A 12-year-old boy who should be in school right now, is instead in isolation at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta battling E.coli.
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Danielle Kettlewell on The Stuart Watkins Podcast
Danielle Kettlewell is an Olympian, synchronised swimmer, author, speaker and coach. She has just released a new book called THE UNLIKELY OLYMPIAN: Step into your Fears to Achieve your Dreams.
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Eurosport links up with International Swimming League
Eurosport’s approach to telling the stories of Olympic athletes all year round will continue in the lead up to Tokyo 2020 with the acquisition of rights to the new International Swimming League (ISL) competition for the next two years.
- Two-year deal will see Eurosport screen the new International Swimming League
- All seven matches to be screened on Eurosport and Eurosport Player*
- Deal includes digital rights and exclusive sublicense rights worldwide**
The ISL is set to feature some of the world’s finest swimmers including Adam Peaty, Katie Ledecky, Cate Campbell, Federica Pellegrini and Florent Manaudou in the first professional sports league for elite swimming, with Eurosport securing exclusive rights in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in 2019 and 2020 (except Australia).
The ISL will engage swimming fans and beyond through cutting-edge production and a never-been-seen before live show during the meeting itself.
With the Olympic Games under a year away, the International Swimming League will be last opportunity for fans to watch the best swimmers on the planet compete against each other before they head to Japan next summer.
As part of the agreement with the ISL, Eurosport will also have digital rights to the competition and exclusive sublicense rights worldwide (except the USA and Australia).
Read Eurosport
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Lakeside Seahawks send two swimmers to Olympic trials
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High Risk For Rip Currents At Jersey Shore
Swimmers are asked to be careful.
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Man Swimming at Ocean City Beach Struck and Killed by Large Wave
Ocean City officials say a 76-year-old swimmer died in a beach accident when a large wave knocked him down.
Ocean City communications manager Jessica Waters said authorities responded to the beach Sunday for a report of a distressed swimmer.
Waters said the man was in knee-deep water when he was knocked down by a large wave.
Responders administered CPR and transported the man to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Read WBOC and The Baltimore Sun
Photo by Forsaken Fotos
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Is it OK to swim in a river after heavy rain?
Swimming in a river after rain is something I’d always warn against, because run-off from fields and water from over-flowing drains end up in our waterways. Why then didn’t I heed my own advice? What happened? How did I get on swimming in the River Stour near Wimborne?
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Migrant drowns trying to ‘swim to England’ wearing plastic bottles to keep him afloat
An Iraqi migrant has drowned trying to swim to England wearing an improvised buoyancy aid made of plastic bottles.
The unnamed man’s body was found at a wind farm off the coast of Zeebrugge in Belgium.
He was identified using fingerprints and officials said they thought he had been refused asylum in Germany.
West Flanders’ governor Carl Decaluwé added: ‘We think he was going to try to swim to the UK.
‘I think he was starting in France.’
Read for instance Metro, BBC or the Guardian
Photo by Dr Korom
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Swimming Star Diana Nyad Leads ‘Liberty Walk’ From Philly To DC
The walk is part of Nyad’s endurance initiative aimed at getting people of all ages and skill levels active and moving.