Year: 2014
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Officials: 3-year-old boy drowned in Volusia swimming pool
A Volusia County family is dealing with tragedy after a 3-year-old boy drowned in the backyard swimming pool.
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Amy Van Dyken-Rouen goes sailing Friday with other Craig Hospital patients
Olympic swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen joined other patients at her rehabilitation hospital for a day of boating. Courtesy of 7NEWS on YouTube
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Marathon swimmer prepares to cross Lake Winnipesaukee
A man is planning to swim from Center Harbor to Wolfeboro on Friday to raise money for Granite State Adaptive. WMUR’s Adam Sexton reports.
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Sister: Brother who drowned was a good swimmer
Johnathan Cureton jumped from a bridge into Mountain Island Lake last week, but never resurfaced. Alivia Cureton said she knew her brother was adventurous and lived life to the fullest. But she said she had mixed feelings on July 31 when her brother told her he wanted to jump off the bridge to shoot a…
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Stephanie Rice to launch lifestyle website
The former Olympic swimmer is set to launch her own lifestyle website which will include recipes, cooking tutorials, exercise routines and philosophy tips. Heavily influenced by Hollywood A-Listers Gwyneth Paltrow, Blake Lively and Teresa Palmer, who have their own popular sites, fans of the 26-year-old have already got a taste of what they can expect…
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Swimming with sharks: A guide to the best dives
When eyeball to beady eyeball with a 10-foot-long sand tiger shark, I have two thoughts: This is not smart, and this is the coolest thing ever. As it glides by, just feet away, I’m treated to an extreme close-up of its snaggleteeth, shaped like long medieval daggers. See USA Today
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Teenage Boy Dies In Lake Nokomis Drowning
A 15-year-old Minneapolis boy died Wednesday in a drowning at Lake Nokomis after he and a group of friends went out for a swim, Nina Moini reports. Courtesy of WCCO – CBS Minnesota on YouTube
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Lauren Boyle Sets Controversial 1500 Free SC World Record
Read SwimmingWorld Today, at the Wellington Winter Championships, Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lauren Boyle was reported to have smashed a world record in the short course 1500-meter freestyle event. Boyle, who will be competing at the Pan Pacific Championships later this month, clocked a 15:22.68 in the women’s 1500-meter freestyle.  That effort crushed Mireia Belmonte…
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Video: 2014 US Nationals – Men’s 50 Butterfly Final
Courtesy of USA Swimming on YouTube, see the result list here.