Year: 2020
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Ben Lecomte: Ultra endurance swimmer and environmental activist
Ben Lecomte is an ultra-endurance swimmer and the first person to complete a cross-Atlantic ocean swim without a kickboard. He has also swum through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to raise awareness for sustainability and the impact of plastic pollution. He was named one of the World’s 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Swimmers in 2019…
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Swimmer dies after being pulled from water
A swimmer died after being pulled from the ocean in Crescent Beach on Saturday.
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Michael Phelps opens up about his struggles with mental health | Outside the Lines
Decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps sits down with Jeremy Schaap on Outside the Lines to share his journey with depression and discusses the impact of other athletes coming forward with stories of their own struggles with mental health.
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Missing Marina Del Rey Swimmer Believed To Be Ex-WWE Star Shad Gaspard
Former WWE Superstar Shad Gaspard of the tag team Cryme Tyme is missing after a swim with his son Sunday. According to TMZ, Gaspard was swimming with his 10-year-old son at Venice Beach, California Sunday afternoon when the former wrestler and a group of swimmers were caught in a strong riptide around 4 p.m. A witness…
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‘I was drinking and partying too much’: Adam Peaty opens up on booze, depression and drug cheats
Adam Peaty did not need to be diagnosed to work out what was wrong. ‘I was in a place where you don’t find any fun in anything or you don’t really see the point in anything,’ the British swimming superstar recalls. It was 18 months ago that Peaty suffered from those symptoms of depression and,…
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Time for a swim? Greece reopens beaches in Athens
Popular Vouliagmeni beach crowded again as organized amenities are allowed to reopen in #Greece after #COVID19 lockdown.
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Mesmerising Artistic Swimming Routine to an African Medley at Rio 2016 | Music Monday
This Music Monday, we feature the very experimental performance in Artistic Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics Games by the French duet Laura Auge and Margaux Chretien to an African Medley – Enjoy watching!
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COVID-19 Inspiration From Two Resilient Swimming Champions | House Calls | George to the Rescue
George Oliphant catches up with two resilient swimming champions. Watch Amy’s episode here: https://youtu.be/3iPqytt2_J8 Watch Tas’ episode here: https://youtu.be/cbHZc4lmYiY 15-year-old Tas Pagonis, a lifelong swimmer who has recently gone blind, won’t let complete vision loss stop her from achieving her dreams. Even after a tragic accident left her paralyzed from the waist down, Olympic swimmer…
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Flamini & Minisini’s Epic Gold Moment | Artistic Swimming – Budapest 2017 | FINA World Championships
Today’s flashback awarded Italian artistic swimmers Manila Flamini and her duet partner, Giorgio Minisini with the Gold medal for their incredible performance in the Mixed Duet Technical. Let’s take a look back to the 2017 edition of the FINA World Championships in Budapest to enjoy, once again, this extraordinary duet performance.