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Hurricane Ophelia: ‘Idiotic’ swimmers blasted for bathing off coast of Ireland as Storm Ophelia hits

Oct 18, 2017

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rokur

in Safety

Two swimmers have been branded â€œidiotsâ€ after recklessly ignoring severe weather warnings to go bathing off the coast of Ireland as the eye of Storm Ophelia approached.

Pensioner Timmy Flaherty and bather Emer Cannon defied advice urging people to stay indoors as experts warned the storm would bring flooding, violent, destructive winds and a danger to life.

Ophelia, which was a category three hurricane before being downgraded to a storm, hit the south-west tip of Ireland on Monday morning and moved northwards throughout the day.

Three people have so far been killed in the storm, officials confirmed.

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Swim/Dive Recap | Texas A&M vs. Michigan State/Notre Dame

Oct 18, 2017

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rokur

in Competition
Michael Phelps open up about depression, being bullied in film ‘Angst’

Oct 18, 2017

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rokur

in Health

Swimmer Michael Phelps is theÂ most decorated Olympian in history. Yet, he has fought his share of battles with depression and other mental health issues just like many of today’s youth.

In a new documentary aboutÂ anxiety and its impact on kids, Phelps opens up about experiencing low self-worth when he was younger, even while he was racking up swimming medals and accolades.

â€œI just didnâ€™t like who I was. If something was bothering me that would start to come out, and I would start feeling angry or depressed or upset, I would almost ignore it,â€ he tells a young boy in the film, â€œAngst.â€ â€œSo I would shove it even farther down so I wouldnâ€™t have to deal with it, so I never had to talk about it.â€

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Jazz Carlin: Welsh swimmer 11th on open water debut

Oct 18, 2017

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rokur

in Open Water

Jazz Carlin finished in 11th place on her open water debut in China.

The 27-year-old finished in 1:38:36.10 at the World Cup event in Chun’An, 01:06.90 behind winner Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil.

Carlin won two silver medals in the pool at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

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9 month old puppy saves kids with special needs from drowning

Oct 17, 2017

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rokur

in Nature, Safety

Surf Dog Ricochetâ€™s protÃ©gÃ©, Cori provides canine-assisted swimming to reduce the number of drowning deaths among kids with autism and other disabilities. Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4. However, the danger of drowning is much higher for children with special needs, specifically those with autism. For more information, go to http://www.surfdogricochet.com/canine…
The Blue Pools of Oregon – Cliff Jumping

Oct 17, 2017

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rokur

in High Diving

Last month I got to go to one of the one beautiful swimming holes I’ve ever seen! Myself and Adrenaline Addiction also sent the cliff a couple of times, it was amazing. (Except for the fact that this water will literally freeze you!)

https://youtu.be/61zrVemnnWw
China – Open Water Swim – 2500 Swimmers (FINA Mass OWS Series)

Oct 17, 2017

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rokur

in Open Water

Part of the FINA Mass Open Water Swimming World Series, this event took place in China (Chun’an Qiandaohu) on the 14th October 2017 with 2500 swimmers taking part in 500m, 1000m and 2000m swims.
Learning to Swim as An Adult: How to Float in Water

Oct 16, 2017

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rokur

in Safety

Hi, my name is Alex, and I’m a certified swim instructor with AquaMobile. In the last lesson we worked on submersion, and blowing out through our nose and mouth in this lesson, we are going to work on longer exhales and some basic floats.
Jilted girlfriend of prominent US banker dumps his Mercedes into swimming pool

Oct 16, 2017

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rokur

in WTF

Break-ups are ugly. But not every tale of spurn love ends with a Mercedes sitting at the bottom of a swimming pool.

Russian-born model Kristina Kuchma, who was dumped by prominent banker Guy Gentile, 41, did just that, driving her ex-lover’s car into the pool in his backyard, reported the New York Post.

The couple was at dinner near his Bahamas home with a friend, when Miss Kuchma, 24, said she was “pregnant” – not with a child, but with a business idea.

She asked Mr Gentile, who runs a Bahamas-based brokerage, for a funding of US$50,000 (S$67,500) to start a marketing business.

Mr Gentile, who was involved in a Wall Street pump-and-dump scheme in 2007 but became an FBI informant to beat the charges, then decided to end their year and a half-long relationship, according to the Post.

Read The Straits Times

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