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  • Finding a Balance: Sports and Academics

    Finding a Balance: Sports and Academics

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    Guest post by Ryan Bach As if being a swimmer wasn’t hard enough, managing your swim workouts while also being a full-time student can get pretty hectic. While sometimes it may seem impossible to succeed in both the pool and the classroom, it is necessary to remember that it’s been done before by past swimmers,…

  • Officials Warn Swimmers of Hidden Drowning Danger From Electric Currents

    Officials Warn Swimmers of Hidden Drowning Danger From Electric Currents

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    See NBC Chicago With the unofficial start of boating season on Lake Michigan quickly approaching, officials are warning Illinois boaters and swimmers about a hidden danger lurking in fresh water. Electric shock drowning, or ESD, is a rising threat in marinas and popular freshwater areas, and those at risk are often unaware of the potential…

  • Swimming SA withdraws sanctions against Gerhard Zandberg

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    Read The Citizen Swimming South Africa (SSA) confirmed yesterday it had lifted its sanctions against former 50m backstroke world champion Gerhard Zandberg, though his legal team said he had not yet agreed to drop his appeal. The national federation said it had opted to end the legal bout. “SSA will rather allocate the funds, which…

  • Surveillance Video Shows Children Shocked in Swimming Pool

    Surveillance Video Shows Children Shocked in Swimming Pool

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    See ABC News and CBS 12 A surveillance video from a condominium complex in Florida shows an invisible, potentially deadly danger lurking in swimming pools. The video, shot on April 27 at the Palms West Condominiums in Hialeah, Fla., shows three children shocked while swimming in the condo community’s pool. One young girl in the…

  • Ryan Lochte re-tore MCL in practice earlier this month

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    Read Reach For The Wall Despite Ryan Lochte‘s total flop in his TV debut with “What Would Ryan Lochte do?” last year, the 29-year-old swimmer may be a better actor than previously believed. Lochte scratched from the Charlotte Grand Prix last week, and he told reporters at the meet that it was precautionary after feeling knee soreness…

  • Bergen Swim Festival 23 – 25 May 2014

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    “Scandinavia’s Coolest Swim Meet“, still short course meters in Sentralbadet in Bergen, Norway. This year featuring Daniel Gyurta and Katinka Hosszu (HUN), Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), Rikke Møller Pedersen and Jeanette Ottesen (DEN), Jennie Johansson and Simon Sjödin (SWE), Pál Joensen (FAR) and others. Invitation, Schedule, Start Lists and Live Timing on medley.no

  • Watch This Guy Swim And Feed And Even Mouth-Feed Gators

    Watch This Guy Swim And Feed And Even Mouth-Feed Gators

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    See Wide Open Spaces Uploaded to Facebook by a person who was on the tour, this video shows the bravery (or insanity) of this gentleman who, for some reason, seems to look at ease with this gigantic predatory reptiles. We’d never make assumptions about someone’s mental capacity, but we’d also never get into the water…

  • Survey Finds Half Of Americans Can’t Swim

    Survey Finds Half Of Americans Can’t Swim

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    See NBC News Red Cross survey finds half of Americans can’t swim well enough to get out of a body of water if they find themselves in over their head. Erika Edwards reports.

  • It’s Never Too Late To Learn To Swim

    It’s Never Too Late To Learn To Swim

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    See Keloland Sioux Falls City pools will be opening to the public this Memorial Day weekend. But not everyone will be ready. According to a new study from the Red Cross, many adults don’t know basic swimming skills and that could be dangerous. Of the adults who know how to swim, only 56 percent can…