Year: 2016
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Now THAT is a Golden Retriever
Rani is a golden retriever who has caught dozens of fish as well as some turtles. Watch her snatch a big bluegill out of the water. She puts the bread right under her mouth for bait.
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New Jersey swimmer defines sportsmanship, gives medal to “its rightful owner”
In an act of sportsmanship one league official described as “absolutely incredible,†Metuchen High School senior Michael Spark presented his Greater Middlesex Conference Championships first-place medal to the swimmer he believes is “its rightful owner.†Spark finished second in the 100 backstroke at the Jan. 29 conference championships to Latvian-born Rich Fortels of Monroe, who…
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Swim Dem Crew win British Ethnic Diversity Sports Award
Let’s face it, swimming does have a reputation for being a sport that for whatever reason seems to attract more white people than people from ethnic minorities. Which is a great shame. You’ve only got to go to a gala and most of the officials and most of the competitors are white even those galas…
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Leopard enters Bengaluru school, swimming pool, injures six
A suburban school in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru had an unexpected visit from a male leopard on Sunday morning. Since it was a holiday, there were no children in the school, but the ten-hour-long effort to capture the animal left six people injured. Read Mashable https://youtu.be/qCc4TUy51T0
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Olympic Medalist Lochte Training in Chula Vista for Rio Run
As the six-month countdown to the start of the Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro hit calendars across the world, one of Team USA’s biggest stars quietly wrapped up a training session in San Diego. Swimmer Ryan Lochte spent the past three weeks living at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center while training at several…
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Iraqi refugee ‘raped 10-year-old boy at Austrian swimming pool’
A 10-year-old boy has been raped at a public swimming pool in Vienna, according to local media reports. Local newspaper Kronen Zeitung described the assailant as a 20-year-old Iraqi refugee, who was arrested at the scene of the incident in late December. It was reported that the child was taken to hospital for treatment over “severe” injuries. Austrian…
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Meet the champion free diver who hunts fish with spears and kills octopuses with her teeth
A champion free-diver who hunts fish with a spear has described how she kills octopuses by biting their heads with her teeth. Kimi Werner can hold her breath for a staggering 4 minutes and 45 seconds, allowing her to hunt animals beneath the waves with just a spear and a knife. The 35-year-old bikini babe…