Category: Safety
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7News: Stingers threaten swimmers at Gold Coast beaches
Lifeguards are warning swimmer to watch for stingers at Gold Coast beaches. Kylie Hodge reports. http://youtu.be/bomWykXCwds
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Swedish 2004 Olympian Cathrin Carlzon saves 2-year-old boy’s life
See simma.nu/se and unt.se Swedish 2004 Olympian Cathrin Levander (Carlzon) was yesterday’s big hero in Uppsala, Sweden, when she while jogging in the cold winter night came by a crowd that was – to say the least – in distress. A baby carriage with a fastened two-year-old child on board had rolled down into the…
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12-year-old Hong Kong swim champ regains consciousness after near drowning
Read South China Morning Post A young swimming champion has regained consciousness after nearly drowning at an annual North District swimming competition on Sunday where he had just set a new record. But he is still partly paralysed, school authorities say. […] After setting a new record in the competition’s 200-metre breaststroke, winning the 4×50-metre…
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Man dies after rescuing child from hotel swimming pool
See ABC13 Investigators found that Hernandez, 27, died after receiving an apparent electric shock in the hotel pool. Witnesses tell investigators he saved his 10-year-old brother and his mother, after they and other guests felt what they believed to be a series of shocks and could not swim. Police say Hernandez went into cardiac arrest…
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Driver trapped under water survives in air bubble
See 9News Early Thursday morning, Roy Ortiz was driving to work when the world literally crumbled underneath his car. He went nose first into the rising flood waters and was trapped fearing the worst. “I’m completely stuck right there. So, I have to wait,” Ortiz said. He could not get out of the car, but…
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German court rules you can not skip swimming lessons on religious grounds
Read The Local Muslim schoolgirls can not skip swimming lessons on religious grounds, one of Germany’s top courts ruled on Wednesday. The ruling was sparked by a case involving a Muslim girl who argued she should not have to take part in swimming classes because she would see bare-chested boys in their swimming trunks. The…
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German Court to Rule on Swim Lessons for Muslim Girls
Read Spiegel Online (in English) A German court will rule Wednesday whether Muslim girls can be exempted from co-ed swimming lessons, an issue that has sparked many disputes. The judges must decide what takes precedence: freedom of religion or the state’s obligation to educate all.
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Swimming Australia launch GO Swim Month 2013
“October 2013 is being transformed into GO Swim Month, a national campaign aimed at promoting swimming through registered GO Swim centres. A GO Swim Day is a great introduction to a local swim club or a chance for existing members to get together and celebrate everything they love about swimming and their club. Head to…
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Bob Bowman on the Lowenthal tragedy and Shallow Water Blackout
At the 2013 Asca World Clinic in New Orleans, NBAC head coach Bob Bowman addressed the crowd on “the most important information I have ever given to coach”. Read SwimVortex.com Louis Lowenthal was 14 when he died on Wednesday, October 31, at Sinai Hospital, three days after he was administered CPR on the pool deck…