Tag: featured
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Chad le Clos on Rio 2016
South African swimming star Chad le Clos speaks about his plans for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, visiting the city, and being in the media spotlight.
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SwimBritain 2014 Launches
Now in its second year, British Gas SwimBritain is supported by a host of big-name swimmers including fellow London 2012 medallists Ellie Simmonds, Michael Jamieson and Becky Adlington alongside funny man David Walliams, who all completed the challenge at events around the country last year alongside thousands of swimmers. Find out more and register for…
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Swimmer suicide report finds Mizzou failed to follow federal law
See KSDK and KMOV An independent report released Friday says the University of Missouri failed to follow parts of the federal law that governs sexual harassment on campus when handling the case of a former swimmer’s suicide. The report concludes administrators on the Columbia campus should have investigated 20-year-old Sasha Menu Courey’s 2011 death after…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen gives up sweets in pursuit of world record
At the Danish Open / European Trials in March, Rikke Møller Pedersen was only 0.83 sec from the 200 meter breaststroke world record, that she set at the Barcelona 2014 World Championships. She wasn’t fully rested at the trials, but is that now at the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2014, with a declared mission to take…
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New research suggests 3-5 min of 30s sprints as healthy as 1 hour at moderate speed
See the research article on Hindawi A new study performed in the Faroe Islands suggests that it is as effective for cardio-vascular health to do 3-5 minutes of (effective) high-intensity swimming, as it is to swim for an hour at a more moderate pace. To test the hypothesis that high-intensity swim training improves cardiovascular health…
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A Tale of Two Atolls
Save Our Seas Foundation’s director of conservation and National Geographic Magazine photographer, Thomas P. Peschak, has always been fascinated by the ocean. He has spent much of his career as a scientist and and photojournalist searching for a pristine marine wilderness. He discovered his “holy grail” of marine environments in a remote section of the…
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You Can Play – Libby Trickett And Others Promote Anti-Homophobia Campaign
See youcanplay.com.au You Can Play is a national Anti-Homophobia in Sport Initiative bought to you by Play by the Rules. Play by the Rules is a national program that promotes safe fair and inclusive sport. It is supported by multiple government and non-government partners including the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Human Rights Commission, all…