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Ben Smith, the Bermuda swimming coach, believes the sky is the limit for Elan Daley after she built on her burgeoning reputation as one of the island’s most promising talents, with yet more national record-breaking performances.
Daley came to promine...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley
Alia Atkinson had no idea she had become a “poster girl” for black swimmers until competing at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, last year.
Atkinson said she was flattered and slightly surprised to discover her exploits had blazed ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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Alia Atkinson, one of the most influential black swimmers, has offered an outsider’s perspective on the non-Bermudian “belongers” debate and says it must be “heart-wrenching” for them to be denied the opportunity to represent a country they call home...
DATE: Feb 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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A host of Bermudian swimmers were treated to a memorable lesson this week as Roland Schoeman, an Olympic champion, passed on his experiences and expertise at a camp hosted by the Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association and its member clubs.
Schoeman, wh...
DATE: Feb 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Jesse Washington has made a blistering start to the new year competing for Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Washington, a multiple Carifta Championships medal-winner, won the 50 metres freestyle and 100 butterfly competing against Loyo...
DATE: Feb 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Ben Smith, Bermuda’s national swim coach, believes the island could send its strongest team to compete at the Carifta Games in the Cayman Islands in April.
After last weekend’s final meet for athletes to achieve qualification at the Bermuda Amateur S...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley
Top swimmers Alia Atkinson and Roland Schoeman are sharing the secrets of their success at a coaching camp at Saltus Grammar School this week.
The four-times Olympians are coaching some of the island’s aspiring youngsters at the weeklong camp, organi...
DATE: Jan 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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Latroya Pina thought it was a scam when she received a Facebook message from someone claiming to be an athletic official for Cape Verde asking whether she would be interested in swimming for the African island nation.
At first, it seemed slightly far...
DATE: Jan 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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Athletes from Howard University will headline more than 130 swimmers from four universities scheduled to train simultaneously at the National Sports Centre aquatics and fitness facility next month.
This is the latest in a four-year wave of elite swi...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Warwick Academy’s high performance swim team returned from the Speedo Winter Championships in Plantation, Florida, with a medal haul, while one student also secured qualification for next year’s Carifta Championships in Barbados.
In only the second y...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sam Murley