Year: 2014
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Swimmers go off deep end over lifeguards’ ‘sick leave’
Read The Standard (Hong Kong) The public swimming pool in Victoria Park was forced to close for several hours yesterday morning when eight of its 11 lifeguards took sick leave. The closure left scores of swimmers fuming, with the pool only reopening in the afternoon when a sufficient number of lifeguards reported for duty. The…
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Swimmer nearly dies crossing Sound on a dare
Read nwfdailynews.com The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office identified Robert David Walters as the man pulled from the Santa Rosa Sound Monday after trying to swim cross the waterway on a dare. The 53-year-old man was still in very critical condition at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Tuesday afternoon, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Michele Nicholson. Walters was…
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Lauren Boyle can get even quicker, says Milt Nelms
“Horse whisperer of swimming”, as they often call him. Read stuff.co.nz Lauren Boyle’s success in the pool over the past two years has come as no surprise to renowned American swimming coach Milton Nelms. For the past 12 years, Nelms, who resides in Tasmania, has visited Christchurch’s AquaGym Swim Club, which is owned by good…
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Katie Hoff’s First Pitch Surprise
Todd Anderson proposes to Katie Hoff at Rays game in Tampa! (Warning, vertical video) Featured photo by Vironevaeh
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Chad le Clos and Alexander Popov at the OMEGA Pavilion at Sochi 2014
Via the17thman Olympic swimmers Chad le Clos and Alexander Popov visited the OMEGA Pavilion in Sochi’s Olympic Park on 22 February, 2014 for a unique question-and-answer session that focused on their Olympic accomplishments and the factors behind their success.
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SI swimsuit model Irina Shayk swims with pigs in the Bahamas
Last week, Irina Shayk, girlfriend of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model swam with pigs in the Bahamas. Real pigs, that is. See for instance Page Six She filmed other people swimming with them too Photo by cdorobek
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Zambian Swimmers Aim for Gold at Uganda Swimming Gala
See Muvi TV Zambian Swimmers Have High Hopes Of recording successes at this week’s Confederation of Aquatic Nations Association CANA Zone three and four swimming gala to be held in Uganda from April 24th to 27th 2014. Swimming sensation, Tilka Paljk, says she is aiming for gold to better her 2013 record in which she…
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Girl, 10, slipped from tube in Saguaro Lake, couldn’t swim
See CBS 5 The body of a 10-year-old girl who had spent part of Easter rafting with her cousins was pulled from Saguaro Lake on Sunday afternoon. The girl and two cousins, ages 12 and 16 years old, were on an inner tube about 1:30 p.m. when the 10-year-old lost her grip on a handle and the…
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New Richmond swim coach dies in lawnmower accident
Read WCPO Cincinatti and see WLWT A beloved swim coach with the New Richmond Exempted Village School District died Friday in a mowing accident at his Clermont County home. Authorities said 63-year-old Joe Middeler was using a riding mower on his lawn in the 1800 block of US 52 in Moscow at about 6:30 p.m. when it rolled…