Year: 2018
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Blue-green algae can be deadly for dogs swimming in lakes | Your Morning
Here’s what pet owners need to know to keep their dogs safe. https://youtu.be/XcXTsG7Uvjs Photo by Bobby McKay.
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Your sunscreen pollutes beaches, harms aquatic life
Applying sunscreen on your body may be good for your skin, but not so much for the fish, a new study has revealed. Scientists have found that sunscreen from the body of bathers releases significant quantities of polluting titanium dioxide (TiO2) into the sea, which has the potential to harm marine life. TiO2 is one…
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Salinas’ swimming star Clark Kent gets honor from Philippine Consul General
Philippine Consul General Henry Bensurto, Jr. made the trip from San Francisco to Salinas to personally present Salinas swimmer Clark Kent, aka Superman, with a special honor.
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Swimmer Sajan Sets Record In Asian Games As Family Missing In Kerala Floods
Sajan Prakash finished a creditable fifth in the men’s 200m butterfly at the 18th Asian Games taking place in Indonesia. Prakash made a historic swimming final for India after 32 years but is not able to share the news with his family which is stuck in Kerala floods. Starting in lane 3, Prakash clocked 1:57.75…
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Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2018 – Copenhagen, Denmark
The latest event of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series takes place in the heart of the Danish capital of Copenhagen on 25 August 2018. The men’s 27m platform is mounted on the cantilevered roof of the Opera House, with the Amalienborg Palace as the regal backdrop.
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Man who tried to save swimmers speaks out
One person died and another person is in critical condition after they got caught in a rip current in Seabrook.
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China’s Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang launches Asian Games charm offensive
China’s Olympic champion Sun Yang showed a softer side to his gnarly public image on Sunday by lavishing compliments on rival Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino at the Asian Games. The towering Chinese topped the time sheets in the morning’s 200 metres freestyle heats in Jakarta in a leisurely one minute, 47.58 seconds before being reminded…
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Schooling to quit swimming in 2024, and he wants more before hanging up his goggles
Two years after clinching a historic gold for Singapore at the Rio Olympic Games, national swimmer Joseph Schooling has given himself six years to make his mark as a professional swimmer before he hangs up his swimming trunks and goggles. Revealing this in an interview on Saturday (Aug 18), this is the first time the…
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Swimming bad boy Sun just a big softie, says coach
He’s been labelled a drug cheat after serving a three-month suspension in 2014 for using a prescribed medication to treat a heart condition, saying he was unaware it had been added to the banned list. Sun triggered a diplomatic row with Japan at the last Asian Games four years ago when he petulantly branded their…