Alexandra Truwit was attacked by a shark on while on vacation in Turks and Caicos. She had just graduated from Yale University and was celebrating with a friend. During a snorkeling excursion, the shark appeared out of nowhere. “The next thing I knew it had bitten off my foot and part of my leg,” she tells Inside Edition. A year later, she won two Paralympic silver medals for swimming. Here’s her story.
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Olympian Makes Stop at Burnsville Swim School | WCCO – CBS Minnesota
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Extended Interview: MN Olympic Swimmer Regan Smith on Winning Gold, Paris Games | KARE 11
KARE 11’s Will Hall talks with Olympic gold medalist and Lakeville native Regan Smith following her return from the 2024 Paris Games.
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Saskatoon Swimmer Prepares to Take on the English Channel | CBC Saskatchewan
Saskatoon native Airen Bowers describes herself as “half woman, half fish.” That nickname is going to be put to the test later this month when she attempts to swim across the English Channel.
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Guyana Amateur Swimming Association no longer recognized by GOA & NSC | SportsMax Zone
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The Last of the Sea Women — Official Trailer | Apple TV+
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Boulder Woman Battling Illness Completes 28.5-Mile Marathon Swim Around Manhattan | Next 9News
She is now training to swim the English Channel next year, so she can claim the “Triple Crown” of marathon swimming.
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New Questions Surface About Supposed Drowning Death of Brendan Santo at Michigan State | Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV
Everyone thought he drowned, but now there are new questions about how Brendan Santo died on the campus of Michigan State University.
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The End of Olympic Escapism for Gloomy France | France 24 English
After months of gloom and self-doubt in the run-up to the start of the Olympics on July 26, Paris and the country at large threw themselves into the spirit of the Games, embracing new national sporting heroes along the way. The closing ceremony for the Paralympics on Sunday, when the Olympic flame will be extinguished for a final time, will mark the end of six weeks of thrilling sport and almost flawless organisation that produced a sense of escapism from the country’s divisions and woes.