Rasovszky made it again, beat French world champs
Hungary’s Kristof Rasovszky won his second race in the season, just as in last year he came first in Barcelona, ahead of France’s world champions Marc-Antoine Olivier and Axel Reymond. Italy’s Aurora Ponsele won the women’s competition, ahead of Spain’s Paula Ruiz Bravo and another French world champion Aurelie Muller.
Every day in Australia, 30 people are rescued from drowning.
And saving lives is about to get easier.
Later this year, during the Southern Hemisphere summer, drones will be used to help rescue stranded swimmers and to spot sharks that might be getting a little too close for comfort.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from Mooloolaba.
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A smiling mermaid! Zhang Chunmei, 21, lost both her legs in a powerful earthquake that hit China’s Wenchuan in 2008. But the survivor-turned-professional swimmer says she has since learned to smile a lot.
An unexpected encounter of a military kind greets Ross this week as he continues to battle waves and jellyfish along the South Coast of England.
With his injuries behind him and Rhino Neck secured as a nickname, Ross and the crew have themselves a bit of fun out in the English waters. It begs the question – how many people do you know who’ve raced against a Navy boat?
Pope Francis received a delegation of swimmers in the Vatican on the occasion of the traditional Rome meet Trofeo Sette Colli. The delegation was headed by LEN and Italian Swimming Federation President Paolo Barelli and included some of the brightest stars like Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom (SWE), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) and Chad le Clos (RSA).
Yesterday, 24-year-old Nicolai Ris saved an elderly man who had driven his car into the harbor in the Danish town of Nykøbing Mors. He is shocked that no one who saw the incident was helping the man, but that people instead were filming the incident with mobile phones.
English tourists saw what they thought was a raft turned upside down. It turned out that it was a car that had gone into the harbor Nykøbing Mors in Denmark, and that an elderly man was lying lifeless in the water.
24-year-old Nicolai Ris rescued the man but is upset that no one went into the water to help the man out. Instead, there were many just filming with their cell phone, says Nicolai Ris.
“I stood on the slipway and was just about to put the watercraft into the water when I heard the cry for help. I managed to drive the watercraft to the place of the accident and jumped into the water to an elderly man lying with his back up and his head under water. He had a big gash in his head,” explains Nicolai Ris.
A couple of other persons managed to throw a line out to Nicolai Ris, and together they managed to get the man ashore and to keep him alive until the ambulance arrived after 5-10 minutes, after when the paramedics took over. The elderly man is out of danger.
“There was a big crowd of people, but nobody did anything. Instead, there were many who were just filming with their cell phone,” says Nicolai Ris. According to the rescuer, the elderly man was only one meter from the quay, and there was a ladder down to where the man lay.
“- And the water is not even cold,” he says.
Read Nordjyske and Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish)
Experts around Oahu say that infants can start practicing water safety techniques at 6 months old.
SwimOutlet.com, the web’s most popular swim shop, has renewed its partnership with the sport’s national governing body, USA Swimming, to remain as the exclusive Official Online Store of USA Swimming (http://www.usaswimming.org) through 2021.
Launched in January 2015 at shop.usaswimming.org and SwimOutlet.com/USASwimming, the official USA Swimming online store has leveraged SwimOutlet.com’s award-winning service levels, 24/7 phone customer support, live chat assistance, in-house sourcing and fulfillment team, and no-hassle returns with top quality licensed product offerings featuring the USA Swimming logo and America’s Swim Team tagline. Other USA Swimming gear made by iconic global swim brands arena and TYR are also available at shop.usaswimming.org.
“The first three years of our partnership has allowed both sides to promote the store in fun and creative ways, including SwimOutlet.com’s popular on-site activities in the Aqua Zone at Trials in 2016,†said Alexander Sienkiewicz, Chief Marketing Officer at SwimOutlet.com. “During this time, we’ve been able to design and develop some unique USA Swimming logoed products for the store and feature the USA Swimming Shop in advertising including print, digital banner ads and online video executions.â€
USA Swimming and SwimOutlet.com have also coordinated on special customer promotions around the online store including annual holiday giveaways, a trip to the Swimming World Championships in 2017 and exclusive insider items like national team fan packs and more.
“The USA Swimming Shop at SwimOutlet.com not only provides USA Swimming with an excellent infrastructure for our branded products and meet supplies but it has allowed us to promote key events such as the Phillips 66 National Championships to a targeted swim audience,†USA Swimming Chief Marketing Officer Matt Farrell said. “We’re pleased to continue this partnership through Tokyo and beyond into 2021.â€
In conjunction with the renewal, the USA Swimming Official Store on SwimOutlet.com introduced a new assortment of graphic tees and hoodies for Summer 2018 for young swimmers and parents along with a slate of new colorways on existing tees.
The two entities will continue to work on co-promotions around the retail store including digital and social cross-promotions, banner creative, video ads and on-site activation at key events like the Phillips 66 National Championships this summer. SwimOutlet.com will feature USA Swimming promotions in select shipments and promote USA Swimming events and the USA Swimming National Team at various times throughout the year on its website.
Press release
London, 26 June 2018– Endurance swimmer and UN Environment Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh today announced his plans to swim the entire length of the English Channel – his longest distance ever – to draw attention to the urgent need for ocean protection.
He will be the first person to ever attempt to swim the whole length of the English Channel wearing just swimming trunks, cap and goggles – braving exhaustion, cold and the busy ocean traffic to deliver a message for the environment. Averaging five hours and 10-20km every day, the 560km swim along the English coastline will take him from July 12 until late August to complete.
“I’ve been swimming in the world’s oceans for 30 years,†Lewis Pugh said. “This is not a long time in ecological terms, and yet I’ve seen the oceans change before my eyes.â€
Read UN Environment and lewispugh.com
