Year: 2018
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Innovative Japanese Dominate Swimming History | The Olympics On The Record
A look at the era in Olympic history when the swimming pool was dominated by the pioneering Japanese. Starting off with a gold in 1928.
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2 Million Dollar Doomsday Bunker Rocks a Swimming Pool
In the middle of rural Kansas, armed security patrol the entrance to a doomsday bunker that’s reserved for the wealthy elite and sales are booming. Inside Edition headed deep below the surface of the Earth and into an underground bunker like no other. Larry Hall, the owner of the Survival Condo Project says, “Since the…
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2,400 swimmers to cross Istanbul’s Bosphorus in cross-continental swimming race
Some 2,400 swimmers from 50 countries will take part in the 30th Samsung BosphorusCross-Continental Swimming Race to be held on July 22. Participants will swim the course, which will start at Kanlıca pier on the Asian side and end 6.5 kilometers later in front of KuruçeÅŸme Cemil Topuzlu Park on the European side. According to a…
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Former NHL goalie Ray Emery drowns in reported swimming accident
Former NHL goalie Ray Emery died Sunday in what authorities, per reports, described as an accidental drowning while swimming. Emery, whose 11-year career ended in 2015 and included a share of the William M. Jennings Trophy in 2013, when his Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, was 35. According to police in Hamilton, Ontario (via the Hamilton…
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Taipei City closes pool after falling ceiling hits woman
Taipei City closed down a swimming pool at its Nangang Sports Center after part of the ceiling collapsed and hit a woman, reports said Saturday. At the time of the incident Saturday morning, two people were present in the spa area, the Central News Agency reported. Falling steel elements hit a woman aged about forty,…
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Muslim swimmers asked to leave public pool in Delaware
A city swimming pool in Wilmington is under scrutiny after Muslim children were asked to stay out of the water because of their clothing. “It’s just sad that they’re being discriminated against, that’s what it is,†said Mia Miller. A group of children and their parents say they feel discriminated against by a manager and…
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BCN2018 WP Europeans – Summary, Quotes, Pics – Day 3
All favourites cleared the first hurdle at the beginning of the track in the men’s tournament at the European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona. Though Italy’s 14-1 downing of Germany stood out on the opening day. Germany was on verge to finish a match at a major tournament without scoring a goal for the first…
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BCN2018 WP Europeans – Summary, Quotes, Pics – Day 2
Greece won the big game of Day 2, edging out Italy and gaining advantage in the race for the top spot in Group A. The other matches saw the favourites doing their jobs, this time it was Hungary’s turn to score more than 30 goals and set a new national record. The Mediterranean derby brought…
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BCN2018 – Summary, Day 1 – Women’s Prelims, Round 1
Host Spain opened its campaign with a convincing 13-9 win against title-holder Hungary in the women’s tournament. Russia nearly equalled the Netherlands’ single-game scoring record of 37 goals from 1985 while netting 35 against Turkey. The opening day already offered a late night show when the champions of the last two editions, 2014 winner Spain…