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The first YMCA indoor pool in the United States was built in 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. [43]: 154 Male nudity was required at YMCA pools in both the US and Canada until they became mixed-gender in the 1970s. [57] The downtown Miami YMCA, built in 1918 and demolished in 1978, featured what was considered a modern swimming pool at the time.
Recreation is any human activity done for pleasure (or "play") during leisure time as opposed to those activities that are necessary for survival.Historically, this means that recreation only existed after human society reached the stage where leisure time existed, perhaps during the late stone age (Upper Paleolithic), as shown by the first appearance of cave paintings and musical instruments.
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]
Praia do Abricó is a nude beach [1] located in Grumari, a sub district of Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, in the western part of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is currently the only beach that permits the practice of naturism in the city. It is officially affiliated to the Brazilian Federation of Naturism (FBrN).
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YMCA of Greater Seattle turned its former residence into transitional housing for former foster care and currently homeless youth, aged 18 to 25. This YMCA operates six transitional housing programs and 20 studio apartments. These services are offered at their Young Adult drop-in center in Seattle, Washington. [17]
Brazil: 8:01.08 1500 m freestyle Alfonso Mestre University of Florida: 15:16.51 Pedro Farias Brazil: 15:20.12 Eric Brown University of Florida: 15:26.67 100 m backstroke Daniel Diehl Cumberland YMCA: 53.07 Evangelos Makrygiannis University of Southern California: 54.41 Tommy Janton University of Notre Dame: 54.96 200 m backstroke Daniel Diehl ...
The Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Portuguese: Estádio Aquático Olímpico) was a temporary aquatics center in the Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro.The venue hosted the swimming events, Synchronized swimming finals and water polo finals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the para-swimming events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.