Category: Open Water
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James O’Brien Is Disgusted as 57 Triathletes Fall Sick After Swimming in Polluted Water | LBC
As many triathletes fall sick after swimming in polluted waters off Sunderland James O’Brien demands answers: “The coastal water had 3900 E.coli colonies per 100 milliliters of water…that’s pretty grim.” “They’ve been swimming through shocking amounts of sewage.” “You don’t have to be a scientist to know that water moves.”
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Paris Cancels Olympic Swim Test in Seine Due to Water Quality | Al Jazeera
The first swimming competition due to be held in the River Seine in Paris has been canceled because of pollution. The test event ahead of next year’s Olympics was called-off after a week of persistent heavy rain in the city caused sewers to overflow into the river.
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See JFK’s Daughter Recreate Part of Her Father’s Heroic WWII Pacific Island Swim | TODAY
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy along with her son Jack Schlossberg completed a special swim to honor President John F. Kennedy and the 80th anniversary of the miraculous survival story that made him a war hero. NBC’s Kelly Cobiella reports for TODAY.
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Seine Olympic Swimming Test Cancelled as Heavy Rains Damage Water Quality | France 24
Heavy rains have set back plans to test Paris’ readiness for swimmers to race in the River Seine at next year’s Summer Olympics but Games organizers say the waterway will be better prepared in 2024. Read France 24
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New Documentary Details How Vermont Man Overcame Alcoholism Through Swimming | CBS Boston
Ben Tuff joined the Morning Mix to share his journey about overcoming alcoholism through swimming
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Scots Swimmer Smashes Record for Oceans Seven Challenge | The Times and The Sunday Times
A Scotsman has achieved a record by completing the Oceans Seven challenge — the world’s seven toughest open-sea swims — in 355 days, beating the previous best by more than a year.
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Marathon Swimmer Becomes First Woman to Swim Around Staten Island, a 37-Mile Feat | NBC New York
During the middle of the night on July 9, marathon swimmer Leslie Hamilton voluntarily jumped into New York Harbor to complete her next big swim. She says she has swam in those waters plenty, and already knows what you’re thinking. “People were like ‘Oh she must have a third arm or three eyes. I was…
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Swim Teal Lake: Benefit for Diabetes Celebrates 20th Anniversary | Upper Michigan’s Source | TV6 & FOX UP
The Swim Teal Lake: Benefit for Diabetes has been seeing swimmers of all ages and skill levels for 20 years now.
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Poor Conditions Force Jim Dreyer to End Swim | WOOD TV8
Water conditions and boat fuel cut Dreyer’s trip short.