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Lael Profitt, who is currently 15 years old, will swim the 20 mile Catalina Channel, completing the first leg of her larger goal: becoming the youngest person ever to successfully complete the Triple Crown of Ocean Swimming: Crossing the Catalina Channel; Circling Manhattan; and Crossing the English Channel.
UPDATE: Turns out that this is probably a marketing gimmick by Danish energy drink maker Cult, that ended up here somewhat twisted and without a sender. See for instance mx.dk
At the beginning of this Easter holiday, a social fad started spreading here in the Faroes, that had next to everyone and his brother jump into the harbours. A cross between NekNomination and Tombstoning, as you can see in this compilation video off our national TV (see kvf.fo).
(the jumping starts at 0:32)
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Swimmer Brett Fraser is gearing up for the Commonwealth Games qualifiers in Arizona or the Bahamas in the next couple of months.Â
New York-based Fraser reached the 50 meters and 100m freestyle semifinals at the London Olympics so should not have any problems qualifying for the Glasgow Games in July.Â
“There are a lot of sacrifices I have to make now,†Fraser said about his preparations. “You have to watch your diet and step up your training a bit and start traveling more. It’s an adjustment but it’s something I’ve done in the past and always look forward to doing.â€
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When doctors declared Allison DeFrancesco in remission from cancer at the age of 21, they told her to “You’re done (with treatment.) Go be normal.â€
“I thought, ‘What does that mean?’†said DeFrancesco, who was first diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a collegiate swimmer at New York University. She spent a couple years in treatment, finally receiving a bone marrow transplant. The process robbed her of her swimming season, graduation and left her tired and discouraged.
As she struggled to get back on her feet post-cancer, she was hit with another blow — her coach and mentor, Lauren Beam, died of colon cancer in 2011. She wanted to do something in memory of Beam, something that would keep her from defining herself as a “cancer survivor†and nothing else.
“Why not swim the English Channel?†she thought.
The public swimming pool in Victoria Park was forced to close for several hours yesterday morning when eight of its 11 lifeguards took sick leave.
The closure left scores of swimmers fuming, with the pool only reopening in the afternoon when a sufficient number of lifeguards reported for duty.The lifeguards were believed to be protesting the Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s refusal to listen to their demands to increase manpower at Victoria Park and other public pools.
The action began with three lifeguards taking sick leave, leaving only eight working at the pool.
Since the complex requires at least nine lifeguards to be on duty, the department closed a multipurpose pool, but left the main pool open.
Around 10.15am, five more lifeguards went off sick, forcing the department to close the main pool.
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The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office identified Robert David Walters as the man pulled from the Santa Rosa Sound Monday after trying to swim cross the waterway on a dare.
The 53-year-old man was still in very critical condition at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Tuesday afternoon, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Michele Nicholson.
Walters was in cardiac arrest when a bystander pulled him to shore near the Nauti Girls restaurant under the Brooks Bridge about 3 p.m., said Capt. David Stone with the Fort Walton Beach Fire Department.
Firefighters and emergency medical personnel were able to obtain a pulse before rushing him to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Stone said.
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“Horse whisperer of swimming”, as they often call him.
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Lauren Boyle’s success in the pool over the past two years has come as no surprise to renowned American swimming coach Milton Nelms.
For the past 12 years, Nelms, who resides in Tasmania, has visited Christchurch’s AquaGym Swim Club, which is owned by good friend and former Kiwi swimmer Brett Naylor. […]
At the age of 26, Boyle is a late bloomer when it comes to international swimming.
Nelms said it was “not typical” for a swimmer to be in the best form of their career at her age. He believed that spoke volumes about Boyle’s strong-willed demeanour.
“I think it’s unheard of for somebody to make a move to the international level at her age in her events. I don’t recall it ever having been done before.”
The exciting news for New Zealand swimming is Nelms is confident she has the potential to cut down her times.
“She can still get faster,” he said. “She’s had a number of coaches, but she manages to find the upside in all those different environments and pull herself together.
