Month: March 2018
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Update: Swimmer dies after trying to save 2 kids from drowning
News 5 has confirmed the Good Samaritan who helped save two children from drowning in Navarre has died. According to Fire Chief Danny Fureigh with Navarre Beach Fire Rescue, the man died Saturday at the hospital. Fureigh states in a news release: On Saturday March 24th at 6:14 pm, Navarre Beach Fire Rescue was dispatched to lifeguard tower…
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Meet Swimmer, Ellena Jones | Commonwealth Games, 2018
We met up with swimmer, Ellena Jones who is representing Team Wales in this years Commonwealth Games!
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The 1940s Mermaid Show That’s Still Pulling Crowds
In Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Florida, there’s a mermaid show — and there has been for 70 years. It’s one of the United States’ oldest roadside attractions, and it still does three shows a day. At least, provided the local wildlife doesn’t get in the way.
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Feminists ‘self-identify’ as males to infiltrate men-only swim session
Amy Desir, 30, and another woman told the staff at Dulwich Leisure Centre in south London that they had every right to join the session because they ‘identified as male’.
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Meet Swimmer, Alex Rosser | Commonwealth Games 2018
We met up with swimmer, Alex Rosser who is representing Team Wales in this years Commonwealth Games!
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Police shoot down drone close to Commonwealth Games exclusion zone
Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has confirmed they shot down an unauthorised drone flying close to a Commonwealth Games exclusion zone. The incident, which occurred yesterday, gave the the security operation put in place for the event an early test after Gold Coast 2018 chairman Peter Beattie claimed the “safest place in Australia during…
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Questions over US World Juniors medals after FINA sanctions swimmer
Questions remain as to whether medals won by US relay teams during the World Juniors last year will stand, after the international federation of swimming associations (FINA) sanctioned a team member with an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). FINA revealed that US college swimmer Matthew Willenbring has served a four month ban, after testing positive for hydrochlorothiazide at…
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Missing La Jolla Cove Swimmer was Sea Lion: Lifeguards
A sea lion’s bark sounded a lot like a man’s cries for help, apparently. That’s what San Diego lifeguards determined might have been what a caller heard when they reported a man calling for help Saturday night. The call came in around 10:45 p.m. after a caller heard what was thought to be a man’s…
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Swimmer critical after saving 2 kids from Navarre Beach
A good Samaritan is in critical condition after helping to save two children from drowning at Navarre Beach early Saturday evening. The children were having difficulty swimming after they went too far into the Gulf waters at about 6 p.m. Saturday. Two nearby surfers spotted the kids and were able to pull the children to…