In Australia, swimming never means indoor pools and the smell of chlorinated water. See how folks from 8 to 80 head into water for the Cole Classic Ocean Swim despite the complex currents or even dangerous sea creatures!
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You may not have heard of Adam Walker, but he’s about to make you feel very lazy. A few years ago, Walker was a kettle and toaster salesman who’d given up various sports he loved doing because of injury.
Today, he’s one of only six people to have ever completed the Ocean’s Seven challenge: seven of the most hardcore open water swims in the world.
The man’s got some stories to tell, and we wanted to hear them. So as he prepared to MC the Red Bull Neptune Steps event in Glasgow last weekend, we caught up with him to hear about his seven wildest encounters with the sea.
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A new swimming pool in the heart of London is going to be no crystal-clear oasis or aquamarine infinity pool. It’s a pond, full of plants, probably some toads, maybe the occasional newt. And it looks amazing.
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The opening night of the 2015 Hancock Prosecting Australian Swimming Championships saw young-gun Mack Horton and David McKeon became the first swimmers to secure their place on the Australian Dolphins Swim Team for the upcoming FINA World Championships in Kazan, taking gold and silver respectively in the highly anticipated final of the men’s 400m freestyle.
The spotlight may have been on Grant Hackett, but it was 18-year-old Horton’s race at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC).
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Eleven-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte made an appearance at the Greensboro Aquatic Center Monday.
The swimmer was in the Gate City as part of the opening day festivities for the 2015 YMCA National Short Course Swimming Championships. Lochte shared his insight on his swimming career, training, and what he is enjoying about being in Greensboro.
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US swimmer Michael Phelps, known as “The Shark of Baltimore” will miss his participation at the Pan American Games in Toronto (July) and the World Championship (August), assured a spokesman from the US Swimming National Federation.
After a possible announcement for retirement from competition by the Shark of Baltimore in October 2014, such a statement is like turning a new page to a book.
However, the possibility for Phelps to take part in big competitions this year, with his hypotetical participation in both events, was opened in March.
Everything started when US Swimming Executive Director Chuck Wielgus said less than four weeks ago, that Phelps’ participation in both events was complicated, but “there are chances for it to let it happen.”
Now, US Swimming states that Phelps is not “a member of the US national team, by decision of both parts, the swimmer and the institution.”
Michael Phelps was sanctioned in September last year to 6 months without taking part in competitions, because of driving drunk and at excess of speed in Baltimore, Maryland (his native city).
The suspension over the winner of 18 Olympic titles in his career concludes on April 6.
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On Sunday afternoon Portland Police responded to SE Water Ave., near the Tillikum Crossing bridge where a suspicious man was possibly stealing wire from an electrical box.
The man has been identified as 39-year-old Randall Hartwell.
Officers arrived in the area and tried to talk to Hartwell, but he gave a fake name to police that came back with a warrant. After Hartwell realized what had happened he fled from police.
Portland Police told Hartwell he was under arrest, but he ran away towards the Willamette River, jumping into the water. He tried to swim away, but he did not appear to be a good swimmer and came back to shore where he proceeded to hide along the riverbank in some bushes.
Additional officers, a Police K-9 Unit, and boats from Portland Fire & Rescue and the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist in locating Hartwell.
He was found and taken into custody without incident. Medical crews took him to a Portland hospital for treatment to ensure he wasn’t hypothermic after entering the cold water.
During this swimming safety week, the YMCA offers free swim classes.
