Category: Safety
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Safe Sport – FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic 2018
Fresh from continued successes after the Olympic Games and World Championships, the highest-profile speakers in Aquatics are confirmed to speak at the 4th FINA Swimming Coaches Golden Clinic. Topic: Safe Sport Speaker: Ahmed El-Awadi (CAN) – CEO of Swimming Canada
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LEN teams up with ILSE
LEN President Paolo Barelli and President of the International Life Saving Federation of Europe Detlev Mohr signed a memorandum of understanding in Rome. This is another important step in developing LEN’s ‘Learn-to-Swim, Prevent Drowning’ programme.
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Impala player drowns in club swimming pool
Impala Saracens full back Richard Sindindi Otieno has passed on after drowning in a swimming pool today morning. Sindindi is reported to have drowned while on a routine swimming exercise at the Impala Sports Club swimming pool. As a player, Sindindi was involved in both sevens and fifteens rugby and has played for impala Saracens…
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Woman pulled unconscious from Rottnest Channel Swim
A 47-year-old woman is in a critical but stable condition after a serious incident during the Rottnest Channel Swim at the weekend. The woman suffered a “serious health incident†while participating in the annual event on Saturday morning. According to Rottnest Channel Swim Association president Iain McCarrey, the woman received medical support while she was…
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Bláthnaid Nà Chofaigh on Why She’s Learning to Swim
Bláthnaid Nà Chofaigh tells Ray about why she decided to learn to swim at 48.
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U.S. Coast Guard – Swim Training
In the Coast Guard, swimming is a necessary part of service. But, you don’t need to be a strong swimmer to join. The Coast Guard will offer extra swim training to recruits who need it.
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Dramatic rescue saves dog
Whitefish firefighters made a dramatic rescue Monday, showing the extra caution we need to take during this cold snap around our lakes, rivers and streams. The Whitefish Fire Department shared this video showing the “B-shift” crews coming to the rescue of a dog that had gotten into trouble on the ice-choked Whitefish River. The rescue…
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The champion surfer who can’t swim
The sky is not the limit! You need proof? Meet Kwezi Qika, South Africa’s first black longboarding champion. He started surfing at the age of 11 in Muizenberg Beach, Cape Town. He didn’t know how to swim for the first two years of his surfing career, now he lives his dream and he hasn’t forgotten…