Month: July 2014
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Swim School Focuses on Saving Lives in MoCo
Drowning is the number one cause of accidental death for children under 5-years-old, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In order to combat this statistic, British Swim School has taken to the waves, teaching children through their Montgomery County locations not just how to swim, just how to survive. MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk…
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Watch Jorge Ramos Swim Across the Rio Grande
Many Central American and Mexican migrants get to the U.S. by swimming across the Rio Grande River. Many don’t survive the river’s strong undercurrent, and if they do, many then fall victim to dehydration navigating the scorching hot desert in search of a border town. To get a feel for the treacherous conditions thousands of…
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Swimmers Jump into Boston Harbor for the 18th Swim Across America
More than 60 swimmers, including former Olympians, participated in the 22-mile relay swim to support pediatric cancer programs at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and MassGeneral Hospital for Children Cancer Center.
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Join Canada’s Swim Team
Join Canada’s Swim Team is a recognition and incentive initiative that all swimming lesson providers are invited to use at no cost and with no staff training required.
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Nathan Adrian | Freestyle Body Position – Swim Technique
Watch the perfect freestyle body position in action via our how-to swimming video, which includes a visual demonstration by three-time Olympic freestyle gold medallist, Nathan Adrian, plus tips from our elite coach to help you align your head and body more effectively. http://youtu.be/C5yIAkKKEMI
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Teaching Vanuatu to swim
Vanuatu may be a Pacific Island nation, but most of its population cannot swim – and that can be deadly. Now a small pilot project has big plans to start a swimming revolution. http://youtu.be/kGRNhPOyUq0
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Tyler Clary | Butterfly Breathing – Swim Technique
Watch Olympic gold medallist, Tyler Clary, demonstrate the perfect butterfly breathing technique in our expert-devised how-to video, which includes commentary from our elite swim coach, plus tips and advice on how and when to take a breath. http://youtu.be/ZUqytTo1o5E
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Aqua Passport: Swim Wales’ New Learn To Swim Scheme
Aqua Passport is Wales’ only Government endorsed learn to swim scheme. With 1 in 4 children under the age of 11 unable to swim, our goal is to get every child in Wales swimming by 2020.
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Giant Jellyfish Found By Divers In The UK
A jellyfish filmed swimming off the coast of Cornwall is thought to be the biggest ever caught on camera in Britain. The four-foot wide barrel jellyfish, which is also known as the dustbin-lid jellyfish, was filmed by diver and archeologist Robert Lenfert. Robert, 42, and his wife Natasha, 39, met the giant creature off Pendennis…