Category: Safety
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Danes find half of kids can’t swim, launch major learn-to-swim campaign
The Danish Swimming Federation today announced the results of a nationwide survey, revealing among other things that despite of 91% of adult Danes saying that swimming ability is important or highly important, every third adult and half of kids aged 7-14 cannot complete 200 meters, Â which is the Nordic definition of swimming ability. – We…
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Teenager dies while free diving in Queensland
A teenager has drowned off the coast of Moreton Island while free diving. The 19-year-old man was with a group of friends who tried desperately to rescue their unconscious mate. The man’s body was ferried to shore on a water police vessel. “It’s a tragic time for the boys involved and their families. They’ve lost…
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Nature Watch: Shallow water blackout poses a danger to swimmers
One reason for my love of underwater swimming was my failure on the surface. My college roommate, Cromwell Anderson, was captain of the swim team, but I was simply a flop at the crawl or backstroke. I could, however, swim farther underwater than he could. I was able to make it twice the length of…
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Teen Swimming in Sweatpants Drowns in Apartment Complex Pool
A 17-year-old boy who had been swimming in an apartment complex’s Olympic-size indoor pool while wearing sweatpants drowned on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Ibrahim Iqbal, of New York City, had been swimming for some time in the pool at the Crystal Village Apartments in Attleboro, where he had been staying with relatives, and his cousin was…
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Statue planned for Newport Beach lifeguard who died rescuing swimmer
A life-size statue commemorating fallen lifeguard Ben Carlson could soon be keeping watch over the Newport Beach coastline. City leaders, along with members of the Ben Carlson Memorial and Scholarship Foundation, are currently determining whether the Newport Pier or the Balboa Pier will be home to a 9-foot tall sculpture of the late lifeguard. The…
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The 2015 Rottnest Swim Through the Eyes of the Community TAB Jet Skis
The Fremantle Sea Rescue Community TAB jet skis were out all day assisting people throughout the Rottnest Swim and here is what their GoPros filmed in the process!
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Conor Pope: ‘I’ll swim a mile, and it won’t kill me’
I have never trusted swimming. Unlike most forms of exercise and beach or poolside activities, when you are swimming you have to spend a lot of time in something that can quite handily kill you. And that has never seemed entirely wise to me. While I did not grow up with a fear of water,…
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The Kirsty Coventry Academy – Saving Lives Through Drowning Prevention
Kirsty Coventry today announced the Kirsty Coventry Academy, aiming to save lives through drowning prevention. See facebook.com/kirstycoventryacademy Post by Kirsty Coventry Academy.
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Gatineau swim coach Gilbert McDonald charged with voyeurism
A Gatineau swim coach has been charged with two counts of voyeurism after police allege he set up a smartphone to film the inside of a women’s locker room. Gatineau police said in a news release they arrested 48-year-old Gilbert McDonald of Gatineau on Friday after the discovery of a smartphone that was “strategically placed”…