Author: rokur
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Swim tips from Australian athlete Christian Sprenger
“Olympic athlete, Christian Sprenger (AUS) shares his swim tips to help you reach your fitness goals.”
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Ben Miller almost drowned after ignoring warnings not to swim off a Caribbean beach
Read The Mirror TV detective Ben Miller has revealed he almost drowned after ignoring warnings not to swim off a Caribbean beach while filming hit BBC series Death In Paradise . The actor got into difficulty when he waded into the sea in Guadeloupe and ended up “rolled into the waves and thrashed to within an inch of…
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Two men drown, five rescued after Docherty Island swim attempt
Read ABC News Police say they were contacted at about 7:30pm (ACDT) after a group of seven men got into difficulty. The men went missing off the coast near the community of Wadeye, about 400 kilometres south west of Darwin yesterday evening. Police say the group drove to the island at low tide, but when…
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Taiwanese man who can’t swim survives 60 hours adrift in sea
Read The Japan Times A Taiwanese man has miraculously survived a 60-hour ordeal drifting in rough seas off the island’s east coast even though he cannot swim, local media reported Monday. Tseng Lien-fa was catching baby eels on a beach in Hualien County early Friday when he was swept away by an unexpectedly large wave.…
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Corpus Christi kids hit the water with Olympic swimmer Josh Davis
See kiiitv.com Olympic Swimmer Josh Davis stopped by Tuloso-Midway High School to work with local kids on their skills in the water and to give them some advise about reaching their goals. It’s called the Mutual of Omaha Breakout Swim Clinic, and Corpus Christi was one of over 70 cities to take part in this…
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Park Tae-hwan heads to Australia for intensive training
See arirang ‘Marine Boy’ Park Tae-hwan is headed to Australia to get a start on training for the 2014 Asian Games. His management announced that he’ll head to Brisbane on the 11th for an eight-week, intensive training session with coach Michael Bohl. The goal will be to get back into top swimming shape, as he…
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Academic issue lands UGA swim coach Jack Bauerle (and swimmer Chase Kalisz) in hot water
Read The Atlanta Journal-Constitution In the record books, Georgia swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle won his 500th and 501st career victories in a dual men’s and women’s meet against N.C. State at UGA’s Gabrielson Natatorium this past Saturday. But Bauerle actually was not in attendance. Neither was his top male swimmer. An academic eligibility issue has left…
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FINA Aquatic Family selects 11 Athletes of the Year 2013
See fina.org After a memorable year in terms of performances, the FINA Family voted for the “Athletes of the Year 2013â€, having chosen 11 exceptional competitors in the six FINA disciplines. Organised by the “FINA Aquatics World Magazineâ€, this selection had a important participation of 674 voters, coming from the FINA National Federations, FINA Committees,…
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Freedivers capture near drowning incident when speared tuna drags diver into depth
See 9News National Jack Strickland had a GoPro camera strapped to his chest when he and his friend Aaron Gallagher went diving for fish, A Current Affair reports. Mr Gallagher was holding his breath as he chased a dog-tooth tuna 17 metres underwater, but when he eventually speared it the fish started to drag him deeper.