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Swimming sets ‘strict’ rules for individual Russians to return to competition before Paris Olympics
FILE - Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee poses with his gold medal for the men's 100-meter backstroke final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. A statement from swimming's world governing body, FINA, on Thursday, April 21, 2022, announced that Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
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Woman seriously injured by rare shark bite off New York City’s Rockaway Beach
Visitors stand at the waters edge near a red flag warning visitors that swimming is prohibited off Rockaway beach, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in the Queens borough of New York. A woman was critically injured when a shark bit her on the leg while she was swimming at a New York City beach, officials said. Rockaway Beach was closed to swimming and surfing on Tuesday as a precaution. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Why wellness guru Wim Hof loves cold plunges
first person
I swim in the Salish Sea because the cold water makes me feel so alive
olympics
Young Canadian male artistic swimmer can now aim for Olympics
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, the Olympic rings are reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is encouraging individual sports to consider “category qualifiers” — classified in some sports as “open” categories — to ensure transgender athletes will have events to participate in once they reach puberty. The USOPC finalized its two-page “position paper” at its board meeting earlier this month and released it Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, addressing a proposed path forward for transgender participation in sports. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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Amplify: The chilly joys of cold-water swimming
Greg Maitinsky is photographed preparing for a lake swim trial off Hamilton beach photographed on July 14, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. In August, Maitinsky will leave Niagara on the Lake and swim across the lake and land at Marilyn Bell Park, in Toronto.
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Caster Semenya is back, so is her sport’s thorniest problem
FILE - South Africa's Caster Semenya smiles after winning the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif. USA, Sunday, June 30, 2019. Semenya was listed on Friday, July 8, 2022 to compete at next week's world championships in Oregon, potentially setting up a surprise return to the big stage for the two-time Olympic champion and one of the most contentious athletes. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Swimming’s new transgender policy could impact other sports
FILE - South African long distance athlete Caster Semenya is on her way to winning the 5,000 meters at the South African national championships in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Bans on transgender women in international swimming and rugby this week opened the door for track and field to consider following suit in what could turn into a wave of policy changes in Olympic sports. The announcement Sunday, June 19, 2022, by swimming's governing body, FINA, was followed quickly by a show of support from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who was in Hungary for the swimming world championships. (AP Photo/Christiaan Kotze, File)
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Canada voted to ban transgender swimmers from women’s events
Swimming - FINA World Championships - Budapest, Hungary - June 21, 2022 Britain's Medi Eira Harris in action during the women's 50m backstroke semi final REUTERS/Marton Monus
opinion
Forget swimming pools – give me a cold lake any day of the week
Kathleen McDonnell
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Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan and Michael Phelps among those heading to U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame
FILE - Lindsey Vonn shows medals from her career as she holds a press conference after taking the bronze medal in the women's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)
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What I learned from 100 days of swimming
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Toronto’s Pan Am Sports Centre to host FINA Swimming World Cup in October
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Marathon swimming is a Toronto legacy worth reclaiming
Loren King
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Russian, Belarusian swimmers banned from world championships over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine
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University of Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas becomes first transgender woman to win NCAA swimming title
University of Pennsylvania transgender athlete Lia Thomas swims in a preliminary heat for the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)(AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Canada pulls out of swim championships in Russia
Swimming Canada honoured our 1980 Olympic swim team at a ceremony during Saturday's Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
first person
Cold-water swimming helps me make peace with my body
phys ed
Making the distinction between fitness tools and ‘gadgets’ can be a challenge
Paul Landini
canada
With pools closed during COVID-19 lockdowns, many swimmers took to the open water instead
Margot Begin, takes part in open water swimming at Cherry Beach on August 3, 2021. With the pandemic keeping swimming pools closed, Begin began open water swimming this year at Cherry Beach. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Canada’s Claudia Holzner and Jacqueline Simoneau miss podium with fifth-place finish in artistic swimming
Claudia Holzner of Canada and Jacqueline Simoneau of Canada during their performance in artistic swimming, Aug. 4, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
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Tokyo Olympics: Penny Oleksiak's path to a record seven medals
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Brent Hayden is back for his fourth Olympics after finding new perspective in the pool
Brent Hayden reacts to teammates in the stands after the men’s relay team’s fourth place finish in 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. July 26, 2021 (Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)
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Penny Oleksiak shows up when it matters, and that’s why she’s Canada’s greatest summer Olympian
Cathal Kelly
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Tokyo Olympics: Gold for Maude Charron plus more silver and bronze for Canada
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Tokyo Olympics: Moments from Canada's first silver medals at the Games
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Legendary Olympians are great performers, and Penny Oleksiak is one of them
Cathal Kelly
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At the Tokyo Olympics, Canada’s swim team is taking a deep dive into the data pool
Canada’s deep dive into the data pool
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Canada’s youngest swimmer, Summer McIntosh, is ready to make a splash at Tokyo Olympics
Summer McIntosh smiles after winning the Women’s 800m Freestyle at the 2020 Olympic Swimming Trials in Toronto, Monday, June 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Kylie Masse swimming with Toronto Titans after long layoff from competition
Kylie Masse from Canada swims at the women's 4 x100m medley relay final at the Aquatic Centre during the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Canada won silver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Rick Rycroft
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Michael Phelps seeks out Penny for her thoughts
Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak is in training for the delayed Tokyo Olympics.
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Canada’s artistic swim team halts training, undergoing conduct review
LIMA, PERU - JULY 29: Team Canada compete in women's artistic swimming team - technical Routine at Aquatic Center of Villa Deportiva Nacional on Day 3 of Lima 2019 Pan American Games on July 29, 2019 in Lima, Peru. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
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Margaret Maughan, medal-winning wheelchair athlete, dies at 91
Margaret Maughan, medal-winning wheelchair athlete, dies at 91
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Swimming Canada announces plan for returning to the pool
Markus Thormeyer swims during the 2018 Team Canada finals in Edmonton on July 21, 2018.
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World Triathlon Grand Final in Edmonton cancelled due to COVID-19
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