Month: November 2021
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Why Do Good Swimmers Need to Wear a Lifejacket? | Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Medical Advisor and Survival Expert Dr. Paul Luckin explains how being a strong recreational swimmer will not save your life in a man overboard situation, whereas wearing a lifejacket will.
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Champion Swimmer ‘Mighty Mo’ Celebrates 100th Birthday | CBS Los Angeles
Maurine Kornfield only started swimming seriously at 65…and has since won 14 world championships and set 28 world records. Chris Holmstrom reports.
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Oceanic Swimming Pool in Cape Verde Aims to Produce Future Champions | Africanews
In Cape Verde swimming and the sea go hand in hand. Up until recently, everyone learned to swim in the sea but that has recently changed. The oceanic swimming pool in the island of São Vicente opened to the public last August. Teachers and schools hope this swimming will produce future champions. Read Africanews
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Epic Flashback | Hangzhou 2018 | FINA
#FLASHBACK to 5 memorable World🌍 and Championship🏅 records broken during Hangzhou 2018🇨🇳
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Blackpackers Nonprofit Launches Program Providing Free Swim Lessons to Colorado Families | Rocky Mountain PBS
Blackpackers is a nonprofit that provides free gear and excursions to address the representation gap in outdoor excursions. Now, a new program from Blackpackers has a goal of teaching a valuable life skill: swimming. Read Rocky Mountain PBS
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Dutch Swimmer Maarten Van Der Weijden Sets New World Record | I Am Expat
Van der Weijden has certainly had a successful career, taking home gold in the 2008 World Championships and Olympics for the 25-kilometre and 10-kilometre open water marathons respectively. Since his cancer diagnosis in 2001, the Olympian has also worked to raise funds for cancer research, establishing the Maarten van der Weijden Foundation in 2017. In…
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Ilya Shymanovich Breaks 100 Breast World Record Again in 55.28 | SwimSwam
Ilya Shymanovich broke the world record in the men’s 100 breaststroke during the ISL’s fifth playoff match in Eindhoven for the second time in the span of a week, clocking a time of 55.28. Read SwimSwam