Tag: featured
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1936 Olympian Adolph Kiefer still gets a kick from swimming
See Chicago Tribune Adolph Kiefer, a 96-year-old Chicago area swimmer who won a gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, talks about his lifetime of swimming. Kiefer is also an inventor and innovator of new products related to aquatics competition. http://youtu.be/XWBa-X4z4D0
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Shark Man – Free Diving with Tiger Sharks
In this web episode we follow Mark Addison of South Africa’s Blue Wilderness free-diving with tiger sharks at Aliwal Shoal. Mark explains his passion for these majestic creatures. http://youtu.be/fr4pFkYWEH8
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Katie Ledecky 8:11.00 and World Record in the 800 free
Read SwimmingWorld Katie Ledecky put an exclamation point on a thrilling meet this afternoon with a world record in the women’s 800m free during the final day of racing at The Woodlands Senior Invite. Ledecky, who lowered her own world record in the 1500m free on Thursday, broke her second world record of the meet…
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Hats Off: Students find ways to make duct tape and cardboard poolworthy
Read Lubbockonline Seven boats constructed only of careboard and duct tape raced across the Pete Ragus Aquatic Center recently in the first Texas Tech/Lubbock Independent School District STEM challenge. The boats were all occupied by four middle school students. The O.L. Slaton team won the competition.
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Polar Bears – The Quest for Sea Ice
Take a swim with a polar bear family as they traverse the Arctic Ocean in search of sea ice.
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Katie Ledecky 15:34.23 and World Record in the 1500 free
Read SwimmingWorld The American distance star just keeps on dropping jaws as NCAP’s Katie Ledecky smashed her own world record in the women’s 1500-meter free with a sizzling time of 15:34.23. Ledecky’s effort crushed her previous mark of 15:36.53 set at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, and provides a potentially scary time to come…
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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…
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This Is What All Backyard Swimming Pools Should Be Like!
See The San Francisco Globe What’s there not to love? Natural clean water, hand built, and so much cheaper than a traditional swimming pool.