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We believe everyone, everywhere has the right to swim, that’s why we’re launching Swim Generation, a global initiative to help reduce the number of accidental drownings worldwide. Stand Up for drowning prevention with Swim Generation. Find out more: http://bit.ly/SwimGeneration https://youtu.be/J16kj2uS9CQ

As the International Olympic Committee embarks this week on tours of the two cities competing to host the 2024 Olympics, there’s growing sentiment that a consolation prize will be looming. To the victor: the 2024 Summer Games. And to the runner-up: Wait four years and host the 2028 Olympics. While the arrangement could be viewed as a testament to the strength of the bids put forth by Los Angeles and Paris, it also reveals a stark reality about hosting an Olympics in the 21st century: Costs are exorbitant, economic benefits are dubious, and fewer and fewer cities bother even throwing…

Josh ‘Ferrett’ Neille, 29, attempted to rope the nine-feet predator in shark-infested waters near his home in north Queensland. But as his pals filmed his foolish mission he quickly finds himself in big trouble. At first, dreadlocked Josh is seen dangling off the side of his boat trying to grab the predator by the tail. As he tries to lash a rope around the shark – it strikes back. Source: The Sun https://youtu.be/v_B2OsfuAlo

The very close medal race between Australia’s John Devitt and Team USA’s Lance Larson inspired real change in the sport of Swimming. The 100m freestyle swimming gold medal at Rome 1960 was decided by judges in one of the most controversial wins in Olympic Games history. https://youtu.be/tVBL5UzTACo

Kamp Kenan fans wanted to see more reptiles for the swimming with animals series, so we are delivering. This week, Kenan takes a dive with his 13 foot Albino Burmese Python, Buttercup, inside Crocodile Kyle’s beautiful naturalized pool. The amazing images of this incredible snake gliding underwater have to be seen to be believed https://youtu.be/OEQXHPMWd9o

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An international team of swimmers made the border crossing from the U.S. to Mexico by water on Friday. The group’s leader said the 12 athletes from five nations swam as a show of support for human rights. See USA Today https://youtu.be/dJEkTLu9Vn4 https://youtu.be/ZeWYjKGRBPs

U.S. President Donald Trump has “done everything” to support the Los Angeles bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, bid chief Casey Wasserman told reporters, including holding a lengthy phone call with Olympic chief Thomas Bach. Trump, the New York-based tycoon and former celebrity reality show host-turned politician, has been all the West Coast city could hope for, Wasserman said. “Donald Trump has done everything we could have asked to support our bid,” entertainment executive Wasserman told a small group of reporters at his seventh-floor offices in central London. “Every letter, every phone call … to President Bach… support of…

Adolph Kiefer, 1936 Olympic swimming gold medalist and the oldest living U.S. Olympic champion, has died at the age of 98. Kiefer was a legendary backstroker, losing just twice in some 2,000 career races. He became the first man to break the one-minute mark in the 100-yard backstroke when he was just 16 years old, clocking a time of 59.8 seconds. He competed at the Olympic Games Berlin 1936 when he was 17, the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic Team, and won the 100-meter backstroke, setting a new Olympic record in each round of competition. The record he set…

Allison Schmitt hates public speaking. But the Olympic swimmer shared her story of battling depression in a packed auditorium Thursday night as part of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. “I get sweaty hands; I feel like I’m going to throw up. I never want to speak in front of people,” said Schmitt, the eight-time Olympic medalist. “When it comes to mental health, I love it. A whole new me comes out. I think it’s because I’m so passionate about it. I can speak from the heart and I really want to spread the word that it’s OK not to…