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  • Locals in Quezon City were forced to swim through flooded streets after Tropical Depression Maring hit Philippines’ Luzon island, leaving many areas waterlogged.

    This footage shows West Riverside, a street in the San Antonio barangay (neighborhood) of Quezon City that was flooded with nearly three feet of water, judging from a scrawled marker written on a wall.

    Elsewhere in the city, Rappler reported that water had reached the roofs of houses in the Roxas District. In the greater Luzon region, several households were forced to evacuate, and at least three people – two minors and an infant – died in the flooding, according to CNN Philippines

  • In a statement following the first morning IOC Executive Board here, they said they had taken “immediate action” regarding possible corruption in the election process.

    Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman was taken into custody last Tuesday (September 5) under suspicion of involvement in a vote-buying scheme in the Brazilian city’s successful bid for the event.

    The Brazilian has not been charged with anything but is suspected by prosecutors of being the main link between Arthur Cesar de Menezes Soares Filho, a businessman nicknamed “King Arthur”, and Diack, the Senegalese who was President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) between 1999 and 2015.

    “The IOC Executive Board reaffirmed today that it goes without saying that infringements from the past will also be addressed,” the statement read.

    “With regard to the investigation around the former IAAF President, Lamine Diack, and his son, Papa Massata Diack, the French prosecutor has stated that there are indications that payments have been made in return for votes over the designation of host cities for the biggest global sporting events.”

    Read Inside the Games

    In other news, Diack calls this ‘the biggest lie in the history of world sport’:

    “This accusation is the biggest lie in the history of world sport,” Diack said in Senegal on Friday. He blamed the accusations on a smear campaign to tarnish his father’s reputation.

    “Sometimes I accompanied my father to assist in his personal work but to say I organised votes … my job was to help the IAAF identify countries to organise sporting events,” he said.

    Read The Guardian

  • A British man has become the first-ever person to complete the 660-foot swim across the Hoover Dam, albeit illegally.

    Arron Hughes, 28, was on a stag-do with a group of friends in Las Vegas and has been fined by police for swimming across the iconic stretch of water on the border of Arizona and Nevada.

    The forklift driver from the north of Wales said that his decision was heavily alcohol-influenced and that he only survived the swim because nine of the ten hydroelectric turbines were switched off at the time.

    Read The Telegraph

    Photo by Airwolfhound

  • Sam Hutchinson, 18, of School Green Road, Freshwater, began freediving about six months ago, inspired by videos he had seen online.

    Freediving is when you do not use any breathing apparatus.

    Sam can hold his breath for two minutes and said he was building this up by training his body to function with higher levels of carbon dioxide.

    Professional freedivers can hold their breath underwater for up to 20 minutes.

    Read Isle of Wight County Press

  • Having won Gold at every ASEAN Para Games since its inaugural edition, our TeamSG Swimmer Theresa Goh has gone full circle to return to the place where it all started for her!

  • A baby great white shark has been rescued after washing up on Manly Beach in Sydney’s north.

    The shark washed ashore around midday and was unable to return to the water, floundering in the shallows.

    Several members of the public tried a number of times to help the shark back into the water but were unsuccessful.

    The shark appeared to have suffered injuries to its lower mouth and was moved into Manly’s Fairy Bower pool.

    See Sydney Morning Herald

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  • The 125-mile-per-hour hurricane which tore through the Cuban coastline on Saturday, turned Havana into one big swimming pool.

  • Drafting during the swim can lead to a big advantage, but which is more effective, swimming on the hips or swimming on the feet? GTN discuss how to swim faster for no extra effort!

  • A car-theft suspect fleeing Rancho Cordova police officers died Saturday morning after attempting to swim across the American River, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department reported.

    The incident started at about 7 a.m., when officers spotted a stolen car near the intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Coloma Road. Two men were inside.

    Officers tried to stop the car, but the driver sped off, leading police on a chase on westbound Highway 50 at speeds reaching more than 100 mph.

    The driver exited the freeway at Howe Avenue and pulled into an access point for the American River, ending the vehicle pursuit. The passenger stayed in the car and was detained by police, while the driver ran into a nearby wooded area. Police set up a perimeter and began a search with K-9 units, a news release said.

    As they searched, officers saw a man matching the driver’s description entering the cold water and struggling to swim across the river. They immediately requested a rescue boat, but he had disappeared.

    Read The Sacramento Bee

    Photo by How I See Life