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  • A suspected shark attack has been reported off the coast of North Carolina

    Jun 3, 2019

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Authorities say a 17-year-old girl was attacked while swimming at Fort Macon State Park and rushed to the hospital with severe injuries.

  • Escape from Alcatraz: 76-year-old Naples man swims from famous prison for second time

    Jun 3, 2019

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    in Open Water

    Jim Zinger prefers swimming in frigid waters without a wet suit near a famous prison over confined and chlorine-infused pools.

    The Naples manย โ€” who turns 77 on June 12ย โ€” completedย the same feat May 25ย that he did 12 years prior by swimming the two-mile stretch of water that connects Alcatraz prison to mainland San Francisco.

    Zinger fell in love with open-water swimming years ago.

    โ€œYou donโ€™t have to stop and turn like you do in a pool,โ€ Zinger said.

    See Naples Daily News

    Escape! What it's like to swim the Alcatraz Sharkfest Race

  • Japan Swim Star Kosuke Hagino to Miss 2019 World Championships

    Jun 3, 2019

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    in Competition

    Kosuke Haginoย will not compete at the 2019ย FINA World Championshipsย in Gwangju, South Korea.

    The 4-time Olympic medallist pulled out of the Japanese nationals in April and now he’ll miss the Worlds in July, a year before theย Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

    โ€œKosuke Hagino will not be competing at the World Championships this year,โ€ Haginoโ€™s management agency communicated in an email.

    The posterboy of Japanese swimming just can’t seem to get back into the right mental space and physical shape to recover his world-beating form.

    He pulled out of the April 2019 Japan nationals citing a ‘loss of motivation‘.

    The man who beatย Michael Phelpsย at the 2014 Pan Pacs then won gold, silver and bronze medals atย Rio 2016ย is still only 24 years old.

    But with Tokyo 2020 approaching fast, Hagino’s state of mind has become a national concern.

    Read the Olympic Channel

  • Vacationers Find Alligator Lounging on Alligator Pool Float at Their Miami Airbnb

    Jun 3, 2019

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    in Nature

    Here are some places in Florida where you can reasonably expect to encounter an alligator:ย a storm sewer,ย the end of an airport runway,ย your local golf course.ย But this might be a first โ€” while in town for a wedding, Georgia resident Dave Jacobs and his family spotted a gator casually chilling on an alligator-shaped pool float at their Airbnb in South Miami.

    “My daughter, whoโ€™s 14, was like, ‘Dad, this is soooo meta,’” Jacobs tellsย New Times.

    See Miami New Times

  • Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2019 | Polignano a Mare, Italy

    Jun 2, 2019

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    in High Diving
    Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2019 REPLAY | Polignano a Mare, Italy

  • Future Swim Meets Planned for New Hope Pool

    Jun 1, 2019

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    in Swimming Pools

    The concrete for the New Hope Pool hasnโ€™t even been poured yet, but plans are already underway for competitive swim meets.

  • Deck Pass Live presented by Xfinity – FINA Champions Swim Series Indianapolis – Night 1

    Jun 1, 2019

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    in Competition

    Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands visits Deck Pass Live presented by Xfinity after the first night of action at the FINA Champions Swim Series in Indianapolis to talk about her night of racing and her opportunity to join Americans on a relay.

  • FINA Champions Swim Series 2019 – Indianapolis

    Jun 1, 2019

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    in Competition

  • Meet Bruno Fratus | World Record Olympic Swimmer #NOWAmbassador

    May 31, 2019

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    in Competition

    Learn how reading labels brought this World Record Holder Olympic swimmer and his wife into the NOW ambassador family! See Bruno’s full #NOWAmbassador profile at: https://www.nowfoods.com/sports-nutri…

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