Month: January 2015
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Why a Quick Cold Water Swim Is Good for You
People have been taking dips in ice cold water for generations, both for pleasure and for generations-touted health benefits. It may seem crazy to plunge into freezing water for any length of time, but this video from the folks at DNews runs down some of the benefits—and sets the record straight on the dangers. See…
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200 days to go to Kazan 2015: ISS crew send greetings from space
200 days are left to go to the 16th FINA World Championships 2015. To mark this occasion, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) offered a congratulatory message to all aquatic sports fans. As we previously reported, the symbol of the 16th FINA World Championships is currently aboard the ISS. It was launched into…
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World Winter Swimming Championships: cold, tough – but what a buzz
“Take off your clothes,†a foreign voice said over the loudspeaker – slowly, rhythmically, emphasising each syllable. “Get into the water.†It was not the kind of voice you disobey. So although I was on the Arctic circle, surrounded by ice and snow on all sides, I got in. Technically, the 25-metre pool was in…
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Peoria event raises money for free swim lessons
Who needs coffee as a pick me up when you can jump into freezing cold water? That was the case at the annual Polar Plunge in Peoria at Sunrise Pool Saturday morning. It’s more than just about swimming in a pool that hasn’t been heated since November. Everyone at the event donated money to go…
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TU Delft student develops fast-flying defibrillator-equipped “Ambulance Drone”
Developed by Belgian engineering graduate Alec Momont, it can fly at speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour (60 miles per hour). “Around 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in the European Union every year and only 8.0 percent survive,” Momont, 23, said at the TU Delft University. “The main reason for this is…
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A Woman Found A Whole Lot Of ‘NOPE’ Swimming In This Toilet
Much in the same way Jaws made people scared to traverse the ocean’s waters and Psycho made people wary of staying in roadside motels run by insane murderers, Ghoulies caused me fear-imbued trips to the toilet as a child. After seeing this video, my nightmares have become a reality, and I have to — once…
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Missy Franklin Surprises Swimmer With Rare Form Of Cancer
Gold medal swimmer Missy Franklin made a young woman’s holiday wish come true on Tuesday. Franklin visited a cancer patient at Rocky Mountain Hospital For Children. Rebecca Carcaterra was in the middle of her sophomore year of college when a tumor was found in her shoulder this October. She was diagnosed with a very rare…
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Hempfield swim captain dies after crash
Hempfield Area High School’s swim team lost its captain Tuesday, a senior described as an accomplished and popular athlete and scholar. Judson Shiffler, 18, of West Hempfield died Tuesday morning in UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh from injuries suffered when his car crashed into a hillside Monday, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.…