Swimmer's Daily

  • Ryan Murphy, Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer joins Cheddar to discuss how he’s been spending quarantine and his thoughts on the 2021 Olympic Games.

    Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Murphy Looking At NBA Bubble For Olympics Viability

  • Rikako Ikee is an athlete who has shown true perseverance.

    This promising young swimmer has been battling leukaemia and has shared a special message to other athletes around the world from the Olympic stadium during the “One Step Forward – +1 Message – TOKYO2020” event. 🌐

    #Tokyo2020Plus1 #Tokyo2020

    Tokyo 2020 +1 Message

     

  • For athletes around the world, it’s been an emotional and physical roller coaster as they saw the games and their training postponed.

  • New York City residents will have a new way to beat the heat starting Friday. Eight of the cityโ€™s public swimming pools will open for the first time. CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez has the details from East Harlem.

  • Health officials warn of a spike in childhood drownings this summer, as kids who have been cooped up seek relief in the water. Twin brothers in Texas want to make sure their community is safe. Janet Shamlian reports.

  • We have all been waiting and in one year’s time, the world’s greatest athletes will come together once again to compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games. #NBCSports #TokyoOlympics #OneYearOut

    Tokyo Olympics 202ONE: One Year Out | NBC Sports

  • Overwhelmed with grief, Griffin told ABC11 his nephew was an exceptional swimmer who learned how to swim during preschool. The 20-year-old often taught his younger cousins how to swim while spending hot summer days at the family beach house in North Topsail.

    “He swims in the ocean. He deals with rip currents. He’s a swimmer. He’s not somebody who doesn’t know how to swim. To hear he drowned in a small lake with so much security is just shocking,” said Griffin.

    See ABC 11 Eyewitness News

     

  • A 13-year-old swimmer in Claremont, Calif. died last Thursday after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms since July 4,ย CBSLA reported.ย The boy,ย Maxx Cheng, swam for Mt. Baldy Aquatics.

    He reportedly tested negative for the virus about a week before his death but continued to quarantine in his room.

    โ€œNausea, vomiting, chest pains,โ€ his sister Charlotte told CBSLA. โ€œThat list that pops up, a little bit, on that initial search, he had all of those symptoms.โ€ An autopsy to determine cause of death, including whether Maxx had COVID-19, is expected in the near future.

    Maxxโ€™s symptoms seemed to improve last week, according to his sister. โ€œThere was almost no cough,โ€ Charlotte said. โ€œThe fever had gone down three days before he passed.โ€

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  • It was a warm but windy Sunday in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula near Marquette.

    Twenty-one-year-old Marena Koubaย and her boyfriend, Dayton Nash, were on vacation at the beach.

    “We were at the island (Little Presque Isle) and the waves were really huge. There was a bad current, it was really strong even though youโ€™re just stepping in the water,” Kouba said.

    The couple had been watching some swimmers, two young kids and an adult, when they heard a yell for help.

    See ABC 5 Eyewitness News

    Little Presque Isle photo
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