{"id":67658,"date":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.arenaswim.com\/uncategorized\/swim-clinic-with-kirsty-coventry\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","slug":"swim-clinic-with-kirsty-coventry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arenaswim.com\/en\/elite-team\/swim-clinic-with-kirsty-coventry\/","title":{"rendered":"Swim Clinic with Kirsty Coventry!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w_WordDocument>\n<w_View>Normal<\/w_View>\n<w_Zoom>0<\/w_Zoom>\n<w_TrackMoves\/>\n<w_TrackFormatting\/>\n<w_PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w_ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w_SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w_SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w_IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w_IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w_AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w_AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w_DoNotPromoteQF\/>\n<w_LidThemeOther>EN-GB<\/w_LidThemeOther>\n<w_LidThemeAsian>X-NONE<\/w_LidThemeAsian>\n<w_LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE<\/w_LidThemeComplexScript>\n<w_Compatibility>\n<w_BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w_SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w_WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w_UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w_DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<w_SplitPgBreakAndParaMark\/>\n<w_DontVertAlignCellWithSp\/>\n<w_DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables\/>\n<w_DontVertAlignInTxbx\/>\n<w_Word11KerningPairs\/>\n<w_CachedColBalance\/>\n<\/w_Compatibility>\n<w_BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w_BrowserLevel>\n<m_mathPr>\n<m_mathFont m_val=\"Cambria Math\"\/>\n<m_brkBin m_val=\"before\"\/>\n<m_brkBinSub m_val=\"&#45;-\"\/>\n<m_smallFrac m_val=\"off\"\/>\n<m_dispDef\/>\n<m_lMargin m_val=\"0\"\/>\n<m_rMargin m_val=\"0\"\/>\n<m_defJc m_val=\"centerGroup\"\/>\n<m_wrapIndent m_val=\"1440\"\/>\n<m_intLim m_val=\"subSup\"\/>\n<m_naryLim m_val=\"undOvr\"\/>\n<\/m_mathPr><\/w_WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 27th July 2013, \u00a0Zimbabwe\u2019s two-time Olympic Champion, Kirsty Coventry held a swim clinic, at the Club Sant Andreu, Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Children had the opportunity to listen to Kirsty as she spoke about her life as a professional swimmer, as well as having the opportunity to ask her questions&#8230;. and boy did they have questions. 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