Year: 2016
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Protestors want swim coach reinstated
Members of a Northern York County YMCA swim team are looking for answers after their head coach was abruptly fired. Swimmers and their parents protested outside of the YMCA in Biddeford with signs that said “Bring Back Zach.” Zach Gray was head coach of the Manta Ray swim team for two years, but was let…
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22 students rescued during San Diego long-distance swim
Almost two dozen teenagers had to be rescued from the water off a San Diego shore after nearly drowning. The students were members of a swim team that were visiting the San Diego coast to compete in a long-distance swim as part of their annual beach swim training, officials said Tuesday. That’s when a few…
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Ask Well: Is Swimming in Pools Safe During Pregnancy?
A 2010 study conducted in Denmark and published in the journal Epidemiology aimed to answer the question “Is Swimming During Pregnancy a Safe Exercise? by comparing swimming, bicycling and no exercise. Swimming is considered an ideal activity for pregnant women, the study found. There was no indication that swimming in pool water “is associated with adverse…
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California Man Electrocuted After Jumping in to Save Daughter From Swimming Pool with Faulty Wiring
A California tech executive died Sunday after he jumped into a swimming pool to save his daughter, who was being electrocuted and turning blue in the water, PEOPLE confirms. Jim Tramel, 43, of Burlingame, California, saw his daughter, 9, struggling in the pool at a home in Palm Springs during a family gathering and leaped…
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What’s Katie Ledecky’s Secret?
Nineteen-year-old Katie Ledecky has emerged as a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon, breaking multiple world records in races short and long. What’s her secret? asks Robert Sullivan. One of the reasons it is difficult to see precisely what makes Katie Ledecky perhaps the greatest athlete in America, and maybe the planet, is that when she comes out of…
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University of Virginia Swim Team Hazing Lawsuit Dropped, Settlement Reached
A former University of Virginia swim team member has dropped the lawsuit against five upperclassmen, whom he have alleged of hazing him and other freshmen swimmers. This comes after a confidential settlement has been reached by both parties. In a report by ABC News, the attorneys of both parties have issued statements on Tuesday. The lawsuit…
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Stanford swimmer Brock Turner found guilty of sexual assault
A former Stanford athlete was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting an unconscious intoxicated woman outside an on-campus fraternity party in a case that helped increase pressure on colleges nationwide to do more to prevent assaults and punish offenders. Brock Turner, 20, was convicted of three felony charges: assault with intent to commit rape of…
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Syrian athlete wants to symbolize hope, strength at Olympics
28-year-old Syrian-American swimmer Azad Al-Barazai has been training extensively to represent Syria for the 2016 Olympic games, at a time when the country is consumed by civil war and the threat of ISIL.