Month: May 2020
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Diving crews recover body of missing swimmer at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park
A man who went missing while swimming at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park was found dead, according to the Portage County Water Rescue Team (PCWRT).
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One dead, two other family members hospitalized after Grand Isle swimming accident
Tragedy on Grand Isle during the busy Memorial Day weekend as a teenager died, another was injured, along with a woman in a swimming accident.
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Alexander Popov’s Epic Gold at Barcelona 2003 | FINA World Championships
Let’s take a look back to one of the most exciting swimming finals from the 2003 edition of the FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Must be watched until the very end! In a tough sprint between Pieter Van Den Hoogenband and Ian Thorpe, King of speed Alexander Popov from Russia managed to touch the wall…
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CounterMEASURE Project looks for origins of plastic pollution in the Mekong and Ganges rivers
Plastic pollution is a major problem all across Asia. UNEP and partners have been working through the CounterMEASURE project to determine the sources of plastic pollution in the Mekong and Ganges rivers using a novel combination of technologies, including drones, GIS and machine learning. With this information, we are able to recommend measures that can…
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Children living with autism are exposed to the unique experience of surfing | Inspired by Sport
Surfing star Parker Coffin visits Surfers Healing’s annual event in New Jersey and is blown away by how his sport can transform lives.
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NYC beaches open for holiday weekend, no swimming allowed
Marcus Solis reports on the major restrictions in place to encourage social distancing at New York City beaches.
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Several cases of coronavirus reported after a swim party in Arkansas, governor says
Arkansas, which allowed restaurants and gyms to reopen earlier this month, is seeing a second peak in new cases, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday. Several of the cases, the governor said, came from a swimming party attended by high schoolers. “A high school swim party that I’m sure everybody thought was harmless,†Hutchinson said in…
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No pool? No problem. Now you can rent one
There’s nothing like diving into a cool swimming pool on a scorching hot summer day. Unfortunately, most of us don’t have our own pools and worse, the pandemic has kiboshed most public pools. Enter Swimply, the brainchild of 23-year-old entrepreneur Bunim Laskin, a website and app that matches swimmers with available swimming pools. Laskin conducted a…
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Swimmer Simone Manuel on Refocusing Goals After Olympics Postponement: ‘The Work Doesn’t Stop’
Manuel, who has been social distancing and training in California amid the pandemic, continues on to explain how the Olympics postponement has pushed her. “It switched my training mindset to really spend time focusing on technical aspects of my swimming that I know needed improvement … and now I have extra time to improve on…