Month: July 2012
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5-year-old swimming with sharks sparks YouTube outrage
A Connecticut couple David and Elana Barnes have been widely criticized after they posted online a video of their 5-year-old daughter, Anaia, swimming with sharks in the Bahamas. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Read more here on Digital Journal
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Electrocution kills 3 children swimming in 2 separate incidents
On the Fourth of July, Alexandra Anderson, 13, and brother Brayden, 8, were killed while swimming near a private dock in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri around noon Wednesday. Two hours later, at Cherokee Lake outside Knoxville, Tenn., a 10-year-old was killed and another boy was seriously injured in an eerily similar incident.…
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Florida lifeguard fired for saving out-of-bounds swimmer
Thomas Lopez, a lifeguard at Florida’s Hallandale Beach, was fired Monday for leaving his official work zone in order save the life of a drowning swimmer. Apparently two other lifeguards have been fired for backing him, and four others have quit. “I ran out to do the job I was trained to do,†Lopez, 21,…
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USADA allegedly allows confessed dopers to ride in return for testimony
Confession, I used to be a cycling afficionado following the classics and the tours religiously up until the mess with first Festina and then Bjarne Riis obviously doped before confessing, me turning to Marco Pantani because he looked too tiny to be doped, just to have my newfound hero first caught doping and then dying…
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Antwerp 2012 day 2: Carli takes down Heidi Grein’s (GDR) record from 1986
After two days of racing at the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships, Russia’s youngsters are dominating the event with 7 gold medals and 1 silver (out of 14 gold possible till now), ahead of Italy’s 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, and Germany’s 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Most winning swimmers are…
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Sullivan and Targett pose with Moulin Rouge dancers
That is just so sweet / awesome / why-don’t-i-swim-faster. And don’t worry, it is okay! Better quality picture here on Zimbio Lucky enough to get backstage to meet all the Australian Dancers. Such a tough day! http://t.co/fNLOy8OC — Eamon Sullivan (@Eamon_Sullivan) July 3, 2012
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Australian athletes slam sleeping pill ban
Oh my, now Olympic champion shooter Russel Marks criticizes Australia’s decision to ban sleeping pills and says it will cost the country medals at the London Olympic Games. Given the long distance Australian athletes have to travel to London and the jet-lag that will go with it, Mark says it will be unfair for Olympic…
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Antwerp 2012 day 1: Russia leads the medal table
After this first day of the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships, Russia leads the medal table with 2 gold medals ahead of Germany’s 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and Spain’s 1 gold and 1 silver. Italy’s Gabriele Detti won the boys’ 400 freestyle in 3:49.27, arguably the best performance of the day, while…