Swimmer Uses Resin.
The Hawaiian-Japanese swimmer, Kiyoshi Nakama, who is at present in Australia, covers his forearms and hands with resin before entering the I water. It prevents <he hand from slipping when the swimmer is turning, and thus enables him to make 'ne turn, which means so much in j perfect style. The practice is adopted by al! swimmers in Honolulu, it is stated, and it is one which might well be fell, wed '/ iocs' swimmers To shake hands wi'h nakama alter he loaves the water is like putting your lingers into a “glue pot.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 4
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96Swimmer Uses Resin. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 4
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