Sam Ramsamy, one of Africa’s leading voices on the Olympics, talks with Around the Rings Editor Ed Hula about his career in sport. After 23 years as a member of the IOC in South Africa, Ramsamy retired as of Jan.1.
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Thousands of holidaymakers have been stung by jellyfish after a vast number of the sea creatures swarmed beaches in Queensland, Australia.
Surf Life Saving Queensland said a “whopping†3,595 people were attacked, forcing the closure of popular swimming spots across the northern state.
Lifeguards said the invasion was caused by unusually strong north-easterly winds pushing the marine animals close to shore.
Queensland’s heavily populated Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast regions were worst hit.
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The AMI Open Water swim club loves their Sunday morning swims at Manatee Public Beach. When red tide forced them to swim at other locations, it didn’t stop them from swimming. Now that red tide is gone, they’re back in their favorite waters. Video by Tiffany Tompkins, read more here: https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/…
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The Patriarch of Constantinople celebrates the Epiphany Mass before blessing the waters of the Golden Horn with a cross that young Greek Orthodox Christians recovered by diving into the icy water. The winner this year is Mihalis Vosnakiris.
Swimming from the time she could walk, Marcia Cleveland swam thousands of hours in the pool training for her high school career as an All-American and for four years of varsity swimming at Yale University that ended with her graduation in 1986.
“When I was done, I wanted to be done,” remembers Cleveland, who couldn’t get to that finish line soon enough. “During my last race, I was thinking of going out for a beer with my teammates.”
Six weeks on dry land turned out to be enough of a respite from the sport of so many years of labor. “I was relieved not having to do it, but I realized I missed it,” Cleveland says. Working for an advertising agency in New York, Cleveland was lured to the beach by friends who enjoyed swimming in open waters.
“I did see ‘Jaws’ when I was 11, and that kept me out of open water for 10 years,” says Cleveland.
Now a swim instructor at Five Seasons Family Sports Club in Northbrook, Cleveland, 54, has battled fear, cold, exhaustion and jellyfish to conquer the world’s greatest swimming challenges, including the legendary English Channel, the 28½-mile Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, California’s Catalina Channel Swim, the Chicago Skyline Swim, and the treacherous North Channel swim between Ireland and Scotland.
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The Bajau people of Borneo can hold their breath for longer than almost everyone else on the planet. How? Why? And how can the rest of us learn to hold our breath for longer?
