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Texas Police Chase With Carjacking Suspect Ends With Crash Into Swimming Pool & Underwater Rescue | CBS Local News
It started with the carjacking of a woman at a Houston gas station and ended with police rescuing a passenger trapped underwater in a swimming pool while the driver ran away.
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My58 Superstar: James Savage, 14, Is Youngest to Swim Lake Tahoe Triple Crown | KCRA News
Los Banos native James Savage just recently became the youngest person to make the 21.3- mile trek to swim the length of Lake Tahoe. He’s also the youngest to complete the Lake Tahoe Triple Crown after already completing the Viking swim and the Godfather.
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14-Year-Old Chinese Diver’s Olympic Gold a Story of Her Rise Above Poverty to Perfect Score | South China Morning Post
A 14-year-old Chinese diver obliterated the competition at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre with her three perfect-10 scores to capture a gold medal in dominant fashion in the Olympic 10m platform final on August 5, 2021. Quan Hongchan, the youngest member of China’s team at the Tokyo Games, racked up a stunning overall score of 466.20…
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Water Reopens to Swimmers at Jones Beach After Shark Sightings; Restrictions Remain at Robert Moses | News 12
Swimmers at Robert Moses were kept out of the water after park officials say a massive number of bunker fish were spotted earlier in the day from the Fire Island lighthouse.
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Olympics: Soul Cap Ban Places Swimming’s Diversity Issues In Spotlight | Bloomberg Quicktake: Now
The Soul Cap is designed to protect natural Black hairstyles in the pool and is used by Great Britain’s first Black female Olympic swimmer Alice Dearing.
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Evgeny Rylov, Kliment Kolesnikov End American Backstroke Dominance | Inside With Brett Hawke
For the last quarter of a century, the American men have dominated the backstroke events. Jeff Rouse Aaron Peirsol Tyler Clary Ryan Lochte Ryan Murphy Matt Grevers David Plummer the list just keep going. But not any longer thanks to the 1-2 punch from Russia’s Evgeny Rylov and Kliment Kolesnikov. Ryan Murphy still got on…
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The Sit-Down: Ryan Murphy & Abbey Weitzeil | CBS Local News
The Olympic swimmers talk with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about their Tokyo 2020 experience, what it means to represent the United States of America, and coming home with multiple medals.
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Jay Litherland Won a Silver Medal in Tokyo and a DM From Olivia Munn: She Was “So Proud†| People
“To be the first Asian-American medalist [in Tokyo], it feels incredible. I’m super proud to represent the community,” Jay Litherland tells PEOPLE.