Month: June 2018
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There might be poop in the water you’re swimming in so please don’t swallow it, CDC says
Every summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turns its attention to the disgusting state of American swimming holes — and their latest investigation traced thousands of infections back to lakes, rivers, and the ocean. A team of researchers analyzed 140 outbreaks that made nearly 5,000 people sick, and even killed two swimmers between…
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US swimmer Ryan Lochte could be prosecuted for false police report during Brazil Olympics, court rules
The prosecution of U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte for filing a false police report during the 2016 Olympics is back on after a Brazilian court decision this week. During the games in Rio de Janeiro, the 12-time Olympic medalist told NBC that he and fellow swimmers were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi by men with…
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LEN European Open Water Cup – Leg 3, Barcelona (ESP) – summary
Rasovszky made it again, beat French world champs Hungary’s Kristof Rasovszky won his second race in the season, just as in last year he came first in Barcelona, ahead of France’s world champions Marc-Antoine Olivier and Axel Reymond. Italy’s Aurora Ponsele won the women’s competition, ahead of Spain’s Paula Ruiz Bravo and another French world…
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Australia to use drones to help rescue stranded swimmers | Al Jazeera English
Every day in Australia, 30 people are rescued from drowning. And saving lives is about to get easier. Later this year, during the Southern Hemisphere summer, drones will be used to help rescue stranded swimmers and to spot sharks that might be getting a little too close for comfort. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from…
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I choose to smile to everything: Chinese quake survivor-turned-swimmer
A smiling mermaid! Zhang Chunmei, 21, lost both her legs in a powerful earthquake that hit China’s Wenchuan in 2008. But the survivor-turned-professional swimmer says she has since learned to smile a lot.
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Head to head with a battleship. | The Great British Swim: E5
An unexpected encounter of a military kind greets Ross this week as he continues to battle waves and jellyfish along the South Coast of England. With his injuries behind him and Rhino Neck secured as a nickname, Ross and the crew have themselves a bit of fun out in the English waters. It begs the…
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Pope Francis meets swimmers in Rome
Pope Francis received a delegation of swimmers in the Vatican on the occasion of the traditional Rome meet Trofeo Sette Colli. The delegation was headed by LEN and Italian Swimming Federation President Paolo Barelli and included some of the brightest stars like Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) and Chad…
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Nobody cared to save lifeless man – but many were filming the incident
Yesterday, 24-year-old Nicolai Ris saved an elderly man who had driven his car into the harbor in the Danish town of Nykøbing Mors. He is shocked that no one who saw the incident was helping the man, but that people instead were filming the incident with mobile phones. English tourists saw what they thought was a…
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When to teach your keiki how to swim
Experts around Oahu say that infants can start practicing water safety techniques at 6 months old.