Year: 2017
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Speedo Swim Generation | Global Initiative to Reduce Drowning
We believe everyone, everywhere has the right to swim, that’s why we’re launching Swim Generation, a global initiative to help reduce the number of accidental drownings worldwide. Stand Up for drowning prevention with Swim Generation. Find out more: http://bit.ly/SwimGeneration
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A new Olympics reality: Fewer cities want to host the Games
As the International Olympic Committee embarks this week on tours of the two cities competing to host the 2024 Olympics, there’s growing sentiment that a consolation prize will be looming. To the victor: the 2024 Summer Games. And to the runner-up: Wait four years and host the 2028 Olympics. While the arrangement could be viewed…
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Foolhardy fisherman has chunk bitten out of his leg after he tries to lasso a shark ‘like a cowboy’
Josh ‘Ferrett’ Neille, 29, attempted to rope the nine-feet predator in shark-infested waters near his home in north Queensland. But as his pals filmed his foolish mission he quickly finds himself in big trouble. At first, dreadlocked Josh is seen dangling off the side of his boat trying to grab the predator by the tail.…
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The Race That Changed Olympic Swimming | Strangest Moments
The very close medal race between Australia’s John Devitt and Team USA’s Lance Larson inspired real change in the sport of Swimming. The 100m freestyle swimming gold medal at Rome 1960 was decided by judges in one of the most controversial wins in Olympic Games history.
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Swimming with a Gigantic Burmese Python
Kamp Kenan fans wanted to see more reptiles for the swimming with animals series, so we are delivering. This week, Kenan takes a dive with his 13 foot Albino Burmese Python, Buttercup, inside Crocodile Kyle’s beautiful naturalized pool. The amazing images of this incredible snake gliding underwater have to be seen to be believed
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Swimmers Go U.S. To Mexico For Human Rights
An international team of swimmers made the border crossing from the U.S. to Mexico by water on Friday. The group’s leader said the 12 athletes from five nations swam as a show of support for human rights. See USA Today https://youtu.be/ZeWYjKGRBPs
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Bid chief: Trump has ‘done everything’ to back L.A. Olympics in 2024
U.S. President Donald Trump has “done everything†to support the Los Angeles bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, bid chief Casey Wasserman told reporters, including holding a lengthy phone call with Olympic chief Thomas Bach. Trump, the New York-based tycoon and former celebrity reality show host-turned politician, has been all the West Coast city…
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Adolph Kiefer, Oldest Living U.S. Olympic Champion, Passes Away At 98
Adolph Kiefer, 1936 Olympic swimming gold medalist and the oldest living U.S. Olympic champion, has died at the age of 98. Kiefer was a legendary backstroker, losing just twice in some 2,000 career races. He became the first man to break the one-minute mark in the 100-yard backstroke when he was just 16 years old,…