Month: July 2020
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All Amy Van Dyken 🇺🇸 Swimming Gold Medal Races – Atlanta 1996 | Athlete Highlights
Amy Van Dyken is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic Champion, and former World Record-holder. She won six Olympic Gold medals in her career, four of which she won at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat and the most successful athlete at of…
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Uganda Swimming Federation unveils its COVID-19 SOPs
The Uganda Swimming Federation has released its standard operating procedures as it looks forward to coming out of lock down. As Sam Mpoza reports, the operating procedures have been tailored to adhere to physical distancing mandates.
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Teen sexually assaulted while swimming at local state park, police say
Police said a man sexually assaulted a teenage girl at a state park in Westmoreland County. Noe Ivan Soto Alvarez is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison without bond because police and the judge considered him a flight risk. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2EuNtTh
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3News Investigates: The dangers of swimming in murky pools
A local mother mourns the loss of her son after he died in ‘murky, cloudy’ pool in Strongsville. Rachael Polansky looks at the possible outcomes.
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The Olympics & COVID-19 | Katie Ledecky, Laura Wilkinson, Ted Robinson
In Episode 4 of the CoviDB Speaker Series, we look at the impact this pandemic has had on the preparation and life of two of the world’s greatest athletes. We are fortunate to have the expertise of the versatile and renowned sportscaster Ted Robinson as he interviews three-time Olympic Diver and Gold Medalist Laura Wilkinson…
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Argentina: Paralympian receives swimming pool to train during lockdown
Argentinian Paralympic swimmer Sebastian Galleguillo received an unusual gift from a local businessman, as the coronavirus lockdown affected the young athlete’s training. Sebastian Oviedo installed a swimming pool in Galleguillo’s backyard, as footage filmed in Buenos Aires on Monday shows. “To Sebastian Oviedo, who gave me the pool I would give him a million thank…
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Great white shark attacks, kills swimmer off Maine coast, officials say
The Maine Marine Patrol has identified the woman killed in a shark attack near Bailey Island in Harpswell on Monday.