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Russian swimmer Yana Martynova has been suspended for four years over doping, Martynova’s personal coach Gulnara Aminova told TASS on Friday. According to the coach, the drug ostarin has been found in the swimmer’s body system. “Yes, she [Martynova] has been suspended. It is what it is,” Aminova said. Some athletes have been acquitted while some others have been suspended for a lesser term. And their cases will be examined only in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. But we won’t be able to pay for the services of that Court as we simply don’t have such money,”…

It sounds like something from a daydream, but Australian surfer Soli Bailey recently lived any nature lover’s fantasy by sharing a wave with a wild dolphin. That’s a wholly unique life experience for Bailey — but the rest of us get to enjoy an enchanting photo from the chance encounter. Read Mashable Sharing a moment with one of the oceans finest go to @mysurftv to watch the clip! 🐬 A photo posted by SOLI BAILEY (@solibailey) on Mar 23, 2016 at 7:20pm PDT

Caeleb Dressel won the 2016 50-Yard Freestyle NCAA Championship with an American record breaking time of 18.20 seconds! https://youtu.be/FBHMhGUbrxo

The Library Speaker Series featured Dara Torres, author of the best-sellers “Age is Just a Number” and “Gold Medal Fitness,” on March 16, 2016. Torres is arguably the fastest female swimmer in America. Dara spoke about what it takes to be a world champion, staying graceful in defeat, and staying fit into the fifties. She has competed in five Olympic games and has won 12 Olympic medals. https://youtu.be/6c47AQsykFU

Olympic Silver Medallist, Double World Champion and Great Swim ambassador Keri-anne Payne shares her top suggestions to help you tackle the impressive 10k marathon swim at the 2016 Great North Swim, Great East Swim and Great Scottish Swim! https://youtu.be/US2gzy8EPpw

A crowdfunding campaign for a product that claims to allow humans to breathe underwater without the use of scuba equipment has raised over a half million dollars so far. The Triton — “artificial gills” that will work similarly to gills on fish — supposedly allows swimmers to breathe underwater. The project is listed on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo. “With Triton there’s no heavy equipment, complicated safety procedures or training. It’s easy to use, and no longer than a snorkel,” Triton founders Saeed Khademi and Jeabyun Yeon state on the Indiegogo page. “Gently bite into the mouthpiece, breathe normally, and enjoy a sense of underwater freedom unavailable until…

Summers in central Texas can be a struggle between being really hot and being really just too damn hot. Relief is wherever you can find it — your air-conditioned car, your air-conditioned office or an ice-cold Lone Star or three. For some cold-blooded Texans, though — and even some adventure-seeking outsiders — relief from the Texas heat is just a small jump away, into the cool, clean, clear waters of Jacob’s Well. But it comes at a price. As cool and as nice as it is, you have to be a little crazy to take that jump. Read Mother Nature…

Six Chinese swimmers failed their doping tests during the year 2015-2016, announced the China Swimming Association (CSA) here on late Thursday. Three of the six swimmers were tested positive for Clenbuterol in out-competition tests, namely Zhao Ying, Wang Lizhuo and An Jiabao. Zhao and Wang, both from Chinese Navy, were tested last August, and An, from team Tianjin, was tested last September. None of the three has taken part in Olympic Games or World Championships. All of them asked for tests of sample B but got the same results. They all applied for the hearings. The Hearing Panel has conducted…

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Today, Lake Merritt is known as the Crown Jewel of Oakland, but it used to be called by a different name: the Lake of 1,000 Smells. To figure how to make it a swimming lake, it’d be good to know how it became un-swimmable in the first place. https://vimeo.com/160157415