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  • An 11-year-old girl died after police say she was electrocuted while swimming in a lagoon behind a home in Toms River, New Jersey this weekend.

    As CBS2’s Erin Logan reported, neighbors were mourning Sunday night for the little girl whose life was cut so short. It was supposed to be a fun night for the girl and her friends, but the water turned tragic, 1010 WINS’ Samantha Liebman reported.

    Family friends identified the victim as Kayla Matos, of Newark.

    Toms River police say they responded to 45 Tobago Ave. at 8:12 p.m. for reports of a possible electrocution of a young girl.

    Police said Kayla was swimming and using an inflatable raft with two of her friends when two of the girls touched the rail to a metal boat lift, sending an electric current through their equipment and causing the fatal injury.

    Within minutes, Toms River police and EMS arrived and took over CPR that was begun by adults at the home.

    First responders then utilized an automated external defibrillator before rushing the little girl to Community Medical Center, where was later pronounced dead.

    See CBS New York

  • Swimming lessons for primary school children should be a compulsory part of the Scottish curriculum as it emerged that 40 per cent of those going entering secondary are unable to swim.

    Last night, former Olympic athlete turned MSP Brian Whittle, said Scotland should be brought into line with England and Wales where all primary kids are given free lessons.

    Under existing arrangements in Scotland primary school children are not charged for swimming lessons, although provision is not binding and varies between local councils. Campaigners claim this has led to patchy services, with many children denied lessons.

    Read The Herald

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  • McDonald’s Corp ended its 41-year-old sponsorship of the Olympic Games three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, reflecting the U.S. fast-food giant’s focus on its core business as well as rising Olympics sponsorship costs and declining TV ratings.

    McDonald’s deal would have run through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, and bowing out will likely to save it hundreds of million of dollars if it had continued into the next four-year Olympics cycle and beyond.

    McDonald’s has been trying to hold down costs as it invests in improving food quality, restaurant service and online ordering to woo back U.S. diners. Intense competition has gnawed away at sales.

    “We are reconsidering all aspects of our business and have made this decision in cooperation with the IOC to focus on different priorities,” said McDonald’s Global Chief Marketing Officer Silvia Lagnado.

    The company, first involved with the games in 1968 and a sponsor since 1976, was the Olympics’ food retail sponsor. Despite pulling out with immediate effect, McDonald’s will continue at next year’s Pyeongchang winter Olympics as a domestic sponsor.

    The company’s move may also reflect a rising view among consumer brands that exclusive Olympics sponsorship deals do not offer the marketing impact they once did. Some companies find it is much cheaper to work directly with athletes or specific countries than the IOC.

    See Reuters

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  • Two lifeguards are credited with saving the lives of five children after roof of George Jacobson Swim School in Schomberg collapsed

  • Police north of Toronto say a 20-year-old woman is in life-threatening condition Saturday after being pulled from a backyard swimming pool.

    York Regional Police arrived at a residence in Newmarket, Ont. just before 5 p.m. on June 16. They said a four-year-old girl called 911 after her babysitter “had accidentally gone into the deep end of the swimming pool and was unresponsive.”

    The woman was rushed to hospital.

    See CTV News

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  • Auffret takes platform crown to France for the first time in history

    Kiev (LEN) – What a finish: just as they had started on the first competition day, the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kiev also ended with a French triumph. Showing a great performance honoured by the judges with high scores and a total of 511.75 points, Benjamin Auffret not only crowned himself as the “platform king of Kiev” and won his first European title, but achieved the first ever platform gold in history. After a close fight Russia’s Viktor Minibev earned silver with 493.25 points, the bronze medal went to Briton Matthew Lee (485.55). The other title on offer on the last day landed in Russia, thanks to Nadezhda Bazhina and Kristina Ilinykh who earned a clear win in the women’s 3m synchro event.

    AUFFRET Benjamin FRA Platform Men Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day07 18-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    AUFFRET Benjamin FRA Platform Men Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day07 18-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    10m. Men Podium (L to R) Viktor MINIBAEV RUS Silver Medal, Benjamin AUFFRET FRA Gold medal, Matthew LEE GBR 10m. Men Platform Podium LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day07 18-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Ukraina UKR Championships Trophy LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day07 18-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Ukraina UKR Championships Trophy LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day07 18-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Ilinykh – Bazhina RUS 3m. Synchro Women Springboard LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day07 18-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    3.Synchro W. Podium (L to R) Freyer – Punzel GER Silver Medal, Ilinykh – Bazhina RUS Gold medal, Jansen – Wils NED Bronze medal 3m. Synchro Women Springboard LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day07 18-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Benjamin AUFFRET FRA 10m. Men Platform LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day07 18-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • What a difference 0.75 points can make

    Kiev (LEN) – It could hardly be more exciting. Only 0.75 points decided between gold and silver in the men’s 3m synchro event at the 2017 European Diving Championships in Kiev on the penultimate competition day. With a world-class performance and 427.71 points to their credit Russia’s Evgenii Kuznetsov and Ilia Zakharov captured gold and their sixth European title in this event. Local heroes Illya Kvasha and Oleg Kolodiy (426.96 points) earned silver, while Britain’s Frederick Woodward and James Heatly (395.61) snatched the bronze medal with their last dive, ahead of Germany’s Patrick Hausding and Stephan Feck who finished only 2.22 points (393.39) behind. In the women’s 1m Italian Elena Bertocchi followed compatriot ‘Diving Queen’ Tania Cagnotto and grabbed the gold with 282.80 points. Russia’s Nadezhda Bazhina came second (277.35 points), a surprising bronze went to Louisa Stawczynski from Germany (271.80 points).

    BERTOCCHI Elena ITA Gold Medal 1m Synchronised Women Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day06 17-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    PELLACANI Chiara ITA 1m Synchronised Women Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day06 17-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    BERTOCCHI Elena ITA 1m Synchronised Women Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day06 17-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    BERTOCCHI Elena ITA Gold Medal BAZHINA Nadezhda RUS Silver Medal STAWCZYNSKI Louisa GER Bronze Medal 1m Synchronised Women Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day06 17-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    ZAKHAROV Ilia, KUZNETSOV Evgenii RUS Gold Medal KVASHA Illya, KOLODIY Oleg UKR Silver Medal WOODWARD Frederick, HEATLY James GBR Bronze Medal 3m Synchronised Men Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day06 17-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    ZAKHAROV Ilia, KUZNETSOV Evgenii RUS 3m Synchronised Men Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day06 17-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • Perfect “dress rehearsal” for Zakharov

    Kiev (LEN) – Ilia Zakharov is back on the top. While the Russian kept local heroes Illya Kvasha and Oleg Kolodyi at bay in the 3m final, he also held a perfect dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Championships next month in Budapest. After the 2012 Olympic champion had missed the podium last year at the Europeans in London, today he offered a nearly perfect performance, receiving a total of 525.10 points. Kvasha, already decorated with a gold in the 1m event, came second with 484.30 points, ahead of his compatriot Oleg Kolodyi who clinched bronze with 470.30 points. In the second ever edition of the mixed 10m synchro event Great Britain’s Lois Toulson and Matthew Lee grabbed gold, ahead of Russia and Italy.

    Ilia ZAKHAROV RUS Gold medal 3m. Men Springboard Podium LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day05 16-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    10 m. Mixed platform podium Viktor Minibaev – Iuliia Timoshinina RUS Silver Medal; Matthew Kee – Lois Tolson GBR Gold Medal; Noemi Batki – Maicol Verzotto ITA Bronze medal 10 m. Mixed platform podium LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day05 16-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    TOULSON Lois, LEE Matthew GBR Synchronised platform Mixed Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day05 16-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Lee – Toulson GBR Gold Medal 10 m. Mixed platform podium LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day05 16-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    ZAKHAROV Ilia RUS Gold Medal KVASHA Illya UKR Silver Medal 3m Springboard Men Final Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day05 16-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    ZAKHAROV Ilia RUS 3m Springboard Men Final Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day05 16-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Kvasha, ZAKHAROV, Kolody 3m. Men Springboard Podium LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day05 16-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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