Year: 2021
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People Taking a Swim in the James Say They Were Unaware of Health Advisory | WTVR CBS 6
Multiple people could be seen taking a swim in the James River near Brown’s Island Thursday afternoon, despite the Virginia Department of Health warning against getting in the water after they said 300,000 gallons of raw sewage was leaked into Tuckahoe Creek.
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China Win Women’s Olympic 4x200m Freestyle in World Record Time | France 24 English
#China‘s women stunned the field to smash the world #record and win the #Olympic 4x200m relay title in a major upset Thursday. The team of Yang Junxuan, Zhang Yufei, Li Bingjie, and Tang Muhan touched in 7mins 40.33 seconds ahead of the United States (7:40.73) and Australia (7:41.29). All three teams were under the previous…
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World’s Deepest Swimming Pool For Diving Features ‘Sunken City’ With Apartment, Garage And Arcade | CBS Local News
The world’s deepest swimming pool for underwater diving has opened in Dubai, where people can descend nearly 200 feet to a sunken city-themed landscape and play arcade games. Katie Johnston reports.
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Long Island Town Closes Beaches After Sharks Spotted | Eyewitness News ABC7NY
The Town of Hempstead in Nassau County was set to reopen its beaches Wednesday afternoon after they were closed for a few hours following shark sightings.
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Katie Ledecky Gets Emotional Winning Gold At Tokyo Olympics | Access
Katie Ledecky just made history at the Tokyo Olympics by snagging the first-ever gold medal in the women’s 1500m freestyle race. The 24-year-old swam 30 laps with the time of 15:37.34. She was a full 4.07 seconds ahead of fellow Team USA swimmer Erica Sullivan and she finished 5.57 seconds before Germany’s Sarah Kohler.
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Overcoming Obstacles: Brothers of Local Swimmer Share Unlikely Journey to Olympic Gold | 8 News NOW Las Vegas
Brothers of local swimmer share unlikely journey to Olympic gold
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Student Designs Pool Navigation Aid for Visually Impaired Swimmers | Loughborough University
Final year project design student, Mirthe Hofstede has designed Optic – a navigation aid for visually impaired swimmers that allows them to navigate in the pool efficiently and safely.
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South Korean Swimmer Hwang Sun-Woo Comes in Fifth in S. Korea’s First-Ever Men’s 100m Freestyle Final | Arirang News
Now we turn to the Olympics… where we are already getting Thursday’s updates… South Korean swimming sensation Hwang Sun-woo competed in the final of 100-meter freestyle but unfortunately fell short. For more on this and other news… we have our Kim Do-yeon standing by at the news center. Do-yeon, what an exciting few seconds that…
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Cochlear Aqua+ Helps Recipients Enjoy Swimming | Cochlear Americas
All her life Mary Grace wasn’t exposed to the water, but she wanted to learn how to swim. With the Cochlear Aqua+ she can now take swim lessons and hear her instructor underwater.