Swimming Pool Headlines
Swimming National Championships: Lots of ifs, ands or buts on Day 1 in pool (Asahi.com)
It was a bittersweet day in the pool for Japan's top swimmers at the national championships in Tokyo on Tuesday. Ayako Doi set a national record in the semifinals of the women's 100-meter butterfly, but will have to wait until tonight for a chance to claim the national title.
'Non-Muslim' Brit father and son banned from swimming in a pool (New Kerala)
London, Apr.19 : The Clissold Leisure Centre in North London is in a soup after it denied a non-Muslim man and his son entry to their swimming pool.
Swimming program inspired film; now its pool is closed (Philly.com)
SINCE IT OPENED in 1980, Marcus Foster Pool in Nicetown has been home to greatness. Swimmers who competed nationally and internationally refined their skills in the pool's blue waters. They learned strokes there that earned them college scholarships and even the attention of Hollywood. Last year's movie "Pride" celebrated the career of Jim Ellis, the aquatics coach who turned hundreds of city ...
School trustees tap 'tiny, perfect mayor' to mediate in swimming pool dispute (The Globe and Mail)
Trustees push 23 facilities to the brink of closing
Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament 16-20 April 2008
The "Good Luck Beijing" 2008 Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament starts April 16. Headed by many-time Olympic and world championships runners-up Japan, a number of strong teams will vie...
Spain Outclasses China And Japan To Take Duet Gold at 2008 Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament
Spain's Gemma Mengual and Andrea Fuentes won the first gold medal of the Olympic Games Synchronized Swimming Qualification Tournament 2008 with a world class Free routine during the duet final...
Public pool bars father and son from its 'Muslim-only' swimming session (Evening Standard)
A father and his five-year-old son were turned away from their local swimming pool because they were the wrong religion. David Toube, 39, and his son Harry were told that the Sunday morning session was reserved for Muslim men only.
Waterproof iPod Case - Swim With your iPod
Swimming pools, lakes, oceans, rivers, and the gym (think sweat) could destroy your iPod. Water and electronics have never gotten along very well. What if you could listen to music...
Ryan Lochte Breaks Third World Record at 2008 Short Course World Swimming Championships
Team USA's Jessica Hardy and Peter Marshall took home individual gold medals, bringing the U.S. overall medal count to 11 (eight gold, two silver and one bronze). In the meantime,...
Sleep Deprivation Can Hinder Sports Performance
Logic would say that getting enough sleep is important for optimal sports performance, but there wasn't much evidence to support this theory -- until now. Some recent studies have found...
Ryan Lochte Sets Another World Record, Team USA Wins Trophy at FINA 2008 Short Course World Swimming Championships
Team USA and Ryan Lochte ended the 2008 FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships on a high note Sunday, taking home the Championship trophy for their overall performance in the...
City of Leesville proceeding with plans for new swimming pool (Leesville Daily Leader)
In its regularly scheduled meeting last Monday, the Leesville City Council resolved unanimously to authorize the City to begin advertising for bids for a swimming pool.
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