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  • Walter, a Labrador from Sicily, loves to swim as this video dramatically illustrates.

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  • South Korea has called on Japan to ban the country’s Rising Sun Flag at Tokyo 2020 after claiming it represents a “militaristic and imperial past”.

    The flag is still used in Japanese society but is seen by some overseas as a symbol of their aggression during the Second World War.

    Korean television network SBS said the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee had confirmed they would not be banning the flag as they saw “no reason” to.

    Officials said the flag was “not inherently political”, the broadcaster said.

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  • Old lady Yai Bua has a difficult time moving her legs the way that she might want them to move. The years have had their toll on her, and she is sore and tired and sometimes unsteady. She has fallen down more than a few times but she never fails to stand up again. She never gives up, and she is proud to be herself.

    She loves to swim but the river now is a bit of a walk for her with uneven ground and loose sand and stone on the way into the water. When our old lady does not give up, we also will not let her down. We worked quickly to build a swimming pool for her next to her enclosure so that she can enjoy a relaxing time whenever she wants it.

    The pool was a month in construction. Yai Bua is quite happy about it, and can be frequently seen dawdling off to her pool when she is tired of standing. The buoyancy of her body in the water gives her confidence to stand again, whereas on dry land, she will not lie down even if she has good piles of sand as a bed. We will always try to help our older ladies at Elephant Nature Park.

    This great grand nanny shows to us her strong inner character and determination. She inspires me to a similar strength and courage. When Yai Bua will not give up, what excuse could we possibly offer ?

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  • On a road in Boynton Beach, Florida, a catfish casually swims down the street before Hurricane Dorian even hit. Crazy!

  • With over 35 years of experience, British Swim School provides curriculum-based swimming lessons for infants through adults. Located nationwide, British Swim School is the fastest growing swim school franchise in the US.

  • What does it take to develop a gold medal mindset? 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist, and one of the world’s best sprint freestylers, Ryan Held joins the Champion’s Mojo podcast to talk about his mindset and more. Ryan is an NCAA post-grad, professional swimmer fresh off of winning the 50 and 100 free — setting a US Open Record — at the 2019 Summer Nationals. But this summer was very different than last. You’ll hear in depth about Ryan’s recent adventures, including his theories on the science of swimming and using nature to be mindful. You’ll even find out his favorite pool in the United States

  • Nikolay Petshak, 64, who swam from Russia to America, died in ‘accident’ in river where he carried the Olympic flame.

    Petshak had been an ice swimmer for 40 years and he drowned while exercising in summer in the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk region, confirmed local sporting officials.

    He was famous for enduring temperatures of 2 or 3C for at least 40 minutes.

    The swimmer was known for overcoming 134 kilometres in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans from Chukotka to Alaska.

    In doing so he set the world recording 2012 for world’s longest swim completed in ice cold water.

    In November 2013, he led a group of members of local winter swimming clubs during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay in the Yenisei.

     

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  • Huge congratulations to Mike Davis, who has completed his swim all the way around the Isle of Man for charity.