Month: June 2016
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Story Of Encounter With The Candiru “The Fish That Can Swim Up Inside The Penis”
A horror story that will make you think twice about urinating in the river, as one man recounts his experience of a Candiru fish swimming up his urine stream and into his penis. Jeremy meets with him to look at images of the medical procedure to remove the fish, and then reunites him with the…
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AC Milan star M’Baye Niang under fire over reckless jump from balcony into a swimming pool
M’Baye Niang has only recently regained full fitness after a prolonged spell out of the game due to injury. So when the AC Milan forward posted footage of his balcony antics on social media it didn’t go down too well. Read Daily Star https://youtu.be/X-oxpDn4xfk
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Inspirational Story of a Promising Swimmer
Shawn Torres is a swimmer who still swims in the absence of his right leg. In spite of his situation, he continues to strive for success. https://youtu.be/GOXMBX-dB4U
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All-Girl Indie Rock Band Under Fire After Drummer Defends Stanford Swim Team Rapist
An all-girl rock band has been dropped from performing at a New York event after remarks defending convicted Stanford University rapist Brock Turner came to light. Good English was disinvited from Brooklyn’s Northside Music Festival this weekend after drummer Leslie Rasmussen wrote a letter defending convicted rapist Brock Turner. She helped convince the judge to…
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Transplant recipient is all heart, swimming to success
Fred Nelis is all heart, even though his heart didn’t originally belong to him. He’s a local transplant patient who is defying the odds, swimming his way to success. If the name Fred Nelis sounds familiar, it should. He gained national attention when he and a friend both received the gift of life from the same organ donor.…
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Arlington Mom: Swim Instructor’s Man Boobs Should Be Covered Around My Daughter
A local mom is making waves within the Arlington Dept. of Parks and Recreation’s aquatics program. The mother, who goes by “Lynn†but didn’t want her last name used, to protect her daughter’s privacy, says a male swim instructor is showing too much skin — specifically, his chest — in the pool. She wants the…
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Sentencing memo: Brock Turner lied about drinking, doing drugs
Brock Turner, the ex-Stanford swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, lied about his history of drinking and drug use when he portrayed himself in a statement to probation officials as an “inexperienced drinker and party goer,” prosecutors contended in a sentencing memo. Turner is serving a six-month jail sentence for three counts of sexual…
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Mini Doc on Michael Phelps – Milorad ÄŒavić 100m Butterfly at 2008 Olympics (Video)
A short film with Michael Phelps and Milorad Cavic looking back on the 2008 Olympic 100m butterfly final was published by Omega, the Olympic timekeeper, this week. Phelps memorably beat Cavic by .01 of a second, keeping his hopes alive of winning a record eight gold medals at a single Olympics. “My gut instinct is…
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Buckeye teen proves anything is possible after liver transplant
She’s an avid swimmer, and survivor.