Archive for February, 2010

  • Youth Olympic ambassador for Phelps

    Youth Olympic ambassador for Phelps

    Swimmer Michael Phelps has been named as the first official ambassador of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Phelps will support the games, which are held for the first time this year in Singapore, by encouraging young people to get involved. The 16-time Olympic medallist, who is currently watching the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, also revealed that the [...]

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  • Overcoming obstacles and taking it to the pool

    Overcoming obstacles and taking it to the pool

    When Fiona Stevenson was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was up for the challenge. Being a fighter she took measures to battle the disease; this included having a mastectomy. Upon recovering she was then left with not only hip dyplasia that delegated her to a wheelchair but further she “had lost all of [her] self-confidence,” [...]

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  • Never too late to learn to love the water

    Never too late to learn to love the water

    Forget that saying,”You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” because it’s never too late to learn how to swim. In fact, if you are secretly harbouring embarrassment at not knowing how to swim even though you may have entered into adulthood, you are not alone. Did you know that out of every five adults [...]

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