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Four active-duty Navy SEALs are preparing to swim the full 13-mile length of Sebago Lake on Aug. 21 to raise funds to send military families in need to Camp Sunshine.
The goal of the “SEALs for Sunshine” event is to raise enough money to send 40 military families to Camp Sunshine, a one-of-a-kind national retreat in Casco for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
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A Mooloolaba scuba diving company is the first in Australia to offer the people the chance to swim with humpbacks from next month.
Paul Hodda from the Australian Whale Conservation Society says it is not the right way to treat an endangered species.
“Our main concern is that people can have a wonderful experience from the shore or on a boat with humpback whales,” he said.
“They don’t need to push and push and push and put these animals under more potential stress.
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A shortage of certified officials for swimming competitions has forced organizers of the North American Indigenous Games to drop that sport from the upcoming games.
Qualified officials are needed to oversee swimming races and there were not enough available. The games take place in Regina in July.
“We turned over every rock and exhausted every option in order to find those certified swimming officials,” Ron Crowe, CEO of the games, told CBC News. “But unfortunately we’ve come to that conclusion. And it’s time to give our attention to the rest of the sports and activities that will be going on.”
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It took retired Navy chaplin Robert Manning the strength of prayer and more than 53,000 strokes to swim the English Channel three decades ago at age 49.
“It was such a wonderful feeling,” he said.
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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart asked Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett to convince her daughter Bianca to withdraw her nomination as trustee of the family’s $5 billion trust two days before she was to give evidence in their bitter legal dispute.
Court documents show Mrs Rinehart emailed Mr Hackett on Sunday night, writing: “Suggest you advise her urgently please, no money is worth this, she should withdraw her nomination as trustee, rather than be found a liar in the witness box”.
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“Look at the size of that fish.â€
That’s the only thing Captain Tyler Macallister could think to say when his boat, the F/V Cynthia C, came across a massive Great White shark off the coast of Cape Cod on Monday morning.
Macallister, who takes trip out on the ocean to fish for tuna on the vessel, described the shark as roughly 16 to 18 feet in length. After spotting the shark from a distance, crew members of the F/V Cynthia C approached it, and took video as it circled around the ship.
There he was, filming a couple of orcas in the distance at Ford Cove, Hornby Island, B.C. Canada, when a third one came up to breathe right beside the kayak! :-)
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It’s something none of us ever want to imagine doing — jumping in the water to save someone. In many cases a person or child needing help ends up drowning their rescuer. However, knowing what to do can save the victim’s life and yours.
Lifeguard Theo Lee at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center teaches others how to save lives. He said once you see that someone is drowning, have someone else call 911.
“That way if things escalate beyond their control someone will be on the way to help you,” Lee said. “If possible, reach a hand out to them, or maybe a leg or a shepherd’s hook. That will reach out and grab without you actually getting in and putting yourself in danger.”
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Winnetka swimmer Conor Dwyer gets to drive a BMW ActiveHybrid 7 Series sedan for a year.
Dwyer won a one-year lease on the $96,000 car as the overall men’s champion of the six-event Arena Grand Prix series that ended Sunday at Santa Clara, Calif.
Dwyer, 25, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist, also earned a $10,000 championship series bonus from USA Swimming. He won six events and was second six times in the Grand Prix.
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