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  • Guests and staff were accidentally poisoned at a hotel in Disneyland Paris over a mix-up with chemicals in its swimming pool.

    The incident took place at the New York Hotel in Paris suburb Chessy, France, last Friday, with 22 people treated for nausea and breathing problems.

    Paris’ Le Parisian reports that the incident happened after bleach and sulphuric acid was added to the swimming pool.

    It’s reported that the chemicals were mixed incorrectly, causing chlorine gas to be released.

    When chlorine gas is breathed in it can cause swelling of the upper airway, coughing, sickness, chest pain and headaches.

    Emergency services were called, and four of the 22 people affected were sent to hospital.

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  • The International Olympic Committee has embarked on an ambitious strategic roadmap for the future: The Olympic Agenda 2020. It includes 40 recommendations that aim to make sure the games are clean and good governance measures are applied. In an exclusive interview with CNNMoney Switzerland, IOC President Thomas Bach says the committee is on track with the reforms, but that keeping political neutrality is a challenge. On the recent doping scandals, Bach says: “Doping will always happen. This is one of the wars you cannot win.” Bach also tells Martina Fuchs his view on whether or not eSports could become an Olympic discipline any time soon.

  • So many onlookers thought Milorad Cavic beat Michael Phelps in the Beijing Olympic 100m butterfly. Even Phelps himself.

    “To a naked eye, he won the race,” Phelps said in an Omega documentary first published in 2016.

    The 10th anniversary of that final — which Phelps won by .01 on a come-from-behind, half-stroke finish — is Wednesday night in the U.S./Thursday morning in China.

    It marked Phelps’ seventh gold medal of those Games en route to his final tally of eight, breaking Mark Spitz‘s record for golds at a single Games. But it wasn’t without a little controversy.

    Years later, Cavic jabbed again about the results that his Serbian federation unsuccessfully protested in Beijing.

    “I don’t necessarily feel like it was an injustice,” the Serbian said in the 2016 film. “Mistakes were made on my side. There were things that I could have done better which would have made it a definite victory for myself, but my gut instinct is that I won.”

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  • Meet Jaimie Monahan, an ultramarathon and cold-water swimmer who has pitted herself against some of the world’s harshest bodies of water—from the choppy Pacific to the glacier-filled seascape of Antarctica—all for the sake of, as she puts it, “pursuing new experiences.” This month, Monahan embarked on what is perhaps her greatest challenge to date: to become the fastest person to swim six marathons on six continents in just 16 days (yes, it’s a very specific Guinness World Record). After beginning at New York’s Coney Island, she’ll spend the next few weeks swimming in the open waters of Cartagena, Sydney, Singapore, Sharm El Sheikh, and Geneva. Oh, and did we mention she also has a full-time day job? Tune in to this week’s episode to hear us grill her on what it’s like to submerge yourself in sub-zero temperatures, the cold-water swimming community (it’s global!), and how we can all become better travelers. Desperate to know how she gets through her toughest swims? “Just breathe through it and see what happens,” she says.

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  • Lewis Pugh, oceans campaigner and endurance athlete, continues his ‘unrelenting’ mission through the dark sea.

  • A photo posted to Instagram earlier this month is creating a stir in Key Largo, Florida.

    Crock on a float #keylargo #rockemnreelem #floating #keyslife

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  • Wales in the summer involves a lot more swimming than wales in the winter.

  • Peel Regional police say a man has drowned at his apartment building pool in Mississauga, Ont., while teaching himself to swim.

    A police spokesperson told Global News officers were called to Queen Frederica Drive with reports of a drowning around 4 p.m.

    The spokesperson said paramedics transported a 29-year-old man to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

    The victim’s little brother went to the building’s pool to check on him around 3 p.m. and found him without vital signs.

    Officers said it appears from surveillance video in the facility that the 29-year-old slipped in the deep end and failed to resurface.

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