Year: 2014
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Black Kids Can’t Swim, But It’s Not Because They’re Black
Read RYOT Swimming pools are a much greater danger to black children and teens than they are to other kids, a new government study shows. Black children ages 5 to 19 drown in swimming pools at a rate more than five times that of white children, the research found. That suggests a lot of blacks…
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Ice swimmer Andrew Ryan goes from Redcliffe to Rovaniemi chasing love
Read The Herald Sun Ryan, 33, a born and raised Queenslander, is based in London where he works as a lawyer for a US firm that buys and markets the digital rights to sporting events. When his Finnish girlfriend Inka Karppinen took him home to meet her family in 2008, she introduced him to the…
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Rebecca Adlington: ‘I never wanted to be famous’
Read Sports Mole “You never know about [becoming a household name] until it happens to you. I didn’t expect anything to happen. After Beijing I didn’t have a manager, I’d never even considered having any profile. I’ve never been one of those people that wanted to be famous, and you don’t get into swimming to…
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Swimming Pool Chemicals Send Thousands to ERs, CDC Says
Read NBC News Each year thousands of Americans are injured by the chemicals designed to keep swimming pools safe, a new government report finds. In 2012, 4,876 people landed in the emergency room after being injured by pool chemicals, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate.
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Olympic swim coach David Marsh: Charlotte has severe shortage of water space
See WBTV Michael Phelps is in Charlotte swimming in the Arena Grand Prix. The sport of swimming is increasing in popularity in Charlotte with Olympians paying regular visits for meets and some training here year round. But Ryan Lochte’s coach says there is a severe shortage of water space in the Charlotte region. WBTV 3…
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Michael Phelps chalks up first win in comeback
Read for instance stuff.co.nz Michael Phelps was back in familiar waters and on top of the winner’s podium in his comeback to competitive swimming at the U.S. Grand Prix in Charlotte on Friday. Competing for just the second time since retiring after the 2012 London Olympics, Phelps ticked off all the important boxes he needed…
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Pál 100 Times Faroe Champ
Yesterday evening at the 2014 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, Pál Joensen reached his 100th championships gold medal. Here counting also relays, tonight he might reach it in individual events. So yeah, #notenoughfingers ! :-) Bartal is keeping tabs 2004 (VS): 1 silver 2005 (VS): 3 silver, 2 bronze 2006 (VS): 2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze…
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Two California men try to evade cops by swimming away
Read NY Daily News Dimwits in Sacramento were jailed after firing gun and jumping into a canal. Cops arrested Reuben Amaro and Robert Solorio after circling their would-be escape with helicopters.
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Surfers save swimmer at Wrightsville Beach
See WWAY3 Charles Crews, who was swimming at Wrightsville Beach, said he learned just how strong rip currents can be and what it feels like to be caught in one. “It was pushing me outward, away from the wall basically, and it was coming downward onto me and pushing me under. As I was swimming,…