Category: Open Water
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British Olympian Alice Dearing Speaks After Retiring From Swimming | Sky Sports News
British Olympian Alice Dearing speaks to Sky Sports News after she announced her retirement from swimming.
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Paris’ River Seine Water Quality Threatens Olympic Swimming | The Project
The triathlon events at the Paris Olympics could be delayed or even canceled after water samples from the River Seine show alarming levels of E.Coli.
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This Colossal Tank Is Key to Paris’s Olympics Infrastructure | WSJ
Paris has just months before hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, where athletes are set to dive head first into the Seine River. The body of water runs through the heart of the French capital and is a hub for pollution and fecal bacteria, released directly from the city’s sewer system. So how do French politicians…
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Nigerian Coach Using Swimming to Raise Mental Health Awareness | VOA Africa
Nigerian swimmer Samuel Akinrodoye has tried to raise awareness of mental health issues in Africa’s most populous nation, swimming nearly 12 km — the length of the longest bridge in Lagos where many people have jumped to their deaths. Alice Rizzo of Reuters has more details.
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Chicago River Swim Returning After Nearly a Century | ABC 7 Chicago
The city will host an open water swim in the Chicago River for the first time in nearly 100 years. The river has been swimming safe for 13 years. See ABC 7 Chicago
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Fitness Technology Company FORM Launches Next Generation Smart Swim Goggles, Accelerating Augmented Reality Adoption in Endurance Sport
FORM Smart Swim 2 features integrated heart rate and innovative SwimStraight™ digital compass for open water navigation, available now worldwide Vancouver, BC, April 2, 2024 – FORM, the industry-leading fitness technology company pioneering real-time visual feedback to elevate athletic performance, is excited to announce the launch of its highly anticipated second-generation augmented reality swim goggles,…
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Dean Summers Becomes First Man to Swim From Newcastle to Sydney | Sky News Australia
A 64-year-old Australian man has broken a major record, becoming the first man to swim from Newcastle to Sydney unassisted. Long-distance swimmer Dean Summers completed the 95km swim in 31 hours. “I’ve recovered well because I trained well,” Mr Summers told Sky News Australia. “It’s just been a really successful endeavour. “I’m really happy with…
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Cancer Survivor Helping Raise Money for Cancer Awareness by Swimming to Alcatraz | KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA
Loureen Ayyoub reports on what a cancer survivor is doing to help raise money for other cancer survivors.
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Why I Am Swimming The Whole 11.8km 3MB Water – Swimming Academy CEO | Channels Television
Why I Am Swimming The Whole 11.8km 3MB Water – Swimming Academy CEO