Month: October 2014
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Anum Bandey ‘You can’t explain how you feel’ | Words of Olympians
Pakistan’s Anum Bandey competed in the London 2012 Olympic Games swimming in the Women’s 400m Individual Medley. Making her first Olympic appearance, aged just 15, she broke the Pakistan national record.
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Filmmaker Captures Gorgeous Slow Mo Surfing Footage with $235K Phantom Cameras
If you’ve ever used an underwater housing, you know what it feels like to dunk your several thousand dollar DSLR underwater for the very first time. You know it’s safe, you double checked everything, you probably already tested the seals, but the moment of truth still frays your nerves. Imagine, then, how filmmaker Chris Bryan…
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Community says lack of swimming facilities are putting kids in danger
The southern Alberta community of Vauxhall, is a small farming town that is missing one thing most municipalities boast as a great way to encourage affordable and fun physical activity. It’s known as the ‘Potato Capital of the West†and is located 90 km northeast of Lethbridge and is home to 1200 residents. Some could…
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Lifeguard drones can reach swimmers a minute faster than human lifeguards
Could lifeguard drones become a safety standard in the future? This innovative technology started generating buzz in 2013 when creator Amin Rigi of RTS Labs in Iran gave a public demonstration of the product. It is now being developed at RTS London and the company says it is ready to start mass producing the drones.…
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What is a rip current, and how to get out of one
After three surfers died in a rip current in Cornwall, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has advice on what to do if you encounter one. You can spot a rip current by looking for a rippled patch of sea amid otherwise calm water. There might also be foam on the water’s surface, debris floating out…
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Popular Flower Mound Swim Coach Killed in Weekend Crash
A North Texas community is mourning the loss of a man many simply known as Coach Kyle. Kyle Tilley, 26, of Flower Mound was killed in a car crash over the weekend in The Colony. Trooper Lonny Haschel with the Texas Department of Public Safety says Tilley was traveling southbound on the Sam Rayburn Tollway…
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When faced with higher prices, swimming is the activity most likely to take a dive
Experts agree that it’s a great way of staying fit and healthy at any age, but when faced with higher prices people are likely to swim less often, while other forms of physical activity such as working out or walking are barely affected. According to a study by Brunel University London’s Health Economics Research Group…
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Homeowner rescues elderly man who drove into swimming pool
A Good Samaritan rescued an elderly man who accidentally drove his SUV into a swimming pool on Long Island. The incident happened around 3:45 p.m. in Commack. 79-year-old Joseph DiDonato was driving a 2010 Acura SUV through the parking lot of Mayfair Foot Care on Harned Road when he apparently pressed the gas pedal instead…
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Rebecca Adlington launches swimming initiative in Stockton
Becky Adlington has a vision that every child in Britain should be able to swim 25 metres by the time they leave primary school. And on Saturday her SwimStars team arrived at Stockton’s Total Fitness health club to announce the opening of the scheme at the health club. Launching the scheme, she said: “Despite my…