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Month: April 2014

  • Katie Ledecky visits new rec center dedicated to her grandfather

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    See kfyr-tv This past weekend was the grand opening of the brand new Williston Recreation Center. On Saturday, the lap pool was opened and the 2012 800 meter Olympic champion, Katie Ledecky, came to swim the first lap in the pool dedicated to her grandfather Edward Hagan. Ledecky has family in the Williston area that…

  • Winter swimming competitor dies

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    Read Yle An elderly Russian swimmer who participated in the World Winter Swimming Championship in Rovaniemi, northern Finland has passed away. The man competed in the 450-metre endurance race in the 70 – 74-year old age group. The veteran Russian swimmer took ill while competing while competing during the competition’s opening day on March 20.…

  • Melanie Schlanger in the swim despite doctor’s orders

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    Read Sydney Morning Herald Some sporting careers do not travel the easiest path, and so it is with Melanie Schlanger, for whom it would not seem normal if she was not battling an illness or injury in preparation for a major competition. Schlanger has defied doctor’s orders to compete in Brisbane this week at the selection trials…

  • Ryan Cochrane’s career is coming down to a “lot of lasts”

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    Read Brandon Sun Ryan Cochrane’s illustrious swimming career, he says, has come down to a “lot of lasts.” He’ll compete at the Canadian swimming trials this weekend in Victoria to make the team for what will be his last Commonwealth Games. Next summer will mark his last world championships. The 2016 Rio Games will be…

  • Swimming still on Alicia Coutts’ mind

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    Read ninemsn For someone who has contemplated retirement, Alicia Coutts can’t seem to stop thinking about swimming. Even when the five-time London Olympic medallist sat down to plan her 2015 wedding the sport seemed to creep into her subconscious. Coutts, 26, has adopted a year-by-year approach despite being inspired by a post-2012 Olympic chat with…

  • Lovemaking lands bottomless woman at bottom of well

    Lovemaking lands bottomless woman at bottom of well

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    See The Local via Arbroath Spanish daily ABC reported that the Ciudad Real woman had been having sexual relations with a man when the cover on a waterwheel well shaft became dislodged. She plunged 10 metres into the hole near ‘Playa Park’ – a waterpark popular with local youths as a venue for romantic liaisons…

  • Police officers held drowning bull’s head above water for 3 hours

    Police officers held drowning bull’s head above water for 3 hours

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    See ABC Action News, via Arbroath “I saw big nostrils going underwater and staying underwater with water blowing out,” Ammons said. An animal lover herself, she didn’t hesitate to jump into the retention pond to rescue the bull. “I stripped everything off that the sheriff’s office really cares about,” she joked. “And then I got…