Kevin M. Ring, former President of Golf at Legends, has been named the new President and CEO of USA Swimming, as well as CEO of the USA Swimming Foundation. With a strong background in revenue growth, fan engagement, and strategic partnerships (first at the PGA of America and then at Legends), Ring is stepping into this role at a pivotal moment as USA Swimming looks ahead to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
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Grad Student on Swim Date With Girlfriend Almost Drowns at NTU Pool｜Taiwan News
A graduate student almost drowned at National Taiwan University during a swim date with his girlfriend. According to witnesses, he suddenly fainted during a brief stop in the middle of the pool. He was administered CPR on the spot and taken to hospital, but has yet to regain consciousness.
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New Law Would Ban Pools at Residential Day Cares After Toddler’s Death in the Bronx | ABC7NY
A new law was introduced in honor of 20-month-old River Wilson, who drowned in a pool at a residential day care in the Bronx.
Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres says several failures led to River’s death last month.
They included a lack of adult supervision, inadequate safety inspections, no fencing around the pool, and no alarms on the doors or in the pool.
Torres said that “River’s Law” would ban swimming pools at residential day care facilities.
“It would require residential day care centers to be equipped with alarms,” Torres said. “There is no greater act of negligence than the neglect of an infant or toddler who is left within falling distance of a swimming pool.”
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Man Drowns While Swimming at Unguarded Beach at the Jersey Shore | NBC10 Philadelphia
A 39-year-old man drowned after getting caught in a rip current at the New York Avenue beach in Lavallette, New Jersey, on Tuesday, police said. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg has the story.
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‘I Can Swim Again’: Para Swimmer Nicolas-Guy Turbide Shares More About Mercury Poisoning Diagnosis | CBC Sports
Since 2022, Para swimmer Nicolas-Guy Turbide hadn’t been feeling like himself, but specialist after specialist couldn’t give him any answers. Finally in April he got some; mercury poisoning due to how his body was metabolizing his fish consumption. Armed with answers and a sense of relief he’ll be competing at Para swimming worlds coming up in just a few weeks.
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The Science Behind a Freediver’s 29-Minute Breath Hold World Record | The Conversation
Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds.
A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so we have an involuntary reflex to breathe.
But freediver Vitomir Maričić recently held his breath for a new world record of 29 minutes and three seconds, lying on the bottom of a 3-metre-deep pool in Croatia.
This is about five minutes longer than the previous world record set in 2021 by another Croatian freediver, Budimir Šobat.
Interestingly, all world records for breath holds are by freedivers, who are essentially professional breath-holders.
They do extensive physical and mental training to hold their breath under water for long periods of time.So how do freedivers delay a basic human survival response and how was Maričić able to hold his breath about 60 times longer than most people?
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‘One Tough Swim’: The Ultimate Test of Endurance Under the Mackinac Bridge | MLive
Hundreds of swimmers faced a bucket list challenge on the 2025 Mackinac Bridge Swim by plunging into the Straits of Mackinac for a 4.5-mile journey alongside one of the world’s longest suspension bridges. The swim is considered one of the most grueling organized swims in the Great Lakes region, but it comes with rich rewards of crystal clear water and stunning views. Swim organizer Eric Hansen puts his whole heart into the swim. He makes the finisher medals himself out of old pieces of the bridge. The swim is also a big fundraiser for first responders on both sides of the bridge in St. Ignace and Mackinaw City.
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Trump Says Olympics Would Have Been Canceled in Los Angeles if National Guard Takeover Didn’t Happen | The National Desk
President Trump said Tuesday that if he did not send National Guard troops to Los Angeles, the Olympics would not be happening in the city.
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‘I Just Felt Like Such a Loser’: Olympic Champion Cate Campbell on Loneliness and Depression | The Sydney Morning Herald
In this episode, we talk to Cate Campbell. Australian Dolphin number 665 debuted at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 at the tender age of 16. The teenager won two bronze medals at those games, and that was only the beginning. In her 16-year career in the pool, Campbell won eight Olympic medals – four of them gold – and breaking seven world records (her record for the 100-metre short-course freestyle still stands). The 33-year-old retired last year, and has since gone on to explore new fields including commentary and coaching – as well as opening up in a very brave and vulnerable way about the loneliness and depression she dealt with throughout her career. Now a mental health campaigner, Campbell is currently learning how to man the phones as a Lifeline crisis counsellor. She speaks to Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall.