Month: August 2019
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Swimmer Severely Injured By Boat Propeller Near Wareham
A swimmer was left with a severe injury after they were struck by a boat propeller while swimming off Wareham Sunday. First responders were called to Bourne Cove around 11:45 a.m. where they found the swimmer on the shoreline. “The WDNR (Wareham Department of Natural Resources) Officer immediately began lifesaving first-aid to control bleeding. Wareham…
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Diver Finds GoPro Containing Man’s Last Moments, Gives Family Closure
A treasure-hunting diver recently came upon a lost GoPro camera at the bottom of a waterfall. It turns out it was lost two years ago by a man who drowned there, and the SD card is now providing the victim’s family with closure. WSB-TV reports that YouTuber Rich Aloha was diving at Foster Falls in…
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Artistic Swimming: Russia Still Going Strong a Year Before the Games
The 2019 World Championships in Gwangju once again demonstrated Russia’s relentless dominance in artistic swimming. Led by the two Svetlana — Kolesnichenko and Romashina — the squad won all nine events in which they competed, making them the sure favorite for the discipline’s two gold medals (team and duet) at the Olympic games Tokyo 2020.
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Two men swim a mile to shore after their boat capsized on Big Kandiyohi Lake
Two men thrown into the water when their boat capsized during overnight storms managed to survive after swimming a mile to shore. The men, aged 51 and 48, were sleeping on the anchored boat on Big Kandiyohi Lake, south of Willmar, when turbulent weather rolled in during the early hours of Sunday morning. Read Bring…
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7 children, 2 adults injured after tree falls at Bucks County swim club
Nine people were injured after a tree came crashing down as a result of a lightning strike at a swim club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on Sunday. It happened just before 5 p.m. at the Dolphin Swim Club located on the 200 block of West Bristol Road in Feasterville. Authorities said a tree crashed onto…
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Migrants Try to Swim to Italian Island after Being Stuck on Aid Boat, Denied Do
A group of migrants have tried to swim from their aid boat to the shore of the Italian island Lampedusa.
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Samsung Boğaziçi Bosphorus 2019
31st Samsung Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race Istanbul, Turkey 21/07/2019