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See WIST Jim Reiser is a good swimmer. His students will soon be good ones too. “Children drown without a sound,” Reiser said. “They drown quietly. They drown quickly.” With Memorial Day weekend here, the founder of the Swim Lessons Company is preaching safety. He said many people think they’re good swimmers when really that’s not the case. “Especially us men,” Reiser said. “We overestimate about three times as much as women.” wistv.com – Columbia, South Carolina |

See MailOnline Arsenal star Lukas Podolski once again demonstrated his fun side as the forward threw a jorunalist into a swimming pool at Germany’s training camp. Podolski, 28, has developed something of a reputation as a practical joker during his time with Arsenal and here he showed why as he picked up an unsuspecting journalist and dunked him in the hotel pool. A tweet from another journalist at the event suggested that the reporter in question was fine as was his iPhone whilst Podolski quickly ran to the other side of the pool. http://youtu.be/jRcpVHOZ764

See Wave3 Memorial Day weekend brings huge crowds to public pools and water parks opening for the season. But three incidents in Florida are reminders that drowning isn’t the only possible danger in a pool. wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather

See WPTV Lifeguards in Daytona Beach rescued more than 100 swimmers from dangerous rip currents this weekend. Red flags are still out Monday warning beachgoers about dangerous swimming conditions. On an average day, beach patrol said they will rescue a dozen people. “All hands are on deck for the whole weekend,” said Cpt. Tammy Marris of Volusia County Beach Rescue.

Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser has praised the efforts of Kieren Perkins at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games after the gold medallist revealed he almost missed the 1500m final due to a panic attack.

15 May 2014 in Ski, Norway, a 25-year-old former swimmer was sentenced to three years in jail for firebombing sport director Frank Pedersen’s residence back in January 2011, when Pedersen, his wife, three daughters (11, 13 and 17) and two other youngsters were sleeping inside. See øb.no via simma.nu/no

See Marnaton On the 10th May, the season of Marnaton challenges opened with a new event, the first Marnaton eDreams Barcelona. A 2 km challenge off the beach of Sant Sebastià, consisting of a women’s individual event, a men’s relay event and a relay event, focused on making open water swimming more popular. http://youtu.be/-91KFqzrHKs

A selection of photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014, courtesy of swim fan, dad and photographer friend Kjell Eirik Irgens Henanger. You can see more of his work here on Flickr.

See News4Jax One of three people who were in a canoe that overturned in an Orange Park lake in the middle of the night remains missing. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

Read The Buffalo News It’s hard to fathom, but Sue Walsh is about to send her youngest child off to college. Shawn Stankavage is headed for Vanderbilt on a football scholarship. Kids these days would compare him to Johnny Manziel, but his mother’s generation would see the next Fran Tarkenton. It’s hard to fathom because it seems like yesterday when Walsh was going off to college after pit stopping in Moscow for a gold medal. At least that was the plan when the former swimming prodigy from Hamburg graduated early from Mount Mercy Academy and skipped prom to train for…