Year: 2014
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Midmar swimmer’s body found
Read Sport24 The body of Herman van Straten who went missing during the Midmar Mile swim has been found, KwaZulu-Natal police said. “At about 16:20 (the body) surfaced about 800m from the starting line,” Captain Lolly Moodley said. He said the rescue dogs had respond “positively” just before the body was found and pointed in…
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Japanese widower learns to dive in bid to find remains of wife lost in 2011 tsunami
Read Mainichi On March 11, 2011, Yasuo Takamatsu lost his wife Yuko to the tsunami. Almost three years later, he remains determined to find her, getting his diving license and planning to scour the Tohoku seaboard for her remains. “I will find my wife on my own power. I will bring her home,” says Takamatsu,…
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Behold how Derek Amato hit his head in a swim pool and became a musical savant
“Derek Amato is one of the world’s only acquired savants after a brain injury left him with the amazing ability to play piano.”
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Hungary reveals first pictures of the Budapest 2021 FINA World Champs Swimming Pool Complex
See FINA Aquatics World Magazine on Facebook Exclusive: here are the first pictures of the wonderful, new swimming pool complex in Budapest where the 6. FINA World Junior Swimming Championships (2017) and the 19. FINA World Championships (2021) will be held. The city’s would-be modern architectural icon will stand by the river Danube across Margaret…
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Watch how 4 East Germans swam to freedom with a police boat in pursuit
Incredible video via 22 words In 1961, the first person to ever be killed by the East German police as he attempted to escape was shot as he swam across the Spree, a river along a portion of the erstwhile Berlin wall. Over the years, hundreds of others tried it, too, risking death by drowning…
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British Swimming to appeal Olympic funding cuts
Read BBC and British Swimming British Swimming has notified UK Sport of its intention to appeal the withdrawal of funding from the women’s Olympic sports of Synchronised Swimming and Water Polo. UK Sport announced the decision to remove funding as a result of its annual investment review of summer Olympic and Paralympic sports, and British…
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Simple Step by Step Guide on How to Save Someone Who is Drowning
Guest post by Miles Wiseman Drowning can happen any time and surprisingly even in shallow water. Knowing what you are required to do to rescue a drowning person safely helps save lives. A simple process to carry out when rescuing a drowning person is, reach, throw, row and go, in that order. However, the first thing…
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Freediving With Scooters – Sharm el Sheikh
A quick GoPro clip of myself and Linda Pagenelli playing around with scooters in Domina Bay, Sharm el Sheikh. Freediving With Scooters – Sharm el Sheikh from Jacques de Vos on Vimeo.
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Camera falls from airplane and lands in pig pen
Not swimming relevant per se, but wow these action cams are tough! Camera falls from a sky diving airplane and lands on my property in my pig pen. I found the camera 8 months later and viewed this video.