Year: 2019
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Swimmers take to the waters off Coney Island in annual Polar Bear Plunge
By the standards of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, it was practically a day at the beach for participants in the 115th annual New Year’s Day dip in the ocean off New York City.
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Zyphr Olympian Interview – Camille Cheng
In this video, we interviewed Camille Cheng, a Hong Kong Olympic Swimmer who talks about her daily routine, struggles and success stories.
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99 years cold: Vancouver’s polar bear swim more popular than ever
The waters in Vancouver’s English Bay can be as cold as 3 C on Jan. 1, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from getting into the water to mark the new year. On Tuesday, the Vancouver Park Board will host the 99th edition of its Polar Bear Swim. The first was held in 1920, when around…
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Penny Oleksiak, Kylie Masse, And Swimming Canada At Tokyo 2020 | Mark Tewksbury
Canada’s swim team will go into Tokyo 2020 in a very different position then they went into Rio 2016 with. They now have world champions like Kylie Masse, Olympic champions like Penny Oleksiak, and names that carry real weight in the swimming world like Taylor Ruck. Mark Tewksbury explains the significance of the past four…
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Tributes flow for music producer Charlie Young after he was killed in free-diving accident
A Perth music producer is remembered as talented and warm-hearted, after he died in a New Year’s Day diving tragedy. Charlie Young, 26, was found unresponsive at a popular dive trail in Rockingham at midday but paramedics couldn’t revive him. Mr Young worked at Northbridge’s Crank Recording and colleague Lee Buddle said he could bring…
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See Russian ice swimmers welcoming 2019 by braving Lake Baikal
An Irkutsk team of ice swimmers marked the start of 2019 by jogging and enjoying a freezing cold dip in Lake Baikal, Tuesday.
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Swimmers brave New Year’s dip in Italy and Netherlands
Swimmers in Italy and the Netherlands have braved a New Year’s Day dip to welcome in 2019. . Report by Sarah Harper.
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Thousands of swimmers brave the cold in the North Sea
Thousands of people throw themselves into the icy waters of the North Sea in Schevingen, a seaside district of The Hague, the Netherlands, singing and dancing to celebrate the New Year, as tradition has it for several decades.
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The Underwater Indiana Jones Preserving Our Past
Known as the underwater Indiana Jones, Dr. Charles Beeker has been investigating shipwrecks since the 1960s. Unfortunately, these portholes to the past are vanishing as marine salvage operators and hobby divers are plucking treasures from these sites. On a quest to put an end to the pilfering, the underwater archeologist is currently working with the…