The weather is heating up, which is usually a sign for beachgoers to prepare to hit the waters.
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Swimming is a life-saving skill that not many children know how to do if they didn’t grow up with access to pools, the YMCA aquatics director says.
SDSU swimmer gearing up for Paris Olympics
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Swimming is an essential skill, especially for minorities. In this segment, we hear from a group empowering young people of color to learn how to navigate the waves.
ITV News has learned that over two-thirds of Brits will avoid swimming or entering our rivers and the sea because of pollution fears. Last year, water companies in England dumped sewage in our waterways for a total of 3.6 million hours. That figure was up 54% from the number of sewage spills in 2022. Contained within the spills is human waste, wet wipes, and sanitary products.
Nick Butler is an English journalist who has been investigating doping allegations in Chinese swimming for years. In early 2021, 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance at a domestic competition in China. While authorities claimed contamination caused the results, international bodies accepted this without thorough review, leading to accusations of a mishandled investigation and calls for further transparency.
Winding through Paris, the Seine river is set to be the centerpiece of the 2024 Summer Games — but bacteria levels and garbage could stand in the way of safety for the athletes. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.
Forget the debate over whether Brisbane’s Olympic stadiums plan is good for the river city; international experts say the 2032 Games are shaping up to be a test case for the future of the Olympic movement. Peter McCutcheon reports.
The organization that’s supposed to keep performance-enhancing drugs out of the Olympics denied Monday that it is soft on China’s athletes. But U.S. anti-doping officials don’t buy that, especially after an investigation revealed that Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned drug were allowed to compete in the Tokyo games in 2021. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams has more.