A French city closed two public swimming pools after seven Muslim women “inspired by Rosa Parks†defied a citywide ban to swim in their burkinis on Sunday, despite a heatwave that triggered special measures to protect public health.
The protest was part of a campaign dubbed Operation Burkini, launched in May by Grenoble’s Citizen Alliance, which saw burkini-clad protestors break the ban for the second time in five weeks.
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Beachgoers near Pensacola, Florida, were in for a shock Tuesday when a hammerhead shark was spotted swimming just a few feet from the shore.
The Navarre Beach Fire Rescue department posted pictures of the shark to Facebook earlier this week, before sharing a video of the shark Thursday. The department estimated the shark was 13 feet long.
A 4-year-old boy was seriously injured Sunday afternoon after being struck by a boat propeller during a boating incident on Douglas Lake, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reported in a news release.
About 3 p.m., Bill Thomas Wardlow Jr., 44, Sevierville, was swimming with three children under the age of 8 near points 12 and 13 on Douglas when the wind began to separate a rented pontoon boat from them.
Onboard the boat, Starsha Lynn Tuley, 28, Knoxville, started the engine and drove toward the swimmers in an attempt to pick them up when Wardlow’s son was struck in his upper left arm and shoulder by the propeller.
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Health officials are asking Americans to take precautions over reports that “crypto,” a fecal parasite that can be transmitted via swimming pools, is on the rise.
The parasite’s full name is cryptosporidium. It causes cryptosporidiosis, which can leave healthy adults suffering from “profuse, watery diarrhea” for as long as three weeks. The effects can be worse for children, pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems.
“The number of treated recreational water-associated outbreaks caused by cryptosporidium drives the summer seasonal peak in both waterborne cryptosporidiosis outbreaks and cryptosporidiosis outbreaks overall,” according to a statement from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Though it’s almost never fatal, one death has been reported since 2009, according to the CDC. Another 287 people were hospitalized between 2009 and 2017, the CDC says.
Swiss soccer star Florijana Ismaili has been declared missing after going for a swim Saturday in Italy.
The BSC Young Boys Frauen soccer club confirmed on their website that Ismaili, a captain on one on their squads who also plays for Switzerland’s national team, was being searched for following “a swimming accident.â€
“Searches by the police continue,†the site reports. “We are very concerned and have not given up the hope that everything will turn out well.â€
According to Italian media, Ismaila dove out of an inflatable boat she and a teammate had taken onto the lake in the middle of the afternoon, and then she was gone.
“She jumped into the water, but never surfaced again,†the paper said.
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Ohio Sea Grant is discussing harmful algal blooms and their impact on Lake Erie as part of an ongoing video series. In this video, we cover what harmful algal blooms are, what makes them harmful, when they typically occur, their impact throughout the lake and what you should know to be aware of a bloom. This project was partially funded by a Great Lakes HABs Collaboratory grant.
Is getting a swim analysis worth it? Last week I found out some truly horrifying news; my European Championships swim is almost certain to be a non-wetsuit swim…. now, when you have sinky legs this is not a good thing.
So I’ve spent my week getting the experts in the field to look at my shoddy technique and see what we can do to make my experience in Romania and Copenhagen slightly less traumatic… but the question is; was it worth it?
Holding her breath has become a career for Queenstown freediver Kathryn Nevatt, who is one of several adventurers featuring on the big screen at this year’s Mountain Film Festival.
Nevatt was first introduced to freediving when a scuba buddy invited her to a training session in Queenstown. She admits initially find the sport “odd” but after setting a national record, she was hooked.
“Freediving is a very personal challenge. Even when you’re competing, you’re not competing against other people, you’re competing against yourself,” she says in a clip from the film, titled The Breath Connection.
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