Category: Safety
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In their own words, kids describe why they learn to swim
What do kids learn in swimming lessons? Find out in their own words! Learn lifelong water safety skills through Red Cross swim programs https://youtu.be/P5etE7jRhMo
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Groom Rescues Struggling Swimmer Moments After Beach Wedding
A bridegroom has been credited with saving a struggling swimmer just moments after his beach wedding on the Gulf Coast. Matt Yurus reports.
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Safe Sport – Stand Together
USA Swimming encourages all to become a champion of Safe Sport. For tools, resources, or to report go to usaswimming.org/protect
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Five Stories to Cool Down Your Summer
It’s summertime! In this reel, we’re cooling off our hot heels with swimming lessons from an Olympic gold medalist, a class dedicated to ice cream, and a surfer saving the ocean
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‘Risk taking’ men are ten times more likely to die while swimming in the sea, RNLI warns
“Risk-taking” men are ten times more likely to die while swimming in the sea, the RNLI has warned. Last year, 99 of the 109 adults who died on the coastline were men. The RNLI said that a male love of watersports and a tendency to take risks may be contributing factors for the difference. Young…
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Beachgoers form human chain to rescue swimmers
Strangers at a beach in Emerald Isle, North Carolina, linked arms and stretched out into the waves to successfully rescue swimmers caught in a rip current.
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Measures to Stop Wild Swimmers in Shadwell Basin
As the heatwave continues, Tower Hamlets council has urged people not to swim at Shadwell Basin.
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A shadow hangs over the U.S. swim nationals
Two months ago, Olympian Ariana Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming, former Seattle-area coach Sean Hutchinson and others in Orange County Superior Court. Smith, who swam at the London Olympics in 2012, alleged Hutchinson groomed and molested her when she was a minor while the sport’s domestic governing body looked the other way. The coach denied…