Month: January 2023
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A Grandma Learns to Swim | Float | The New Yorker Documentary
Before she dies, the 82-year-old Bubbe wants to learn how to swim, as chronicled in a short documentary by her granddaughter, Azza Cohen.
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Water Polo Coach Teaches Underserved Students How to Swim | CBS 8 San Diego
Generations of goodwill are colliding at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. In this Zevely Zone, I caught up with a Coronado water polo coach who is helping underserved students thousands of miles apart. Last August, I introduced you to Asante Sefa-Boakye. The Coronado water polo coach introduced the sport he loves to the people of Ghana.…
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Lee Mack’s Prescription Swimming Goggles Problem! | Would I Lie to You?
David Mitchell and Greg Davies investigate whether Lee Mack’s prescription swimming goggles caused him to take his trunks off in the lady’s section of the changing rooms. However, Greg Davies offers some drastic measures to prove whether Lee Mack is telling the truth!
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Swim Safety Advocate Laurie Lawrence Calls for Better Swimming Lessons in Queensland | 7NEWS
Of the 84 people who drowned in Queensland in the year to June 2022, 16 were under 17. It’s prompted swim safety campaigner Laurie Lawrence to call for swimming lessons in Queensland schools to be overhauled. “Water safety is not a wet session … a lot of the schools are getting around saying they’re doing…
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New Calls to Overhaul Swimming Lessons in Queensland Schools | 7NEWS
One is a high-profile safety campaigner; the other is an Olympic swimmer turned swim teacher. Together, Lawrie Lawrence and Glenn Buchanan have joined calls to overhaul swimming lessons in Queensland schools following devastating drowning figures.
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Olympian’s Father Calls for Mandatory Swimming Lessons in Queensland | Sky News Australia
The father of Olympian swimmer Ariarne Titmus has called for Queensland’s school curriculum to be overhauled. Steve Titmus says mandatory swimming lessons should be taught in primary schools and students should not be allowed to progress to high school unless they are able to swim. The call comes as Australia sees one of its deadliest…
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Brazilian Big Wave Surfer Marcio Freire Dies Surfing Portugal’s Nazaré
The tiny town of Nazaré on Portugal’s west coast has become famous around the world for the monster wave that breaks in the waters off its beach, Praia do Norte. But that fame has turned to tragedy with news that veteran Brazilian big wave surfer Marcio Freire has died surfing there. Read Forbes
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The U-Safe Self-Propelled Buoy Saves Drowning Swimmers So You Don’t Have To
The most dangerous aspect of a water rescue for first responders isn’t the treacherous environmental conditions, it’s the terrified and panicked victim capable of pulling their rescuer under the waves along with them. Rather than risk national treasures like David Hasselhoff, the U-Safe self-propelled buoy from Portugal’s Noras Performance will brave the waves in their stead. Read…