session in Italy on Wednesday in pain and with a developing a sore…
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COVID Travel Day | Michael Andrew Vlogs
Flying to Budapest to kick off the 2020 ISL Season! So thrilled to be here, and gearing up to race with my New York Breakers family! Subscribe to follow along behind the scenes of the International Swim League while we quarantine here in Budapest.
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Rowdy Gaines advocates for reopening of pools amid pandemic
Rowdy Gaines’s passion for swimming is evident. “The reason why I keep doing the broadcast and NBC hires me, is the fact that I really show my passion,” NBC Olympic Swimming analyst and USA Swimming Director of Community Engagement Rowdy Gaines says. “I was so frustrated… To be able to reach out to those policymakers…
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Edina Swim Team Members Make College Decisions Factoring COVID Impacts
Another way that COVID-19 disrupted the sports world relates to the college transition. WCCO’s Norman Seawright III spoke with some girls’ swim team members from Edina High School, who had to be a lot more thoughtful about where they wanted to go, (2:56). WCCO 4 News at 6 – October 9, 2020