Month: June 2016
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Bear takes a swim in family’s backyard pool
A bear took a dip on Father’s Day in the backyard pool of a Mendham, N.J. family.
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Change your perspective | Keri-anne Payne | Great Swim
Olympic Silver Medallist, Double World Champion and Great Swim ambassador Keri-anne Payne asks you to change your perspective and enter a Great Swim event in 2016.
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Alleged doping by Chinese, Russian swim teams investigated
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said it has started investigating allegations of doping by the Russian and Chinese swimming teams. At a conference on Monday, WADA President Craig Reedie said it has “started inquiries into the suggestion of doping” by Russian and Chinese swimmers in conjunction with FINA. Reedie noted “a wave of…
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Twin Toddlers Die In Drowning Accident
In Easley, South Carolina two 3 year old twin boys fell into a backyard swimming pool and drowned. Emergency officials were called around 2:30 p.m. after the twins were discovered. According to a source, the second twin boy died shortly after the first. https://youtu.be/j9f5-reBGEo
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Michael Phelps Finishes His Probation
Michael Phelps is onto a whole new chapter in his life. A little over a month after welcoming his first child , Boomer Phelps , into the world, the Olympic swimmer got more good news: he has officially completed his probation stemming from his 2014 DUI arrest . The Maryland Dept. of Public Safety and…
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Josh Schneider working to make Olympic team
A local swimmer who came close to making the U.S. Olympic Team in 2012 is giving it another shot.
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Arthur Guérin-Boëri, The First Person To 300m
Frenchman Arthur Guerin-Boeri recently competed in the 9th CMAS Apnea Indoor World Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy and set Freediving history with an amazing 300m / 984ft Dynamic Apnea swim. To put that in perspective that is six lengths of a 50m Olympic sized swimming pool – it can only be described as epic! Read interview here on DeeperBlue.com
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Fina Open Water Swim World Events – Hungary – Mass participation 2K
This was a 2km mass participation swim taking part in Balatonfured, Hungary. It was on the same day and venue as the Fina 10k Marathon Swimming World Cup event. https://youtu.be/U_qQDeksX34
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Even With Confession of Cheating, World’s Doping Watchdog Did Nothing
In December 2012, the World Anti-Doping Agency received an email from an Olympic athlete from Russia. She was asking for help. The athlete, a discus thrower named Darya Pishchalnikova, had won a silver medal four months earlier at the London Olympics. She said that she had taken banned drugs at the direction of Russian sports…