Swimmer's Daily

Year: 2016

  • Unusual jellyfish found at Jersey Shore sends swimmer to the hospital

    Unusual jellyfish found at Jersey Shore sends swimmer to the hospital

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    Creatures as small as a bottle cap moving through the waters off New Jersey sent a swimmer to the hospital for two days and sparked warnings to beachgoers looking to celebrate the summer on the shore. https://youtu.be/n5hDGQIzcyg

  • In Olympic refugee team, a last chance for Syrian swimmer Rami Anis

    In Olympic refugee team, a last chance for Syrian swimmer Rami Anis

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    Rami Anis braved the bombs of Aleppo, then was forced to leave his Syrian home for Turkey five years ago — all the while refusing to give up on an elusive dream of swimming in the Olympics. He trained at the prestigious Galatasaray sports club in Istanbul, putting in lap after lap after lap, month…

  • Members of Stanford Women’s Swim Team Not Surprised by Brock Turner Arrest

    Members of Stanford Women’s Swim Team Not Surprised by Brock Turner Arrest

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    Members of the Stanford University women’s swim team are saying they were not surprised by Brock Turner’s arrest, according to a report. One swimmer was quoted as calling Turner “very, very odd” and claims he made crude comments to her teammates about their bodies, according to InTouch Magazine. “Brock’s arrest wasn’t surprising to anyone on the team,” one…

  • Disney Puts up Alligator Warning Signs

    Disney Puts up Alligator Warning Signs

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    Disney has announced they will be adding signs around their beaches and waterways to warn guests about alligators and they have closed all beaches on their Florida properties as they conduct a review of their protocols. A medical examiner has ruled the cause of death for 2-year-old Lane Graves as drowning and traumatic injuries due…

  • Rio state declares financial emergency, requests funding for Olympics

    Rio state declares financial emergency, requests funding for Olympics

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    Rio de Janeiro’s governor declared a state of financial emergency Friday and requested federal funds to help fulfill obligations for public services during the Olympics that start Aug. 5. Emergency measures are needed to avoid “a total collapse in public security, health, education, transport and environmental management,” a decree in the state’s Official Gazette said.…

  • Italian Hotel Has the World’s Deepest Swimming Pool

    Italian Hotel Has the World’s Deepest Swimming Pool

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    Hotel Terme Millepini, a 100-room four-star hotel in Padua, Italy, is recognized for having the world’s deepest swimming pool, the Y-40, which put it in the Guinness World Records. The swimming pool is built over thermal sources bringing after cooling down a water at 32-34 degrees Celsius. Y-40, with its depth of 42mt, is officially…

  • Cameron, Peaty set for epic Olympic battle

    Cameron, Peaty set for epic Olympic battle

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    Winning the Olympic gold medal in a world-record time of 58.46 seconds had been the greatest high in Cameron van der Burgh’s illustrious swimming career. Reaching the pinnacle of his sport had been the result of years of hard work winning South Africa’s first medal of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Van der Burgh…

  • Brazil Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes

    Brazil Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes

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    Brazil is in crisis. The economy has sunk into its biggest slump in a century and political instability surrounding President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment is paralyzing the country. Bloomberg QuickTakes explains how it’s been a slow unraveling for the world’s fifth largest country. 

  • Russia Olympics Ban Upheld After Doping Scandal

    Russia Olympics Ban Upheld After Doping Scandal

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    Russia’s sports ministry has confirmed that the International Association of Athletics Federations has barred Russia’s track-and-field federation from competing at the Olympics in Brazil this summer.