Year: 2019
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Junya Koga’s doping ban reduced to 2 years
Japanese Junya Koga’s four-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation has been reduced to two years after it was found that his supplements may have been contaminated, the Court Of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday. Koga, a gold medallist in the world championships in 2009 (100 meters backstroke) and 2016 (50 meters backstroke),…
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Hyde Park Presents Farida Osman
Hyde Park presents the Egyptian swimmer Farida Osman supporting her in Tokyo Olympics 2020.
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New Service Lets You Rent a Stranger’s Swimming Pool for an Afternoon
As Thrillist reports, Swimply is an Airbnb-like service that lets property owners rent out their empty pools by the hour to people desperate to take a dip in peace. Hourly rates are higher than what a day pass at your local public pool might cost you and most places have a one-hour minimum, but depending on what you’re looking for,…
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Yikes: Researchers In Deep-Sea Submersible Get Up Close And Personal With Giant Shark
This is a video from the researchers aboard the very cramped OceanX deep-sea submersible when they have a run-in with a large female bluntnose sixgill shark. Hey — it’s all fun and games until a shark starts gnawing through oxygen hoses and the rest of your life support system. Apparently bluntnose sixgill sharks can grow up…
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It’s prohibited, so why do people swim in the Logan Square fountain?
When she was a child, Jazmin Delfi and her family visited the Swann Memorial Fountain at Logan Square to swim. On Tuesday, she watched her son swim in the fountain, reflecting on her own childhood memories as a 6-year-old playing in the water. “That’s what [the fountain] is just known for,†said Delfi, a 25-year-old…
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This Drowned Woman’s Face Became “The Most Kissed Face†Of All Time
Although the exact origins are unknown, it is widely believed that the unidentified young woman whose death mask fascinated hundreds and saved thousands, was likely a victim of suicide. The story says that her body was pulled out of the River Seine in the late 1880s and showed no signs of violence, thus the suicide…
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Florida boy, 9, drowns in creek while uncle and mom swim nearby
A 9-year-old Florida boy drowned in a creek Wednesday after he fell into deep water while on an outing with his mother, uncle and three other kids. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister told Fox 13 the unidentified child was sitting on an embankment at Bullfrog Creek in Gibsonton, south of Tampa, when the adults swam…
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People in Japan donated their old phones to make 5,000 Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is only one year away and the organizing committee has unveiled the design of the medals. To produce these, a campaign was launched to get citizens in Japan to donate 78,985 tons of old electronic devices from which 66.8 pounds of gold, 9,039 pounds of silver, and 5,952 pounds of bronze were extracted.…