English breaststroke champion Oscar Bilbao joins Arizona State swim program

British breaststroke champion Oscar Bilbao is heading to the United States to join Arizona State University’s swim team this fall. This skilled international competitor represented England in the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, where he claimed three individual gold medals and another as a member of his country’s 4×100 mixed medley relay team. Using SwimSwam’s conversion data, it’s estimated that Bilbao’s times at the Youth Games would have placed him among the Top 10 finishers in three individual events at the latest Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships.

The Rings of Power stars teaser the Stranger and the harfoot’s journey into Rhûn

The upcoming week sees the second season premiere of “The Rings of Power” on Amazon Prime Video. We’ll delve into a multitude of narratives, among them is the adventure of The Stranger (played by Daniel Weyman) and his companion Nori (Markella Kavenagh), a harfoot, as they venture through the relatively unexplored region of Rhûn in Middle-earth – a part that received minimal attention in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” literature.