Year: 2019
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Minnechaug High School honors swim coach of 20 years
Coach Erik Mandell of the Minnechaug swim team was honored by his current and past swimmers.
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How a dolphin with no tail inspired a 14 yr old to swim | Exclusive Interview
British Para Swimmer Ellie Challis was inspired to swim by Winter – a Dolphin with no tail. Ellie’s arms and legs were amputated after she caught viral meningitis as a baby. Since 2013 she meets Winter every year which gave her the motivation to start Swimming. Her biggest dream is to compete at the Olympic…
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Ian Thorpe was groomed to be a champion… but not at swimming
Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe was born to be a swimmer, but it wasn’t necessarily the sport his parents had in mind. An Australian household name, Thorpe admits “I was supposed to be a cricket playerâ€. “My father was a very good cricket player,†he tells Luke Grant. “They actually planned my date of birth…
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15-year-old swimmer attacked by weird type of shark
A 15-year-old girl in Perth, Australia, had just stepped into the ocean for a swim Monday morning when she felt something with sharp teeth latch onto her left foot. Isabella Brett-Jensen shook free of the predator, but was bleeding profusely. “Bits of my foot or like flesh actually fell off as I was walking up…
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How to make a swimming pool cake
Cake tutorial to show you how I make this swimming pool cake. In this video I am using Saracino sugarpaste and Saracino modelling paste.
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FINA meets with National Federations on Athlete participation in international competitions
FINA’s approach to and interpretation of its rules regarding swimmers and their participation in international competitions was discussed today, at a meeting of FINA’s leadership and a representative selection of national federations, present either in person in Lausanne (SUI) or by videoconference. “FINA’s principal concern remains the development of all the aquatics disciplines and the support…
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Python riddled with over 500 ticks found in Australian swimming pool
Snake catchers in Brisbane, Australia, came across a carpet python covered in more than 500 ticks. Tony Harris, a local snake catcher, told Euronews that he found the serpent in a woman’s swimming pool where it was trying to drown the ticks. “Pythons are usually very docile to start with and because of how weak…