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A “Celebration Of Life” – Shane Gould’s Olympic Memories | Olympic Rewind
Courtesy of the Olympic channel Australia’s Shane Gould reminisces about her appearance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Swimming events and discusses the incredible spirit of the Games.
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2-Year Old Found Floating In Swimming Pool
See CBS Miami A near tragedy in Coral Springs when a two-year-old child was found by his grandfather in a backyard pool. The boy was rushed to the hospital. Doctors were able get a pulse and the child was breathing with assistance. Friday night, officials said the boy was at Broward General Hospital in very…
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Marmaduke teen drowns in pond near city limits
See kait8.com A 17-year-old high school student drowned in a small pond southwest of Marmaduke city limits on Greene County Road 522, according to Greene County Sheriff Dan Langston. Langston told Region 8 News Trevor Potter was swimming with a friend in the middle of the pond Thursday night when Potter started having chest pains.…
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All cleaned up, Ian Thorpe returns to TV
Read The Daily Telegraph Fallen swimming champion Ian Thorpe has triumphantly emerged from the darkest months of his life. Australia’s most successful Olympian is out of rehabilitation and will attend the Commonwealth Games in Scotland in July. His manager is in negotiations with Channel Ten and European networks for commentating roles at the swimming. Ten…
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How a Giant Plus-Shaped Pool Could Make New York’s East River Safe For Swimmers
See FC As the heat of summer approaches, you might be seeking a refreshing dip in a local pool, pond, lake, or river, but jumping in to New York’s East River is probably not at the top of your list. However, designers Jeffrey Franklin, Archie Coates, and architect Dong-Ping Wong are working on a project called +Pool, a giant plus-shaped…
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Swimming at camp too dangerous for students, school says
See CBC A Toronto teacher says his Grade 8 students are unhappy that a three-day graduation trip to a nature camp in Bancroft, Ont., next month was cancelled due to the school board’s safety concerns over activities such as swimming and archery. Lenny Chiro, who teaches at Amesbury Middle School, was preparing his class for…
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How African Americans beat one of the most racist institutions: The swimming pool
Read grist via nola.com Most conversations about black people’s relatively poor swimming skills begin and end with the assumption that it’s all black people’s fault. For example, there are swimming pools and beaches all around this area, so if black people don’t swim as well – so the thinking goes – it must be because…
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Ocean Escapes Drone Captures Magnificent Shots Of A Basking Shark
Beautiful beasts, those Via Independent.ie Using a drone camera, Andrew O’Riordan captured some jaw-dropping footage of a giant basking shark swimming into the mouth of Cork harbour this week.