Year: 2011
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Record number of drownings, shame on us
This is just wrong, cities across the United States are experiencing record drownings this summer, despite efforts to raise awareness about water safety and the importance of life-saving swimming lessons. We should know better, the safety tips are simple, and our possibilities to spread them are better than ever. Read what Cullen Jones has to…
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Work Drugs – Swimmer Girl
Released in celebration of the Third Wave Remix Competition, there is something very Pamela about this music video. Via Potholes In My Blog.
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Swimming can help beat cancer
A recent report by Macmillan Cancer Support advices that cancer patients receiving treatment should be encouraged to take part in two and a half hours of physical activity every week, supporting the benefits of swimming in maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle. See swimming.org.
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Japanese diver survives mishap by swimming 30 km to safety
They had been making two successful dives to a wreck in the South China Sea, when they surfaced after the third and discovered that the boatman had panicked and left. Two of the divers stayed at the location and were rescued after 8 hours, while 39-year-old Hisashi Koze swam to the shore, 30 km nonstop…
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Nobody caught doping at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships
The Swimmers Circle predicted this already on July 31, and now FINA confirms that all 362 doping tests were negative, that were collected during the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai. This total represents 311 urine sample (including 43 EPO screenings) and 51 blood samples. No anti-doping violations were reported. Via Hollandswimming.nl.
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Obama’s vacation: Reading, swimming and socializing
Eat dirt baseball, basketball and whatever, the President swims when he is on vacation. In other news Megan Fox also enjoys swimming, seen here on set of THIS IS 40 with (lucky) Jason Segel and Chris O’Dowd, from her Facebook page. Via USA Today and Just Jared.
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George Bovell III ‘cheats death’ in car crash
According to Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday, Olympic bronze medallist George Bovell III cheated death yesterday morning after he crashed his BMW car in an accident while on his way to spearfish at an oil platform in Mayaro. He was rushed unconscious to the Sangre Grande District Hospital where he received initial treatment and was stabilised,…
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Lifeguard fired for refusing to wear Speedos ?
61-year-old Roy Lester says he lost his job as a lifeguard because he wanted to take the annual swimming test in bicycle shorts instead of the tiny trunks. “They were just trying to get rid of the older guys. To me the whole key to being a good lifeguard is experience.” Lester is a triathlete,…
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It is safer if the swimming teacher stays on deck ?
Parents in Cupar, Fife have reacted with disbelief to a decision which bans swimming teachers from being in the water with children. A spokesperson for Fife Sport and Leisure Trust has said: “The decision that instructors should supervise from the pool side was based on guidance from Scottish Swimming, the national governing body for swimming.…