Category: Safety
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Becky Adlington answers swimming Q&A
Double Olympic gold medallist Becky Adlington answers a short swimming Q&A for the Big School Swim.
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A School Swimming Lesson in the 1890s
Children at the Big School Swim event in Bristol find out what a school swimming lesson was like in the 1890s.
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Jerry McCormick’s Adult Learn-to-Swim Experience
Jerry McCormick and USMS-certified adult learn-to-swim instructor, Chris Holley, tell this inspiring ALTS story in their own words. They share their weight loss journeys and the impact swimming has had on both their lives.
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Fishermen in Western Isles boat tragedy ‘tried to swim’
Finlay Macleod of the Fishermen’s Mission said all four reported missing had made it to their life raft. But two of them tried to swim for the shore, which was in sight. One of the four was found safe, while another is still missing. Two of the four men on the raft were later found…
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Olympian Franklin promotes swim lessons in Arizona
Swimming champion Missy Franklin will compete in metro Phoenix next week as part of her preparation to make a second Olympic team. She made a pre-meet appearance Friday to champion a greater cause, water safety, in her new role as a USA Swimming Foundation ambassador. Franklin, a five-time 2012 London Olympic medalist, did a hands-on swim lesson with a…
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Olympic gold medalist hosts swim academy in Tampa
Olympic gold medalist Brooke Bennett hosts swim academy in Tampa
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Students Say Stanford Survey on Sexual Assault, Campus Climate is Flawed
Following the conviction of a former Stanford swimmer for sexual assault, some student leaders are now asking the university to do a better job of measuring the extent of the problem on campus. Some students said a survey done in October dramatically underestimated the extent of the sexual assault problem on campus, but the university…
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Everybody Can Learn How to Swim
Giovanni shares about what he has learned from his first swim lessons at the Y. 71% of the World is Water Children Are 100% Curious Teaching children how to be safe around water is not a luxury; it is a necessity. The YMCA’s Safety Around Water program can help you make sure they learn essential…
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‘Deadliest Catch’s’ Captain Sig Hansen Can’t Swim (TMZ TV)
The newsroom was shocked when ‘Deadliest Catch’ star captain Sig Hansen told our camera guy he’s actually scared of the ocean because he can’t swim! https://youtu.be/LkT5rK9gNe4