Year: 2014
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100 swimmers rescued on Daytona Beach
See WPTV Lifeguards in Daytona Beach rescued more than 100 swimmers from dangerous rip currents this weekend. Red flags are still out Monday warning beachgoers about dangerous swimming conditions. On an average day, beach patrol said they will rescue a dozen people. “All hands are on deck for the whole weekend,” said Cpt. Tammy Marris…
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Dawn Fraser praises Kieren Perkins over 1996 panic attack
Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser has praised the efforts of Kieren Perkins at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games after the gold medallist revealed he almost missed the 1500m final due to a panic attack.
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Swimmer gets 3 years jail for firebombing sport director’s house
15 May 2014 in Ski, Norway, a 25-year-old former swimmer was sentenced to three years in jail for firebombing sport director Frank Pedersen’s residence back in January 2011, when Pedersen, his wife, three daughters (11, 13 and 17) and two other youngsters were sleeping inside. See øb.no via simma.nu/no
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Marnaton eDreams Barcelona
See Marnaton On the 10th May, the season of Marnaton challenges opened with a new event, the first Marnaton eDreams Barcelona. A 2 km challenge off the beach of Sant Sebastià , consisting of a women’s individual event, a men’s relay event and a relay event, focused on making open water swimming more popular.
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Behold these Awesome Photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014
A selection of photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014, courtesy of swim fan, dad and photographer friend Kjell Eirik Irgens Henanger. You can see more of his work here on Flickr.
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Man missing after a canoe overturns in Orange Park, Jacksonville
See News4Jax One of three people who were in a canoe that overturned in an Orange Park lake in the middle of the night remains missing. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
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Swimming made Sue Walsh who she is
Read The Buffalo News It’s hard to fathom, but Sue Walsh is about to send her youngest child off to college. Shawn Stankavage is headed for Vanderbilt on a football scholarship. Kids these days would compare him to Johnny Manziel, but his mother’s generation would see the next Fran Tarkenton. It’s hard to fathom because…
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RNLI Lifeboat Crew Lasso Runaway Speedboat
Read The Telegraph A lifeboat crew stopped an out-of-control speedboat by lassoing it. The six-metre vessel went into a spin when its skipper, Peter Channing, 66, was trying to moor up and accidentally knocked the throttle. He was thrown overboard and had taken off his kill chord — a safety device attached to his leg…
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Girl Surrounded by Dolphins while Wakeboarding
Awesome! Wakeboard from Anko James on Vimeo.