Month: June 2015
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Candice Alley: The truth about Grant
Candice Alley can’t hide the hurt. ‘I ran out of tears, it was so exhausting,’ she says, remembering the dying days of her five-year marriage to Olympic legend Grant Hackett. She has moved on with her life. But Grant’s remarkable pool comeback – creating new headlines about the golden couple’s split – has finally forced…
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Former swim coach caught exposing himself at Douglas hotel gets probation
A former Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics swim coach has been sentenced to probation after he exposed himself at a Douglas hotel pool while sexting his wife. Troy Emmons, 53, was sentenced May 29 in Allegan County District Court on a charge of attempted aggravated indecent exposure. In a plea deal, Allegan County prosecutors agreed to dismiss charges…
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Water kills: 3 swimming skills that could save a child’s life
While pools and beaches are a source of fun for Canadian families during the summer, they also pose a risk for drowning. The Lifesaving Society has developed a program to teach school children three critical skills needed to survive a fall in deep water. In Canada, drowning is the number one cause of unintentional injury death among…
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Tom Cruise held breath for over 6 min on Mission: Impossible’s underwater scene
Well, the latest M:I 5 trailer goes deep, with an intense underwater scene. It’s something the adrenalin junkie Cruise has always wanted to do. Cruise told USA TODAY that he worked extensively for the underwater scene shot without a cut, training to have underwater breath holds of 6 to 61/2 minutes. To put it in context, that’s the…
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Video at pool shows chaotic scene with boy underwater
How did a 13-year-old boy end up in a medically-induced coma after an incident at a pool inside a Buffalo school when school officials say the teen was walking and talking? A woman who was at the pool Tuesday at Waterfront School #95 shared this video with 7 Eyewitness News. It shows a very chaotic…
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Nurses Know – Contagious virus children could catch while swimming
A warning from parents from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in this week’s Nurses Know segment. We are learning more about germs floating around in lake, river or pool that could make you very sick. The Centers for Disease Control is warning swimmers about the risk of contracting Norovirus from the water. It’s the same bug…
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Should Californians tear up their lawns and replace them with swimming pools?
In a recently launched “drought education†campaign, trade group the California Pool and Spa Association (CPSA) suggests that installing a backyard swimming hole is an effective — and super-fun! — way to conserve water as the state’s historic dry spell enters its fourth year. In fact, the Let’s Pool Together campaign claims that mindfully maintained residential swimming pools require far less…
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A GP would have discovered Alexander Dale Oen’s illness, says older brother Robin
Robin Dale Oen believes that the life of his brother Alexander could have saved, and criticises the support team for failing to notice his heart disease, instead believing that his symptoms were because of a pinched nerve. – “If we weren’t athletes, if we were like the man in the street, then Alexander would definitely…
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Swimming survival programs credited with saving many lives
Swimming survival programs can prevent drowning just as well as immunization protects against disease, says the World Health Organization in its first report on the issue. The comparison by the prestigious global health agency is a huge shot in the arm for Ontario’s Swim to Survive program, celebrating its 10th anniversary Thursday, says the Lifesaving…