Year: 2015
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Swimmer dies after being found in waters off Spitting Caves
The Honolulu Fire Dept. reports that a visitor died after being found in waters off Spitting Caves. The call came in at 2:51 p.m. Saturday of a swimmer in distress. Five males went swimming and one of them was having trouble in the water. The 21-year-old man from Washington state apparently was underwater for more than a…
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Swimmer fights off shark; ‘I just pulled out his eyeball’
A man swimming near the shores of Hawaii has shared a seemingly miraculous story of survival, detailing his fight against a shark that attacked him over the weekend, and the extreme lengths to which he went in order to survive. Tony Lee was swimming off the coast of Lanikai when he encountered the shark last…
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Just Keep Swimming
The sport of long-distance open-ocean swimming is like no other. RAAM riders take periodic motor home stops for hot showers and meals. Tour de France riders get massaged in hotels between stages. Even Mount Everest climbers stop and rest in tents, sometimes for days. Ms. Nyad’s sport allows none of this. In her four attempts…
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River of Ducks: 5,000 ducklings rush to swim in a pond in China
River of Ducks: 5,000 ducklings, baby ducks rush, run to swim in the pond for first time in Chin https://youtu.be/1Y-AdcsaKKM
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Dive into the world of iBubble
Introducing iBubble, the one bubble that never leaves you. The autonomous underwater camera feat. Guillaume Néry. Dive in the community: http://ibubble.camera/
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Team Speedo video ǀ Interview with swimmer Mireia Belmonte
Spanish swimmer, Mireia Belmonte, holds five world records and is a champion all-rounder, competing in butterfly, freestyle and medley.
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Aberdeen announced as venue for the 2020 LEN European Junior Championships
LEN, British Swimming, Scottish Swimming and Event Scotland are pleased to welcome the LEN European Junior Championships to Aberdeen in 2020. The competition will see the continent’s best young swimmers and divers come to Aberdeen for the first time. The 2020 event will be hosted at Aberdeen Sports Village’s Aquatics Centre, which opened in 2014…
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China swimmers eye ‘Glory in Rio’
The Chinese swimming team is looking to make a splash at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, setting the bar higher than its success in London. China won a total of five gold medals, three silvers and four bronzes in swimming and synchronized swimming during the 2012 Summer Games. Chinese swimming team leader Xu Qi revealed…
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Great Dane “Nessie” Jumps Around on a Covered Pool like a giant waterbed
This is a safety cover! Nessie aka the Loch Ness Monster, a Blue Great Dane, is 140 pounds. Since she was a few months old, she has loved leaping around and resting her bones on this cover. Sometimes we all get on it and play tag with her.