Month: April 2021
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Fox Chapel Swimmer Ready To Conquer Olympic Trials | CBS Pittsburgh
Zoe Skirboll has spent much of her life swimming and training, all with one goal in mind.
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Lake Tahoe Swim – World Record Attempt | Good Day Sacramento
Do you like to swim? How about swimming in the dark? How about swimming across LAKE TAHOE in the dark? THAT is Haydee Acebo’s mission, to set a world record! She joins Dina to talk about the attempt, and the causes that she’s supporting!
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ILS Welcomes UN Resolution on Drowning Prevention
The first-ever United Nations (UN) Resolution on Global Drowning Prevention (A/75/L.76) has been passed at the UN General Assembly’s 75th Seventy-fifth session on Wednesday 28th April. This is a historic occasion and a sign that the UN is deeply concerned that drowning has been the cause of over 2.5 million preventable deaths in the past…
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Chad Le Clos re-lives 2012 win over Michael Phelps: ‘It was a crazy moment’
“Michael was my hero. I loved the guy, worshipped the guy. And then I had to beat the guy.†It’s been nearly 10 years since South Africa’s Chad Le Clos out-touched swimming legend – and his childhood hero – Michael Phelps in the men’s 200m butterfly at the Olympic Games London 2012. Le Clos, who recently qualified for his third Olympics in Tokyo 2020,…
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Inside Droga5 and Under Armour’s Last Goodbye for Michael Phelps
This week on our Tagline podcast, we unpack one of the great sports ads of the past decade, Droga5’s Michael Phelps spot for Under Armour, made for the 2016 Olympics. We look at how the spot shed new light on the world’s greatest swimmer, how it was expertly concepted and crafted, and how it was…
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Cold Fresh Water Swimming | Water Safety Ireland
Experienced cold water swimmer Joe Kennelly shares how he and his friends Joe (76), David and Kevin safely enjoy freshwater swimming in cold water.
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Houston County Swimmer Beats Us Paralympic Record
A Houston County High sophomore recently beat a US record for Paralympics Swimming.
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Poolside Patrol as Police Dogs Train at Old Swimming Baths
An old swimming pool repeatedly targeted by vandals is now being used to help catch them. Police dogs are undergoing training at Bon Accord Baths in Aberdeen, which has lain empty for ten years. Officers frequently called out to investigate criminal activity realized the derelict leisure center was the perfect place to put the pups…