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  • A New York engineer who was pulled from the surf on Thursday died of a broken neck, apparently after being hit by a large wave, according to an autopsy.

    Drowning was a secondary cause of death, said Dr. Roger Mittleman, Treasure Coast medical examiner.

    Stanley Quinn, 58, of Ithaca, was at South Beach Park about noon Thursday when a large wave crashed into him from behind as he stood facing the shore, said Vero Beach Police Capt. Kevin Martin. Rescuers found him face down in the water.

    Lifeguards performed CPR until medical crews arrived.

    A red flag was posted at the time, warning of hazardous conditions on what otherwise appeared to be “a beautiful day,” said lifeguard Timothy Capra. Winds flattened the ocean, but occasional large swells — up to 5 feet tall — broke close to shore in knee-deep water.

    “It sounds like a freak accident,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Randy Lascody, who keeps records of beach deaths. “It is a reminder that you have to be careful in the surf. Water is heavy and has a lot of weight when in large, breaking waves.”

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  • Free diver Francisco Del Rosario finds his escape in the world beneath the waves. In this short film, directors Jack Pirie and Alex Hylands-White follow Del Rosario as he free dives on the remote island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands. While suspended in weightlessness under the water, Del Rosario’s dream to fly can become a reality.

  • Would you know what to do if trapped in a sinking car? What would you do if you were choking but were all alone? How can condoms save your life? If you don’t know the answer to any of these questions, you need to watch this video. Your life could depend on it.

    https://youtu.be/nb6DBBwNJ0I

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  • If you live near the sea, make frequent trips to the beach, or are planning an island holiday this summer, chances are you’re getting more out of it than just enjoyment. It has long been thought sea frolicking has many health benefits.

    Historically, doctors would recommend their patients go to the seaside to improve various ills. They would actually issue prescriptions detailing exactly how long, how often and under what conditions their patients were to be in the water.

    Using seawater for medical purposes even has a name: thalassotherapy.

    In 1769, a popular British doctor Richard Russell published a dissertation arguing for using seawater in “diseases of the glands”, in which he included scurvy, jaundice, leprosy and glandular consumption, which was the name for glandular fever at the time. He advocated drinking seawater as well as swimming in it.

    Read NZ Herald

  • As his career as a member of the swim team at the University of Michigan came to a close, Adam Oxner began to realize how difficult it was to stay on top of his training with fresh workout ideas.

    A couple of years later, Oxner and fellow swimmer Fares Ksebati came up with a solution that helped swimmers of all ability levels achieve their fitness goals through the development of the MySwimPro app. The app has since garnered praise from Apple as the Apple Watch App of the Year while earning 100,000 users since launching in 2015.

    “Friends were asking us for help writing workouts and offered to compensate us for our time to help them reach their goals,” Oxner said. “That’s when we knew we had identified a problem worth solving.

    Read MLive

  • A senior serving Russian anti-doping official has denied admitting that the country operated an “institutional conspiracy” during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

    Anna Antseliovich, the acting director general of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), supposedly admitted the nature of an operation which is thought to have implicated dozens of home medal winners during an interview with the New York Times.

    Although she continued to maintain that the programme was not “state sponsored” because top Government officials such as Russian President Vladimir Putin were not involved, the comments were presented as marking a major departure from a previous stance in which they refused to directly acknowledge any wrongdoing at their home Games.

    But in a later statement RUSADA have now claimed that the comments were taken out of context and instead referred to Antsliovich describing the findings of the McLaren report.

    A full transcript has not yet been released.

    Read Inside the Games

    https://youtu.be/1Na5k1WBsmY

  • In August 2015, she and her younger sister Yusra took the same hazardous route to Lesvos themselves, as refugees fleeing the war in their native Syria.

    The women, who are trained elite swimmers, captivated audiences around the world, first for their rescue of their 18 fellow passengers after their flimsy boat’s engine failed, and again when 18-year-old Yusra made history when she competed in Rio this year as part of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team.

    This autumn, 21-year-old Sarah returned to Lesvos as a volunteer lifeguard with Emergency Response Centre International (ERCI), a Greek, non-profit humanitarian organization that assists refugees in distress as they attempt to reach the island.

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  • It was the first time a South American country ever hosted the Summer Olympics. But Brazil’s political, economic and health crises soon trumped the pre-event excitement. Yet the organizers hailed it as success but not everyone agrees. Months after the party – the money worries remain. CCTV America’s Lucrecia Franco reports.