Year: 2016
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Sea Lion Takes Underwater Selfies At Long Beach Aquarium
The art of taking a “selfie†is no longer just for humans. Now, sea mammals are able to join in on the fun. Hugh Ryono, who is a trainer at the Aquarium of the Pacific, recently constructed a selfie stick for sea lions to use underwater. “I just thought it would be neat to see…
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Teenage boy survives 42 minutes trapped six feet underwater
A teenage boy who became trapped six feet underwater in a canal in Northern Italy for 42 minutes has spoken for the first time about his recovery, which doctors say modern science is unable to explain. The boy, named only as Michael, dived into the Naviglio Grande in Cuggiono, near Milan, on a warm spring…
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Cate and Bronte Campbell behind Uncle Toby’s Join the Outsiders campaign
The Campbell sisters are challenging Queensland kids to ditch the screens and rediscover the joy of living outside. The 2016 Olympic swimming hopefuls spent so much of their childhood outdoors they had no idea how a television worked until they were in primary school. “We didn’t even know that you could turn on the TV…
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Swimbot is a smart device that corrects your swim technique in real time
Currently raising funds through crowdfunding website Indiegogo, Swimbot is a new high-tech device that helps users improve their swimming technique by correcting movements in real time. This lightweight device weighs just 60g and is backed by Olympic champions such as Rowdy Gaines (USA) and Alain Bernard (France). It’s currently available to pre-order via Indiegogo. See…
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A Dangerous Walk by the Sea
A couple, aged 75 and 76, went down to the beach in Porsguen in Portsall on the French coast this past Monday. A wave surprised them and knocked the man down. As he was being swept out to sea, his wife chased after, and was soon swept under herself! A tourist from Paris went in…
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HBCU Gameday Presents: “I’m a black girl and I swim
Members of the North Carolina A&T swim team shared their swim journeys with HBCU Gameday.
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1952 Helsinki Olympic Games Men’s 100 meter freestyle
Clarke Scholes (USA) led from the start, was first at the turn and finished inches ahead of Hiroshi Suzuki of Japan, who came up with a rousing burst of speed in the final 25 yards. Both were clocked in 57 point 4 seconds.
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Matt Biondi Named Pac-12 Swimmer Of The Century
In a conference that has few rivals when it comes to the amount of Olympic talent it has produced in the pool, the conversation for greatest male swimmer of the last 100 years starts and stops in Berkeley. So said the Pac-12 on Monday when it announced Cal legend Matt Biondi has been named the…
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Austrian swimming pool off-limits to ‘unaccompanied refugees’ amid child rape outrage
The alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old boy by an Iraqi refugee in Vienna has sparked mixed reactions: while locals feel unsafe and blame the government, pro-immigration campaigners claim such cases should not be the basis for “general mistrust.†After the boy was allegedly brutally raped in southwestern Vienna by a 20-year-old refugee in the…