Month: January 2023
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Meet the Youngest Member of Team Gb’s Artistic Swimming Squad | BBC Newsround
At 13 years old, Andrea is the youngest member of Team GB’s artistic swimming squad. Up until a few years ago, the sport used to be called synchronized swimming and it involves ballet and gymnastic movement, all while holding your breath under the water. She says one day she’d like to go to the Olympics…
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Children Miss Out on 10 Million Swimming Lessons | Sky News Australia
New data from Royal Life Saving Statistics has revealed children missed up to 10 million swimming lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts warn it could have a generational impact if children do not catch up on lessons.
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Ice Swimming Championship – Outdoor Event in Finland | Oneindia News
Humans do some crazy things sometimes. For example, they compete in swimming races in ice-cold water. Just for the fun of it! Fancy a dip?
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Desperate Search for Missing Swimmer at Treacherous Melbourne Beach | 9 News Australia
A desperate search is entering its second night after a 20-year-old man disappeared beneath the surf at Gunnamatta beach on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne’s north.
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Young Boys Remain in Serious Condition, Search Underway for Missing Swimmer | 9 News Australia
The nine and 10-year-old boys who survived the horror mid-air helicopter crash on the Gold Coast, which claimed four lives, remain in serious conditions today at the Queensland Children’s Hospital. In other news, a desperate search is underway for a young man missing in the waters off Mornington Peninsula’s dangerous Gunnamatta Beach near Melbourne.
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Peyton Hillis Hospitalized After Saving Kids From Drowning | Inside Edition
A former Cleveland Browns football star is fighting for his life after saving his young children from drowning in Pensacola, Florida. Peyton Hillis is reportedly unconscious in the intensive care unit after rescuing his 10-year-old son, his daughter, and two other adults. The incident happened on the beach at Portofino Island Resort after the two…
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Seal Attack on a Beach in Cape Town | SABC News
Holidaymakers and Capetonians were alarmed a few days ago when a seal attacked big swimmers including a child on Clifton’s 4th beach. It was captured on video. National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson, Craig Lambinon speaks to SABC
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Canterbury Beach Deemed Too Dirty to Swim in Is Currently Safe, Says Local | Stuff
A swim coach says a popular Canterbury beach deemed unsuitable for swimming because of dirty water is in fact safe – and he has a lab result to prove it. Popular swimming spots Corsair Bay, Rāpaki Bay, Sandy Bay, Diamond Harbour Beach, Purau Beach and Cass Bay in Lyttelton Harbour were last week deemed unsuitable for…
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Swimming Cat Sparks Local Uproar | a Current Affair
Meet the man claiming he received ‘threats’ after entering his cat into a dog swimming event in Sydney. (Broadcast Dec 28, 2022)