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  • Kaiser Permanente Awards City $50K to Continue Teaching Swimming & Water Safety Lessons | KGET News

    Mar 19, 2024

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    in Learn To Swim, Organization, Safety

    Kaiser Permanente awards City $50K to continue teaching swimming & water safety lessons

  • UMBC Failed to Respond to Sexual Assault Allegations of Former Swim Coach, DOJ Reports | WJZ

    Mar 19, 2024

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    in Crime, Safeguarding

    UMBC failed to respond to sexual assault allegations of former swim coach, DOJ reports

  • Chicago-Area Swimmer Ryan Murphy Strives for Olympic History in 2024 | NBC Chicago

    Mar 18, 2024

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    in Competition

    With the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ahead, Chicago-area swimmer Ryan Murphy is striving to make Olympic history.

  • Pursuit Suspect Drives Into Ocean, Tries to Swim Away | FOX 11 Los Angeles

    Mar 18, 2024

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    in Crime

    A police chase ended when the driver drove into the water off Marina Del Rey. Two dogs had to be rescued from the back seat.

  • Gertrude Ederle – First Woman to Swim the English Channel, National Heroine | Unpacking The Problem

    Mar 17, 2024

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    in History, Open Water

    Daniel tells us about how when Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel she instantly became a national hero. When she arrived home to the United States she was met with an enormous ticker-tape parade through downtown New York City. He also explains how Diana Nyad claimed that her swim from Cuba to Florida would be a bigger deal than Gertrude’s, but to no avail.

  • Ailing 750-Pound Alligator Seized From NY Home After Gentle Giant Would Swim With Kids | New York Post

    Mar 17, 2024

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    in Nature

    A Western New York community is rallying behind a man who kept an ailing 11-foot, 750-pound alligator in a pool inside his home — where children were invited to swim with the gentle giant.

    The 34-year-old reptile was seized Wednesday from the Hamburg house, which was decked out with an in-ground swimming pool made to look like a pond.

    The homeowner “allegedly allowed members of the public to get into the water to pet the unsecured alligator,” the state Department of Environmental Conservation said.

  • Young and Talented Kenyan Swimmers Showcase Their Talents During Nairobi Swim Series

    Mar 17, 2024

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    in Competition

    Young and Talented Kenyan Swimmers Showcase Their Talents During Nairobi Swim Series

  • A Week in the Life of an Olympic Swimmer | The Swimsuit Guy

    Mar 16, 2024

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    in Competition

    Have you ever wondered exactly what a full week of training looks like for an Olympic swimmer? Well, here is a full week of training executed by Estonian superstar Kregor Zirk on my recent trip to coach in Tallinn.

  • “It’s a Mosquito Pit”: Hernando Pool Customer Has Been Waiting Two Years | WFLA News Channel 8

    Mar 16, 2024

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    in Swimming Pools

    Robert Hampton is fed up. He’s paid $54,750 toward a swimming pool with West Hernando Pools and Spas. Two years later, the pool is not only not finished, Hampton says there’s already structural issues.

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