Month: June 2017
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Ryan Lochte Reveals Suicidal Thoughts After 2016 Olympics Scandal
American Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte said he had suicidal thoughts following the gas station scandal that arose during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. On Tuesday, Allison Glock of ESPN passed along comments from Lochte, who explained his mindset after he became public enemy No. 1 for a short period of time. “After…
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Axel Reymond – French Champion 2017 of the 25 km in open-water
Axel Reymond – French Champion 2017 of the 25 km in open-water (FFN videos of 2017-06-04 at Gravelines)
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Swimmers Talk Safety After Lake Elmo Pool Drowning
A 6-year-old girl is dead after an apparent drowning at the Lake Elmo Swimming Pond on Sunday, Jeff Wagner reports (2:20).
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At Sea – The story of one man’s relationship with the open water
Based on a spoken word poem written by Ayo Akinwolere, At Sea is the story of one man’s relationship with the open water.
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World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall reveals Olympics swimming aspirations
Back in 2003, Hall was lining up at swimming meets alongside Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington as part of British Swimming’s world-class potential programme. At 11, he was ranked No1 in all freestyle distances, 50m through to 1500m and before long his ever-increasing medal tally caught the eye of tough-talking Australian Bill Sweetenham, who coached Britain…
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‘We’re being forced out of the river – by swimmer’s itch’
Swimmers are being forced out of the River Cam after being “attacked†by parasitic mites that have spread rapidly in the water due to the warm weather. The parasitic duck mite appears in the River Cam at this time of year and can cause a condition known as ‘swimmer’s itch’ (or cercarial dermatitis). Newnham resident…
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Parasites in Pools Are on the Rise
Sometimes the evening news reveals something that causes you to worry about that which you never worried before. Such may have been the case when news emerged recently of a huge uptick in the number of diarrhea outbreaks after people went swimming in a public pool and inadvertently swallowed the water. But that was just…