Canada’s swim team will go into Tokyo 2020 in a very different position then they went into Rio 2016 with. They now have world champions like Kylie Masse, Olympic champions like Penny Oleksiak, and names that carry real weight in the swimming world like Taylor Ruck. Mark Tewksbury explains the significance of the past four years and what he expects from Canadian swimming in 2020. https://youtu.be/vIHS-dvvpc4
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A Perth music producer is remembered as talented and warm-hearted, after he died in a New Year’s Day diving tragedy. Charlie Young, 26, was found unresponsive at a popular dive trail in Rockingham at midday but paramedics couldn’t revive him. Mr Young worked at Northbridge’s Crank Recording and colleague Lee Buddle said he could bring out the best in people. Read 9News https://youtu.be/6fO9tPQV1v8
An Irkutsk team of ice swimmers marked the start of 2019 by jogging and enjoying a freezing cold dip in Lake Baikal, Tuesday. https://youtu.be/CtItXaeF1xQ
Swimmers in Italy and the Netherlands have braved a New Year’s Day dip to welcome in 2019. . Report by Sarah Harper. https://youtu.be/vqbKPEB1l84
Thousands of people throw themselves into the icy waters of the North Sea in Schevingen, a seaside district of The Hague, the Netherlands, singing and dancing to celebrate the New Year, as tradition has it for several decades. https://youtu.be/sgiwnPko15Y
Known as the underwater Indiana Jones, Dr. Charles Beeker has been investigating shipwrecks since the 1960s. Unfortunately, these portholes to the past are vanishing as marine salvage operators and hobby divers are plucking treasures from these sites. On a quest to put an end to the pilfering, the underwater archeologist is currently working with the government of the Dominican Republic to preserve and protect shipwrecks, creating the first of many living museum sites that all divers can explore for years to come. https://youtu.be/xFi2lcyHx_A
A group of intrepid swimmers in Santa’s hats on Tuesday (25 DEC. 2018) braved freezing temperatures as they took a dip in Berlin’s Oranke lake to welcome Christmas day. Water temperatures of 4 degrees Celcius (39.2 Fahrenheit) did not stop the Berlin Sealions Club from their annual polar plunge. https://youtu.be/lZwLqicuecM
Get a glimpse into the world of winter swimming in the Tallinn harbour with UK journalist Jon Cardwell. Check out his full journey: https://estonianway.com/joncardwell https://youtu.be/mu8rIWcQLOc
Hundreds of revellers take part in the traditional “Bain des Givres” swim in the cold North Sea as part of New Year’s Day celebrations at Malo-Les-Bains beach in Dunkirk, northern France. https://youtu.be/RD9Vrl823vc
Almost 400 swimmers launched themslves in cold waters of Prague’s Moldau river for the Alfred Nikodem memorial race. Wednesday’s event was the 70th edition of the country’s oldest winter swimming competition. Competitors from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Argentina and Russia were cheered by dozens of spectators, as they plunged into waters of about 4 degrees Celcius (39.2 Fahrenheit.) https://youtu.be/I8XqS0Q6iWs