Category: Swimming Pools
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Swim club gets creative with new guards to help protect athletes during pandemic
As it begins getting swimmers back into the pool, an Anchorage swim club is getting creative with its guards against coronavirus, designing and developing its own lane barriers to physically separate athletes. “Knowing I was unlocking the pool for other people, I had butterflies in my stomach,” said Cliff Murray, who serves as head coach…
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No evidence coronavirus spreads in swimming pools, CDC offers guidelines
Looking forward to hitting the local pool for the first time this summer? The CDC has guidelines to help you and your family stay safe.
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Beaches and swimming guidelines amid COVID-19 outbreak
Swimming will be allowed at beaches, but at this time, not at inland state parks due to social distance guidelines.
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Experts say public swimming pools are safe, but you need to practice social distancing
Some private pools, like those in hotels and condominiums, are already open and county pools across the state will soon follow. But do they pose a threat regarding COVID-19? An expert said they are safe.
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The Icelandic Reaction When Swimming Pools Open Up Again
Swimming pools are huge part of Iceland’s modern culture but they have been closed since March 24th. To celebrate the reopening, we had this huge crowd that had been waiting for hours until my uncle opened the door at midnight in Laugardalslaug, Reykjavik. A special midnight opening actually but the clip is from Icelandic TV…
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Mark Garden paddles his canoe in the swimming pool
Dabulamanzi Canoe Club members have been finding their own ways to remain active in stage four and five of the lockdown.
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Iceland’s beloved swimming pools reopen after two-month shutdown | AFP
Swimmers return to Laugardalslaug open-air pool in Reykjavik after the government allowed the facilities to reopen as coronavirus restrictions were lifted.