Category: Adapted Swimming
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Local Swim School Highlighting The Importance Of Swim Safety For Everyone | WCBD NEWS 2
Swimming is a popular activity enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities as the weather warms up in the summer.
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Swim Buddies Class In Broward Helps Children With Special Needs | WPLG Local 10
As part of its “Swim South Florida” campaign, Local 10 is working to raise awareness and prevent child drowning
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Swim Clinic in Southern California Empowers Youth With Disabilities | CBS 8 San Diego
Seven year old Hiro Sakamoto has been swimming in a pool of challenges his whole life but has never been one to let his disability slow him down. Hiro’s mom Kalyn Sakamoto said he was diagnosed in utero, but the full picture was unclear at the time. “We knew that he was going to have…
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How a Dixon Native Is Now Coaching for the USA Down Syndrome Swimming Team | WQAD News 8
Aaron Helander swam at Dixon High School and went on to compete at a D1 level in college. Now, he coaches 27 athletes that compete across the globe.
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China’s ‘Iron Man’ Modifies Prosthetic Leg to Run and Swim | South China Morning Post
A former mechanical engineer in China with only one leg has turned his disability into a superpower by using his skills to modify his prosthetic limb, allowing him to run and swim faster than ordinary people. See South China Morning Post
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Clayton’s ‘Superman’ Ed Petner Swims for a Cure, Dreams of Walking Again | WRAL
We only get one life, but Ed Petner believes he’s been given two. The Clayton resident was paralyzed from just above the belly button down when he was forty-four years old. On the anniversary of his accident, he swam a half-marathon in hopes of raising money to find a cure.
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11-Year-Old Sacramento Swimmer Takes Home Gold in World Dwarf Games | KRCA 3
11-year-old, Asha Woodruff may look like any competitive swimmer. “She has an incredible spirit. She is tough and fierce,” said Sonia Woodruff, Asha’s mother. But that fierce attitude wasn’t there from the start. “I didn’t really like it when I first got into the pool, but my mom made me and she’s like go and…
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Swimmer’s Feet Restored With Shark Cartilage and Skin After Being Crushed | Sky News
Competitive swimmer Isabela Juricevic had her feet crushed in an accident and has been learning to walk – and swim – again after doctors used shark cartilage to repair her injuries.