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August 30th, 2010
Having fun learning to swim with SwimStars
We are finally starting up again with our popular Swimstars courses after the summer break. Many children have practised and swum during their vacations this past summer and are eager to show what can. The aim is of course to take more SwimStars and learn to swim better and better. But also have fun doing it. The youngest (2,5 – 4 year old) doing the “Wassergewöhnung” are trying to take the Green, Turquois and Blue SwimStars and the oldest (7-10 year old) are doing freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and are even trying butterfly! The courses take place Saturdays (from 16.30) and Sundays (from 14.00) in the Turmwegschule near Rothenbaumchaussee. There are still a few palces left so if you are interested send us an email: christiansen@swimstars.de
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April 28th, 2010
The 100th SwimStar instructor Sven Mehl.
Last weekend the 100th SwimStar instructor got his SwimStar Certificate in Hamburg. It was the young (23) Sven Mehl who parallell with finishing his medical studies decided to upgrade his swim knowledge by learning the SwimStar teaching methods. Sven who will go in to his practical year now enjoys swimming and has participated in SwimStars camps and courses the past year. – “I will be busy working as a MD the next years but I feel that each child has the right to learn to swim and with the SwimStar method I found a way to teach the children correct techniques in a playful and fun way. I will, despite my busy schedule, keep on teaching. It is so rewarding and fun!”
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April 19th, 2010
Paul Biedermann, the World Champion and World Record holder in 200m and 400m freestyle and SwimStars were in Dillenburg the past weekend at the DVAG Cup to inspire and inform young swimmers and their coaches about the fun and importance of learning to swim and to swim technically correct!
Paul Biedermann and SwimStars
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April 2nd, 2010
Marvin Hamm, Philipp Eschenhagen and Constantin Pahl
SwimStars in Hamburg is growing, over 40 children in the swimschool in Turmweg and we are educating more swimStars instructors to meet todays and tomorrows demands. Last week three young men; Marvin Hamm, Philipp Eschenhagen and Constantin Pahl completed their SwimStars training and got their certification. Congratulations and welcome on board! Well done! The three young men are great role models for our children. If you are interested in learning more about SwimStars please visit:
www.swimstars.de
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April 1st, 2010
The Olympic Rings
After the successful introduction of Triathlon and Open Water swimming at the Olympics Masters swimming will be on the Olympic program from 2016 in Rio says a spokesperson yesterday in Lausanne after a 3 hour long meeting between IOC and FINA. The two organisations has agreed on introducing the more and more popular Masters swimming in to the Olympic program and now just details has to be decided. Decided is that Masters swimming will follow the ordinary swim program and that 50m butterfly, 50m backstroke and 50m breaststroke will be added to the program. It is not clear yet if the younger swimmers also will have the 50m races on their program.
The spokesperson: We have followed Masters Swimming for a while now and have seen how it has grown in popularity. Swimmers like Dara Torres, Mark Foster and Therese Alshammar have shown that you can still swim fast even if you have turned 30 or 40 years old and we see this as an important trend in the world. A trend that we in the Olympic movement want to be a part of. We will have to do some adaptations in the rules so that he first age group at the Olympics will be 40 years.
The General Secretary of the 2010 Göteborg World Masters Championships Ingmar Lundström says that it is difficult to estimate the impact this decision will have on Masters swimming world wide but he is sure that the interest in the Championships this summer on the Swedish westcoast will expand and that more than 15.000 swimmers now will enter the championships instead of the predicted 7.000.
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March 9th, 2010
The typical Masters swimmer: 35 to 55 years old, happy & top fit!
The numbers at the National Masters Championships brakes all records this year leading up to the World Masters Championships in Göteborg, Sweden. Sweden, Norway and Denmark are having more starts and participants than ever. The Sedish Masters which will take place in Växsjö 19-21 of March have 433 swimmers doing 1576 individual starts and 212 Relays, Norway who have their Championships this coming weekend (12-14/3) in Stavanger have even more participants with 465 swimmers and the Danish Masters which took place in Odense, the birthtown of Hans Christian Andersen, 850 starts. Not bad for little Denmark, but now we are just waiting for the record from the Finnish Masters that is in the first weekend in April. Finnish Masters are coming strong….. SISU power!
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February 1st, 2010
Sandra Aspholm brakes the Camp record in "under water swimming"; 65 meters!
Sandra Aspholm from Åland broke a personal best and the Camp Record in “Under water swimming” yesterday during SwimStars World Masters Camp on Tenerife. Sandra swam 65 meters under water without breathing, and that after a hard training session! Congratulations!
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January 17th, 2010
This is how it will look at Masters competitions from now on.
The FINA (The International Swimming Federation) Masters committeé has decided that the full body suits that we have been swimming in (in differnt forms, shapes and materials) the last 13-14 years will not be allowed anymore. Men kan wear swimsuits that goes down to the knee but do not cover knees or bellybutton. 
Read more on FINAS website: www.fina.org
Will new records be broken? Of course! Masters swimmers age up, brake new records which are broken again by other swimmers. Masters swimming is a fast growing sport and the level of the competitions and records are just getting better and better!
FINA also decided that the World Masters Championships 2012 will be held in Riccione, Italy! After successfully organising the World Masters in 2004 they get again the opportunity to host what I belive will be the biggest Masters competition ever! Looking foward to swim there again, especially since I then swim in a new age group! But first; lets meet in Göteborg!
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December 29th, 2009
Martti from Finland, one of my online swimmers at the training camp on T3, Tenerife
If you are training for a Masters Swim Championships, either the World Masters Games, the World Masters Championships or a National Masters Championships or a Triathlon you will need proper training. If you are training as you did when you were 18 at the age of 40 you are training wrong! If you wamt to know more about how to train either join one of my Masters swim Camps or contact me for a personalized training plan! And you know what? We are having fun!
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December 23rd, 2009
I love to sit on a parkbench and feed pigeons!
Swimming outdoors makes sure your training-sessions doesn´t go on too long!
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