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The waters of Lake Erie at Huntington Beach in Bay Village can be so inviting. And, the waters can turn so deadly.
On Saturday, a man went into the water to help a troubled swimmer. While he was able to push the young lady to safety, for some reason, he was not able to return to shore himself.
The body of Peter Radke, 43, of Medina, was pulled from the water several hours later.
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Saturday at the Aquatic Center at Frank Brown, the Panama City Swim Team took to the pool for their latest meet.
But just because they were at home, doesn’t mean they were playing host.Their friends from Fort Walton Beach over at the Coast Aquatics Swim Team is leading their Surf and Swim Classic.
The long course meet has a huge turnout on hand. 522 swimmers have switched in and out of the lanes all day from seven different states, some coming from as far as Louisiana and Tennessee.
She likes the cold pool water. Not.
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Australia’s Shane Gould reminisces about her appearance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Swimming events and discusses the incredible spirit of the Games.
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A near tragedy in Coral Springs when a two-year-old child was found by his grandfather in a backyard pool.
The boy was rushed to the hospital. Doctors were able get a pulse and the child was breathing with assistance.
Friday night, officials said the boy was at Broward General Hospital in very serious condition.
The child’s grandfather was watching the boy and the child’s one-year-old cousin.
“He turned away, didn’t see the kids, looked back and found the one-year-old by the slider which was partially opened toward the back of the house,†explained Coral Springs Police Sgt. Carla Kmiotek.
That’s when he made the horrifying discovery that the two-year-old was in the water.
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A 17-year-old high school student drowned in a small pond southwest of Marmaduke city limits on Greene County Road 522, according to Greene County Sheriff Dan Langston.
Langston told Region 8 News Trevor Potter was swimming with a friend in the middle of the pond Thursday night when Potter started having chest pains. Potter’s friend tried to keep him a float, but was unable to.
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Fallen swimming champion Ian Thorpe has triumphantly emerged from the darkest months of his life.
Australia’s most successful Olympian is out of rehabilitation and will attend the Commonwealth Games in Scotland in July.
His manager is in negotiations with Channel Ten and European networks for commentating roles at the swimming. Ten is expected to announce his signing within the next fortnight to work alongside former teammate Nicole Livingstone on the network’s coverage of the games.
“That’s great news that Ian is better,†Livingstone told The Sunday Telegraph.
“That’s what we’ve all been hoping for.â€
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As the heat of summer approaches, you might be seeking a refreshing dip in a local pool, pond, lake, or river, but jumping in to New York’s East River is probably not at the top of your list. However, designers Jeffrey Franklin, Archie Coates, and architect Dong-Ping Wong are working on a project called +Pool, a giant plus-shaped pool that filters river water to create safe, clean water, that everyone can enjoy. They have raised over $300,000 on Kickstarter, but to get this giant plus-shaped floating pool in the contaminated waterway is no easy task.
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A Toronto teacher says his Grade 8 students are unhappy that a three-day graduation trip to a nature camp in Bancroft, Ont., next month was cancelled due to the school board’s safety concerns over activities such as swimming and archery.
Lenny Chiro, who teaches at Amesbury Middle School, was preparing his class for the annual trip to Camp Walden when the school board cancelled it, citing safety concerns.
“It’s confusing why at the last moment we’re told that we’re not in compliance with safety rules, when the facility that we’re going to has an exemplary track record and is extremely well supervised,” Chiro said Friday in an interview with CBC Radio’s Metro Morning.
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