Category: Safety
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Canadian Olympian Daundre Barnaby dies in swimming accident at national team camp
Canada’s track and field team has lost one of its most promising young sprinters. Daundre Barnaby, who competed for Canada at the 2012 London Olympics, died in a swimming accident at a national team training camp in St. Kitts on Friday. He was 24. “He was a very nice guy, he had ‘peace love and…
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Phelps: No harm in asking for help
Kids at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne on Thursday got a chance to hear the most decorated Olympic athlete in history talk about how they can achieve their dreams. Speaking to a group of more than 20 kids, reporters and Boys & Girls Clubs employees, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps talked about…
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Never too old to learn some swimming skills
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘You are never too old to learn a new trick?†Well, you are never too old to learn some swimming skills! The Vigo County YMCA and the Terre Haute Torpedoes Swim Club will be hosting adult aquatics events during the month of April. And it’s not just to learn…
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Unusual accident sends car into swimming pool in Overland Park
According to a person who lives at the apartment, the elderly driver seemed disoriented.
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One in five adults in England can’t swim – but it’s never too late to learn
For years, when on holiday in Ayia Napa, Charlie Dark would “look cool around the pool with my sunglasses on and get in the shallow end but that’s as far as my skills wentâ€. But now the 44-year-old DJ and creative writing teacher is learning to swim for the first time so he can enjoy…
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Nico the dog rescues swimmers from rip current in California
Two people have a brave dog, Nico, to thank for their rescue after rip currents swept them out about 100 yards off the shore at a Venice County beach in California. Nico’s owners adopted him about six months ago and say he had no prior ocean experience before they got him. Once the grateful, exhausted…
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Coach suffers heart attack after rescuing swimmer
Northview High School dive team coach Kurt Mirandette is expected to make a full recovery from a heart attack suffered shortly after helping anunresponsive young swimmer who was pulled from a pool during a state swim meet, school administrators say. Mirandette was to be released Monday, March 16 from Holland Hospital after undergoing a surgery…
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Swimming lessons cater for new Australian migrants
Operators of learning-to-swim schools are catering to increased demand for private lessons in backyard pools as new Australian migrants struggle to learn water skills in adulthood. Petrina Liyanage of ‘Swim with a Smile’ says she teaches many new migrants who are scared or embarrassed of learning to swim in public pools. She now has so…
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Swimmer pulled from pool and revived with CPR during swim meet
A Detroit-area teen had to be rescued from a Holland pool and revived using CPR Friday. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. at the Holland Community Aquatic Center, which is located at 550 Maple Ave. The high school student from Wyandotte was diving as he warmed up before a qualifying round of the Division 2…