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October 19, 2006 Swimming Pool News


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Swimming with a Purpose
Most swimmers want something from their efforts. You might want to set a new personal best, or finish an event that you see as a challenge. Or even enter that...

How to Use the Vasa Swimming Ergometer for Ironman Triathlete Swim Training
Assessing a triathlete's benchmarks for swimming endurance, power, swim stroke rate, and tracking general improvement depends on the individual’s current ability level, as each swimmer is at a different...

Committees forming to aid in swimming pool project (Southwest Iowa News)
Several resolutions and an update on the Logan swimming pool consumed the Logan City Council agenda Monday night.

Swimming Pool Ventilation Problems and Coughing Swimmers
A swimmer writes: I'm swimming warm up feeling pretty good. Then we start doing some quick sets get the heart rate going, breathing a little heavier, and I feel this...

International Swimming Hall of Fame 2007 Honorees
The International Swimming Hall of Fame has announced its 2007 group of inductees. The list includes two swimmers, one diver, one synchronized swimmer, one water polo player, and two coaches....

Swimmer Ken Marchant Has Proven His Swimming Prowess Once Again
Swimmer Ken Marchant has proven once again that he is in a class by himself. The 78-year-old competed in the 25th annual St. Mary's Swimming Championships on September 20 and...

WOMEN DEMAND DISCOUNTED MONTHLY PASSES TO USE SWIMMING POOLS (Central News Agency)
Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA) Young women in Taiwan are fighting back against swimming pool owners for charging them the same price for monthly passes as men, despite the fact their menstrual period prevents them from using facilities nearly a week out of every month.

Health Department Seeks Stagnant Swimming Pools (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)
The Pima County Health Department is knocking on doors and looking over fences, all in search of swimming pools turned mosquito breeding grounds in the West Nile Virus hot zone in midtown.

Whitehall staff enjoy swimming pool while squaddies sweat (Evening Standard)
Foreign Office bureaucrats are enjoying the delights of a swimming pool in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces, while British soldiers complain of water shortages and are being forced to use chemical toilets.

Buying a Triathlon Wetsuit for the Swim Leg of a Triathlon
Wearing a triathlon wetsuit (or do you say triathlon wet suit?) should give you a potential or an actual swimming speed boost. You do not have this free swim speed...

Aussie swimming boosted by hit-tech pool (Independent Online)
Australia has opened a R95-million Recovery and Swimming Centre with the world's most technologically advanced pools in an attempt to strengthen their team ahead of the 2008 Olympics.

2006 Golden Goggle Awards Voting - The Best US Swimmers of 2006
USA Swimming has released the nominations for the 2006 Golden Goggle Awards, a red carpet event celebrating the year’s top performances in competitive swimming in the USA. The star-studded celebration...

Swimmers, Put Some Speed in Your Swimming Workouts
One of the goals of competitive swimming is to get faster. That's obvious. There are thousands of ways to swim faster, and every swim coach and swimmer has great ideas....

Hi-tech pool to boost Aussie swimming at Beijing Olympics (TODAYonline)
Australian Grant Hackett swims in Olympic trials in Sydney, 2004. One of the world's most technologically advanced pools was officially opened at Australia's renowned Sports Institute, in a bid to strengthen the country's chances at the 2008 Olympics.

Swimming pool delay as poison soil found (Cambridge Evening News)
NEWMARKET'S longawaited new swimming pool is months behind schedule following the discovery of contamination on the site, it has been revealed.


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