Category: Health
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Swim in Public Pools? New Study Finds Stinky Issues
Ah nice, read WCTV.tv CDC researchers collected water samples from filters at 160 public pools, booth indoor and outdoor, located in the metro-Atlanta area. They found “poop” in nearly 60 percent of the pools, with tests revealing 58 percent of the water samples were positive for the bacteria Escherichia coli, or E. coli. […] The…
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Meridian swim club deals with water problems
See wtok.com Dirty water is being blamed for causing a murky mess at a Meridian swim club. The owner of what use to be Briarwood Country Club, estimates that between three and four inches of mud poured into the 10 foot deep pool there when workers attempted to fill it. Although this is a concern,…
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Fife coach Dougall collapses with perforated bowel, denied ambulance 5 times
Three weeks ago, former Scottish international swimmer and now head coach of the Fife Performance Swimming Squad John Dougall experienced acute stomach pain, and called 999 for an ambulance on the verge of collapse. Read for instance Fife Today, The Scottish Sun, The Courier and the Daily Record “They asked me the usual questions and…
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Charlotte friends and strangers donate thousands to local Boston Marathon victims
Read wbtv.com The Charlotte swimming community joined together Wednesday to help raise money for three people injured in the Boston Marathon bombings. Nicole Gross is a tri athlete coach at the Mecklenburg Aquatics Center in Uptown. She, along with her husband Michael Gross and her sister Erika Brannock were injured when two pressure cooker bombs…
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Aussie stars reveal sickness and injuries at London 2012
Read ninemsn.com.au and Herald Sun After revealing Bronte Campbell secretly carried a torn calf into the Games, coach Simon Cusack said the younger sister was then reduced to nurse duties as her Olympic roommate Cate was struck down at London with an inflamed pancreas. Cusack said Cate Campbell complained she had “glass in her stomach”…
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Freak training injury has Melanie Schlanger chasing new goals
Read The Sydney Morning Herald A freak training injury involving a truck tyre has left Australia’s leading women’s freestyle swimmer Mel Schlanger off her usual pace at the national titles in Adelaide. After finishing fourth in the 100m women’s final at last year’s London Olympics after having led the 4x100m relay team to a gold…
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Underwater Record Gets Examined On ‘Outrageous Acts Of Science’
See Huffington Post In November 2002, Tim Yarrow set a world record for most time spent underwater. He was underwater for 240 hours, beating out the previous record, 212 hours and 30 minutes, set in 1986 by Michael Stephens of Britain. Yarrow, was 30 when he dropped into the water for a week and a…
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Help Glen Christiansen recover from his near-fatal accident
See the Friends of Glen fundraiser on GiveForward In February Glen had an unfortunate accident and got severly injured. He has had a remarkable recovery since then, and is making progress every day. But the road to full recovery is long, and due to the fractures in his head, he will have to give the…