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  • Video: Thai boys didn’t swim out of the cave; they were rescued on stretchers

    Jul 12, 2018

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Now that the 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach are safely out of the cave where they were trapped for just over two weeks, we’re learning more details on how the rescue mission was carried out.

    Up until Wednesday, Vox — and other news outlets — were reporting that the boys swam out of the cave, accompanied by professional divers. Over the weekend, rescue officials had been telling reporters that divers were teaching the boys to swim and to use diving equipment.

    But on Wednesday afternoon, a day after the mission was completed, the Thai Navy SEALs posted a video to Facebook that suggests the boys did not swim, but instead were fitted with dive masks, and put on stretchers that were guided through the passageways by the divers

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  • STV News – Open water swimmers beat the heat at Loch Lomond

    Jul 11, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

  • Local couple rescues swimmer in distress

    Jul 11, 2018

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    rokur
    in Safety

    When Mr. and Mrs. Gentilozzi came to Porpoise Point Monday, they thought they were just going to have a nice time at the beach. They didn’t realize they would become a rescue team.

  • Rusty nails found in Lake Lowell at popular swimming area

    Jul 11, 2018

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    rokur
    in Environment

    Rusty nails found in Lake Lowell at popular swimming area

  • Effective ARM TRAJECTORY for Better Freestyle Swimming

    Jul 11, 2018

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    rokur
    in Technique, Triathlon

    Triathletes commonly make these 2 mistakes on the front end of their freestyle swimming stroke. Both can be avoided by modifying their arm trajectory.

  • Long Swim: Is Lewis Pugh ready?

    Jul 11, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Endurance athlete Lewis Pugh will begin to tackle an unprecedented swim across the entire English Channel.

  • Aspiring Model Goes Swimming With The Sharks And Gets Bit

    Jul 11, 2018

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Aspiring model and college student Katarina Zarutskie was bitten by a nurse shark and dragged under. Suzanne Marques reports.

  • TOO cold to SWIM fast | Cody Miller Vlog_51

    Jul 11, 2018

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Some times you’ve gotta stick it out when the pool is freezing. DEAL WITH IT

  • 12-year-old Battling Bone Cancer Achieves Dream To Swim In Ocean

    Jul 10, 2018

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    rokur
    in Health

    It was 12-yr-old Ailani Strong’s dream to see the ocean and go paddle boarding. Ailani is battling bone cancer and has gone through five rounds of chemotherapy. But she came all the way from Chicago to see the sea at Deerfield beach in Florida. Her diagnosis didn’t stop her from achieving her dream and learning how to paddle board.The fun in the sun was a moment for a Ailani to make a splash and dive in to what to means to just be a kid for a day.

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