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Swimming coach Malaysia accused of rape athletes
Sports in Malaysia has just received a shock when authorities officially announced the case of a famous coach of this country’s swimming team and were indicted for raping a talented female athlete who is being evaluated as a hope in the 2020 Olympics.
According to AFP, coach Huang Qiang (35) was accused of raping a 20-year-old athlete of diving (anonymity for legal reasons) of the Malaysian swimming team at a gym in the Bukit Sports Complex. Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on the afternoon of September 26. Cheow Wee, the victim’s lawyer, said Huang did not deny the charges when summoned to a court in Kuala Lumpur on 11 October. Coach Huang, who was born in China but has Malaysian nationality and now has a wife and two children, will face up to 30 years in prison if convicted. This is the first sex scandal in Malaysian sports in more than 2 decades.
“She was injured but now has to deal with the public. The organizations and associations involved are doing their utmost support for her and her family”, Cheow said of the raped female athlete. Traditional media in Malaysia also said the incident occurred when the above-mentioned female athlete was in the process of training and training with the national swimming team in order to compete in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo (Japan).
The above information attracted interest in the Malaysian sports village by coach Huang, who was quite famous in his career before coaching. Huang competed for the Chinese swimming team and won the gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games at the age of 16. This coach then won the gold medals for the men’s 10m doubles at FINA Diving World Cup 2000 and World Cup Living 2000 in Sydney (Australia). In 2011, Huang was granted Malaysian nationality and qualified to represent this country to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games. According to AFP, Huang coach is now released on bail after a guarantee of 50,000 ringgit (about 11,800) and forced must return the passport to prevent escape from escaping. The next hearing for Coach Huang is scheduled for 6.11.
Jumping is considered one of the strongest sports in Malaysia. Most recently, Pandelela Rinong and Cheong Jun Hoong won the silver medal in the women’s 10m doubles event at the 2016 Olympic Games. Malaysia also recently won 13 sports gold medals mentioned above at the 29th SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur.
Practice breathing properly underwater
As for swimming, it is important to learn how to breathe underwater because it directly determines whether you can learn to swim or not. Some of you for a personal reason, such as fear of water, fear of choking water, fear of drowning, you cannot practice swimming.
Swimming is completely instinct for survival and of course, we can breathe in the water although it will be different from breathing on land many times. The following article will send to you some knowledge to practice breathing properly underwater.
1. Practice breathing on land
Breathing is an activity that proves the existence of life, so this is an activity everyone does every day. Normal daily breathing is simply breathing in through the nose and exhaling with both the nose and mouth. However, when practicing breathing techniques in swimming, it is completely opposite to normal breathing. You will have to breathe in through your mouth and exhale through your nose. You just need to open your mouth to take a breath, then exhale through your nose and then continue to open your mouth to breathe, you stand on the shore to practice many times to get used to it before you enter the water.
2. Practice breathing underwater
Once you get used to the breathing technique practiced on the ground, warm up your body and then go into the water to learn the technique of holding your breath underwater. It can be said that hold your breath for as long as possible and you will swim further away. But breathing has to be steady to swim and last long. Because there is always a difference in pressure in the water, you do not need to open your mouth very big, tight belly to breathe. Simply after each breath, you open your mouth big, the breath will be taken in itself, after taking in the water you breathe out the air with your nose, continue to rise up to the surface of the water to take the breath into your mouth. If you do so, and your breathing is steady, you will never choke and swim farther.
Breathing technique in frog and butterfly swimming
The breathing techniques of these two types of swimming are the same, both of which raise their heads for breath through their mouth, then dip into the water and exhale through their nose. However, in butterfly swimming, every two beats of foot pedal + 1 hand beat will make one breath, therefore, the amount of air being inhaled is more.
Breathing technique in stride swimming
You pay attention to take a deep breath from the first beat because the swimming stride is very effort. The technique of breathing in stray swimming differs from that of frogs and butterflies, when you take a breath in striding, you will turn your head to the side to take a breath. You will have difficulty tilting your head to the non-dominant side because it is the non-dominant side so you can easily choke water.
Breathing technique in backstroke swimming
In swimming on the back, your face is always on the water, usually every one swimming cycle, you inhale 1 time and exhale once. The breathing in and out must be regular with the movements of the arms and legs, do not be in a hurry so the breath will be more rhythmic, you will swim farther.
The world’s first 360-degree infinity pool in London
For those who love swimming, this will be a great pool at the top of a London building with a 360-degree view across the romantic city of London.
Designed on a 200m high skyscraper called Infinity London, the 600,000-liter water pool will be called Compass Pools. The designers claim this idea is unique in the world with a 360-degree transparent swimming pool.
It is known that the pool and the building were designed by a West Sussex-based company called Compass Pools. The company says instead of glass, they will use acrylic because the material can transmit light similar to water so the pool will be completely transparent. So people below can see swimmers above.
To be able to keep the uniqueness, there will be no stairs outside the pool or the building. Instead, a rotating spiral staircase will take people in or out of the pool.
The architects also said the pool would sparkle like jewels at night when the building is decorated with different types of light bulbs.
The architect said that the hardest thing was how people move from the building to the pool. The only solution is based on the spiral staircase of a submarine. This ladder will go up from the bottom of the pool when someone needs to enter or exit – this will be a very special highlight of this pool, a very James Bond style“.
The pool will also be equipped with a suitable anemometer to measure wind speed and link to the building management system. From there, a computer will automatically adjust the temperature of the water in the tank and prevent water from overflowing below. Pool water will be heated by using excess energy from the building’s air conditioning system.
The design team also has the ambition to build a 5-star hotel just below this pool. If the contractors and their partners approve the drawings and plans, construction will begin in 2020.