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  2. Short course - Wikipedia

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    The term is also often included in meet names when conducted in a short course pool. "Short course" is the second type of pool configuration currently recognized by World Aquatics and other swimming bodies for pool competition; the other/primary pool length being " long course ", where the pool is 50 meters in length.

  3. Olympic-size swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    Olympic-sized swimming pool, used for Baku 2015 European Games. An Olympic-size swimming pool is a swimming pool which conforms to the regulations for length, breadth, and depth made by World Aquatics (formerly FINA) for swimming at the Summer Olympics and the swimming events at the World Aquatics Championships.

  4. YMCA - Wikipedia

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    YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]

  5. Swimming pool - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. Artificial water basin for swimming For other uses, see Swimming pool (disambiguation). Backyard swimming pool Olympic-size swimming pool and starting blocks at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre used for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia A swimming pool, swimming ...

  6. Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge - Wikipedia

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    Shane Homes YMCA opened to the public in 2018 as the construction was fully completed in 2017. [1] This particular YMCA is known as the World's largest YMCA in terms of square footage (284,000 sq ft [26,400 m 2]) and contains North America's largest glue-laminated timber roof. [3]

  7. South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre - Wikipedia

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    The centre is managed by the YMCA on behalf of the Government of South Australia. In April 2011 South Australian Premier Mike Rann opened the Centre, the most advanced swimming and diving facilities in Australia, in Marion. He was joined at the opening by Marion Mayor Felicity-Ann Lewis. Lewis and Rann had championed the project for some years ...

  8. YMCA Camp Wanakita - Wikipedia

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    Campers are tested for their swimming ability when they arrive at the camp. Testing is done at a dock that has the shape of an H. The top of the H and the bottom of the H can both be used to swim lengths. At 12.5 metres, the length of the H-dock is around half of the length of a standard pool. [13]

  9. Sport in Halifax, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    There are also several smaller public pools of about 20 metres length. The YMCA in the Spring Garden district is being rebuilt and will include a 25-metre competition pool. The facility is set to open in 2017 or 2018.