Tag: COVID-19
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European Youth Olympic Festival postponed for a year to 2022
The 2021 Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) has been postponed by a year, the European Olympic Committees (EOC) have said, to avoid a conflict in schedule with the re-arranged Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Originally scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 1, 2021, in Banska Bystrica in Slovakia, the Festival has been moved…
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Coronavirus forces Sarajevo teen swimming champ to train with tether in DIY pool
Twelve-year-old Iman Avdic is a junior swimming champion who has had to swap the Olympic pool in Sarajevo for an improvised pool in her grandparents’ greenhouse in Doboj due to the coronavirus lockdown imposed in the country, footage from Wednesday shows. “We train for two hours every day and try not to get bored. Swimming,…
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Ask the Experts: Can You Get Coronavirus From Swimming Pool Water?
We know many of you have questions about the coronavirus. Tram Mai speaks with a medical expert for answers.
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Some Sports May Have to Skip This Year, Fauci Says
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the leading public health expert on President Trump’s coronavirus task force, said this week that it might be very difficult for major sports in the United Statesto return to action this year. Various leagues have considered a number of options for restarting play that came to a halt in mid-March, as the extent…
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Faroe Islands Trying to Swim Safely Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
A quick run-through of the precautions that have put into place in Faroese swimming, by the Faroe Islands Swimming Association in cooperation with its swim clubs and the Faroe Islands Coronavirus Advisory Panel, in order to prevent a possible spread of COVID-19 cases during swim practices now when carefully opening up again after lockdown. For…
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Dolphins Swim In Normally Busy Waters In Turkey
A few dolphins were spotted swimming in the normally busy Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey on April 21. Marine traffic has slowed in the area because of the lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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How did swimmers truly feel when Tokyo 2020 was postponed?
In an extract from his podcast, Milorad Cavic gives his thoughts on the raw feelings swimmers may have had after the Olympics were postponed.