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Ignoring a warning issued by health officials, swimmers and their pets on Friday were still using a popular body of water in eastern Contra Costa County to cool off, even though it’s now contaminated with toxic algae. Da Lin reports. (7-20-18) https://youtu.be/tI6KviZuLds

Rick Stanton, a former firefighter from Coventry, has described the astonishing details of the search for the Thai football team trapped deep in a cave, and their subsequent rescue. https://youtu.be/SnXwvyZhm24

There’s a lot of dangers going on whether it’s deep water or even in the pool there is that unknown. https://youtu.be/-rzrRDnuJic

Two participants of the Port Dickson International Triathlon in Malaysia recently drowned during an Olympic distance race. https://youtu.be/TX0NXCVa4yY

WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey is coming face to face with her biggest fear – sharks. The confrontation is part of the 30th anniversary of Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week,” which begins next week. In her special, the former UFC champ feeds sharks with adventurer Paul de Gelder, who lost an arm and a leg in a shark attack in Australia. He told Inside Edition that he had never seen “a big dangerous shark before,” adding that “it was my worst nightmare.” https://youtu.be/w_iqfo7O7UQ

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For 30 years, she never gave up on her dream to swim more than 100 miles non stop from Cuba to Florida, becoming the first person to do so. https://youtu.be/vezb2UmiJ4g

A new naturally filtered swimming pool in Edmonton is bringing in long lines of swimmers. The pool uses plants, zooplankton and granite instead of chlorine or salt to filter its emerald-green water. https://youtu.be/kZpnBv5PV94

Spain, Croatia join Italy and Serbia in the quarters After Italy and Serbia had already completed their missions in two rounds, world champion Croatia and host Spain also booked their respective berths in the quarter-finals. The Croats beat Greece with a superb performance while Spain played a thrilling draw with World League winner Montenegro and that was enough to finish atop in its group. Hungary was almost upset by Germany, the Magyars had to be the happier team after the 4-4 draw. The evening session drew more than 3,500 fans to the stands who were ready to enjoy the very…

Thriller as usual, Hungary beats Russia this time The last round will determine the top spots in both groups in the women’s tournament at the European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona. Russia is still in the race in Group B though their loss to Hungary means that now they need at least a 3-goal win against host Spain on Saturday to clinch the first place. Whenever Hungary and Russia play, entertainment is guaranteed, some thrilling moments too – for those close to the teams minor heart-attacks as well (in the Olympic bronze medal match in Rio the Russians saved the…