Month: June 2018
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Nigerian singer D’banj loses son in swimming pool drowning
Nigerian Afrobeats star D’banj has lost his only son in a drowning incident, according to local media. Daniel Oyebanjo III, who turned one in May, reportedly died in a swimming pool at the singer’s Lagos home. Although D’banj has not made a comment addressing the death directly, he posted a black background on his Instagram…
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3 Water Safety Tips That Can Prevent Electric Shock Injuries
The arrival of summer marks the start of swimming season. While warm weather and the activities that follow can be very fun, they also can open the door to dangerous situations if a swimmer isn’t careful. Lakes, pools, and marinas in particular, are a few places where accidents can occur. These accidents include slips, falls,…
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LEN 2018 Junior European Championships Kick Off in Helsinki, Finland
This week will witness the first competitions at the annual age-group continental championships: Europe’s young hopefuls in diving and synchronised swimming will contest for the medals in Finland, while the swimmers take their marks next week. LEN offers free live streaming from all events. As a tradition, around Midsummer Night the junior European Championships in…
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Swim Clubs become more inclusive
Local swimming clubs are making a splash this summer by expanding the traditional definition of team. Madeline Westberg has the story. https://youtu.be/rGGk2rl05Fo
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Taking a SUBMARINE 500 meters below the ocean surface! In 8K
We teamed up with OceanX to go where no one has ever gone before! Check out their channel and subscribe here: http://bit.ly/2MdC2Ot
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Remembering Terry with a Memorial Swim
On Saturday, June 9th, 175 swimmers and numerous volunteers gathered at Lake Minnewaska for the inaugural “Terry Laughlin Celebration Swim†— the first open water memorial event for Terry this season, put on by Dave Barra and his organization, New York Open Water (NYOW). After a relatively cool May and early June, we were lucky…
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River Hugger Swim Team 2018 Opening Day Swim with Mayor Wheeler
Human Access Project’s River Hugger Swim Team is a recreational protest swim bringing awareness of the swimmability and extreme deficit of access to the edge of the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Oregon. The opening day swim of 2018 the River Huggers had a special guest joining – Mayor Ted Wheeler.
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Nude winter swim ends Hobart’s Dark Mofo festival
A record 1,537 naked bodies galloped down a Hobart beach in chilly 7C in the annual mad dash of Dark Mofo’s winter solstice nude swim. It was ‘refreshing’ and ‘invigorating’, participants said, dressed only in red swimming caps