Ranie Pearce was attempting to swim the Kaiwi Channel from Molokai to Oahu, Hawaii, when a tiger shark swam up on her and would not leave!
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Germany: Berliners swim freely in Spree despite high levels of water pollution
Several hundred swimmers took part in a swimming contest in the Spree River in the heart of Berlin, Sunday. Swimming in the water is normally prohibited due to water pollution and the presence of vessels that use the waterway.
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Australia’s 2016 Olympic Swim Team Blazer Presentation
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Scottish National Swimming Championships 2016 – Day 2 Highlights
Watch some of the best action from the finals of day 2 at the #SNSC16 from Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow.
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Olympic swimmer Beisel has broken pinky finger
Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel of Saunderstown said Friday that she has a broken and sprained pinky finger.
Beisel said she broke her finger in a warm-up pool at the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, earlier this week when she hit another swimmer.
She said the situation is “not ideal” and that she will “swim through the pain.”
“If the universe wants to test me, then bring it on,” Beisel said. “I’ll fight through it.”
The injury did not prevent her from qualifying for Saturday’s final in the 200m backstroke.
Beisel has already qualified for the Rio Olympics in the 400m individual medley.
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Europeans are now fretting about Muslim girls in swimming pools
Swiss authorities recently denied citizenship to a pair of Muslim sisters, 12 and 14, who refused to take part in their school’s swimming lessons alongside boys of their age group in the city of Basel. According to USA Today, the girls had applied for citizenship a few months ago, but their request was denied this week.
“Whoever doesn’t fulfill these conditions violates the law and therefore cannot be naturalized,†Stefan Wehrle, president of the naturalization committee, told TV station SRF on Tuesday.
Reports do not indicate the nationality of the Muslim family, but the episode is yet another reminder of both the country’s tensions with its Muslim minority and the particularity of its laws regarding integration and citizenship. In a separate episode this week, a father of Bosnian origin was fined about $4,000 for having persuaded his daughters to boycott swimming lessons and camp trips.
Read The Washington Post
https://youtu.be/QhXV38dr7EY
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Cate Campbell (AUS) 52.06 and a new 100 Free World Record
At the 2016 Swimming Australia Grand Prix in Brisbane today, Cate Campbell lowered the women’s 100 meter freestyle world record, with a time of 52.06 beating Britta Steffen’s (GER) 52.07 from the full body suited days of the Roma 2009 World Championships. See the result list here.
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Former Olympic Swimmer Organising Swimathon To Raise Cash For Cancer Charity
Former Olympic swimmer Katy Sexton is organising a swimathon to raise money for charity Brain Tumour Research. Her sister Kelly Lee had a brain tumour and recovered from it. That’s Solent’s Charlotte Briere-Edney find out how her sister’s illness impacted the swimmer and what Brain Tumour Research does.
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SNN: Sarasota Shark Swimmer Races for Spot on U.S. Olympic Swim Team
Austin Katz is making a splash at his first Olympic trials this week in Omaha.