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  • Woman attacked by alligator while swimming in Florida lake

    May 26, 2019

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    rokur
    in Nature

    The 23-year-old was pulled to safety by other swimmers and transported by a medical helicopter to a nearby trauma center with significant bite injuries.

  • Epic Artistic Swimming Moments from Kazan 2015 | FINA World Championship Gwangju 2019

    May 26, 2019

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    rokur
    in Artistic Swimming

    With the FINA World Championship Gwangju 2019 quickly approaching, we take a moment to look back at some of the most epic moments from the FINA World Championship Kazan 2015.

  • Swimming NZ faces Human Rights Tribunal over secret report

    May 26, 2019

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    rokur
    in Crime

    A litigious swimming coach; shocking allegations of “abortion doping”, sexual harassment and strip club visits with teenage swimmers; and the secret report officials refuse to release even after the intervention of the Privacy Commissioner. National Correspondent Dana Johannsen reports on the curious case of David Wright v Swimming NZ.

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  • Outdoor pools & teaching kids to swim

    May 24, 2019

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Outdoor pools & teaching kids to swim

  • YMCA aims to teach 6,000 kids in Greater Cincinnati to swim this year

    May 24, 2019

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    rokur
    in Safety

    The world is 71 percent water and kids are 100 percent curious. The dangers of combining children and water is why the YMCA is pushing to teach more kids how to swim this year than ever before.

  • Surviving the Swim

    May 24, 2019

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    rokur
    in Safety

    U.S. Soldiers, Marines, and Airmen based in Jordan test their endurance during a 100-meter swim, at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center in Jordan, May 21, 2019. The event, which required participants to complete a 100-meter swim in under four minutes while wearing their uniform, is one of several events service members must successfully complete to earn the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge. (Army National Guard video by Sgt. 1st Class Brian A. Barbour)

  • City of Albuquerque offering free swim passes for kids

    May 24, 2019

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    City of Albuquerque offering free swim passes for kids

  • A healthy swimmer is a happy swimmer!

    May 24, 2019

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    rokur
    in Health

    An animation produced by Swansea University focusing on a research dissertation by Hannah Marie Jones for the MSc Public Health and Health Promotion course.

  • After double lot sold to separate owners, one of them erects fence through pool and garage

    May 24, 2019

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    rokur
    in Swimming Pools, WTF

    An Orlando homeowner owned a second lot next to the house. He added a pool that straddled the property lines. Then, following foreclosure, the two lots were sold to different owners, one of whom erected a fence. Over the pool. Through the garage.

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