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  • See SwimmingWorld

    While taking off from lane 2 in the men’s 50-meter fly, Bar-Or demolished his starting block. Take a look at the footage below sent to Swimming World by Bar-Or.

  • Read The Australian

    Ongoing shoulder problems have forced veteran swimmer Eamon Sullivan to pull out of next month’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

    Matt Abood will replace the former 50m and 100m freestyle world record holder in Australia’s 59-strong swimming team.

    “It is very disappointing that I am having to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games team,” said Sullivan.

    “This wasn’t an easy decision, but it has been made with the longevity of my career in mind, and with Rio as my ultimate goal.

  • See CBS Local

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  • See WCSH6

    Five time Olympic Medalist Ian Crocker has done a lot in his swimming career. Today though he draws crowds in a different capacity, speaking at schools and holding swim clinics across the country. His most recent was held because of a third grade girl who decided to shoot for the stars and actually caught one.

    10-year-old Isabella Bazata’s teacher asked her class to do a project researching a famous Mainer. When Isabella chose to do five time OIympic medalist in swimming, Ian Crocker, she went above and beyond what the assignment called for to try to bring Crocker to Maine to speak at her school.

    “We tried Linkedin, Facebook some more times, like a bunch of other places,” said Isabella.

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  • See news.com.au

    Eamon Sullivan aims to have one last crack at Olympic gold at 2016 Rio Olympics before he calls it quits, with the three-time Olympian currently preparing for the Glasgow Commonwealth games.

  • See The Washington Post

    For the ensuing eight hours and 45 minutes, Pumphrey, 26, would fight fatigue and nausea in the water, pain in her back and, perhaps most difficult, the mental strain of trying to propel herself across the river and back. When she finished, she said, she stood on the beach and cried.

    “It was the most epic experience of my life,” she said. “There was just so much stress and coordination and patience and [it was an] emotional roller coaster.”

  • See keloland.com

    The Elmen Center offers the “Learn to Swim” program for children. While they have spots available for the sessions, enrollment has been steady with families wanting to teach their children how to swim.

    “We have parents call all the time — especially in the summer — just so their kids can learn the basic safe water skills,” Learn to Swim Coordinator Sherry Olson said. “They know if they go out to the lake all the time or if they fall off the boat, they will feel confident and comfortable in the water.” Each session is two weeks long.

  • See WALB10

    With summer here, more of us are looking to cool off by getting in the water.

    The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta says minorities are most at risk for drowning.

    One Albany group is helping to bridge that gap by teaching all kids how to swim. Drowning is the number one cause of death for toddlers.

    Nearly 80% of teens and adults who drown are males, and African Americans are more likely not to know how to swim.

    “It’s not that they can’t swim they just need the opportunity to learn to swim.” said Boys and Girls Club Pool Manager Bobby Savage.

    WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports

  • See PetaPixel

    Consider this a friendly reminder for any wedding photographers who haven’t already heard it or maybe even forgot the tip when we shared it almost exactly a year ago.

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