Lynne Cox is an endurance swimmer, who can survive freezing cold waters that would make normal people suffer from chronic nerve damage or even death. Being an extraordinary human, she is gifted with an unexplainable ability to resist cold temperatures, and she has now decided to swim more than a mile in the Antarctic Ocean only wearing a normal swimsuit.
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For many people, a little outdoor run, swim or bike ride is nice in the summer. Ben Hayley is taking those activities to an extreme, competing in three Extreme Triathlons in an eight week period this summer, starting in Scotland.
Rescue crews are searching for a teen who went underwater and never came back up while swimming in the Little Miami River Saturday.
USA Swimming and Splash Magazine follows Lilly King and her teammates at the Indiana Swim Team as they prepare for the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships.
For every child who dies from drowning, another five are taken to the ER for injuries that can cause brain damage, or other long term disabilities.
The death of Olympian Bode Miller’s young daughter Emmy is a reminder to everyone of the potential perils of backyard swimming pools. Inside Edition spoke to Jim Spears, a swim safety expert, who gave us some essential advice. “Parents first off need to know that supervision is their priority, they can’t be on an iPad when they’re watching their child,” said Spears. “They need to pay attention to their children, have their eyes on the child at all times.”
It is the coveted prize every athlete wants to go home with, and to mark 50 Days to go to the 2018 European Championships the medals to be presented to the seven sports in Glasgow and Berlin were revealed to the public for the first time.
Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps is selling his Spanish-style mansion outside of Phoenix for $4.125 million.
Mr. Phelps, 32, winner of 23 Olympic gold medals, put the white-stucco home in the upmarket Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley on the market on Thursday. The single-story home boasts trendy luxury finishes like carrera marble countertops, walls made of shiplap plus a pool and hot tub, according to the listing with Julie Pelle and Christina Rathbun of Realty ONE Group.
The agents declined to comment, citing a non-disclosure agreement.
Mr. Phelps bought the nearly one-acre estate in 2015 for $2.537 million through a limited liability company and his Baltimore-based business manager David Pessin, according to property records. Mr. Pessin did not immediately return a request for comment.
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