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“We are all struggling to deal with these chilly temperatures, but imagine having to jump in a pool. Students on the Episcopal High School swim team are doing just that.”
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Shark Survival Story
“He’s a talented actor, but did you also know that he survived swimming in a cage with a great white shark? He told Ellen the story.”
http://youtu.be/wB1HHGyAyU8
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James Magnussen, YOUR TIME IS NOW
“Discover what drives our brand ambassador James Magnussen to reach the top as 100m freestyle world champion during an interview by the Swiss waters.”
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7News : Free swim lessons for babies
A South East Queensland swim school has started giving free lessons for free. See also Kawana Aquatic CentreÂ
http://youtu.be/djX0Ff6HEZE
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Swimmers get chance to swim with whale shark
“Getting the chance to see a whale shark doesn’t come around often.”
Come on, you guys, you are scaring away the krill ! ;-)
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Swim tips from Australian athlete Christian Sprenger
“Olympic athlete, Christian Sprenger (AUS) shares his swim tips to help you reach your fitness goals.”
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Ben Miller almost drowned after ignoring warnings not to swim off a Caribbean beach
Read The MirrorTV detective Ben Miller has revealed he almost drowned after ignoring warnings not to swim off a Caribbean beach while filming hit BBC series Death In Paradise .
The actor got into difficulty when he waded into the sea in Guadeloupe and ended up “rolled into the waves and thrashed to within an inch of my lifeâ€.
Ben, 47, who plays detective Richard Poole, said: “There was a sign – in French – that said on no account go into the water on this beach.
“I remember thinking, ‘What absolute rubbish, it’s clearly for tourists’.
“I wandered out there casually to cool my feet and all of a sudden it was like a man under the sand grabbed my ankles and threw me over.
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Two men drown, five rescued after Docherty Island swim attempt
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Police say they were contacted at about 7:30pm (ACDT) after a group of seven men got into difficulty.
The men went missing off the coast near the community of Wadeye, about 400 kilometres south west of Darwin yesterday evening.
Police say the group drove to the island at low tide, but when they attempted to return to the mainland their car got bogged in the rising waters.
The group abandoned the car and attempted to swim back to the mainland.
Superintendent Kylie Proctor says five of the men survived by clinging to a floating 44-gallon drum.
“They were located just off the coast still holding on to the drum,” she said.
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Taiwanese man who can’t swim survives 60 hours adrift in sea
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A Taiwanese man has miraculously survived a 60-hour ordeal drifting in rough seas off the island’s east coast even though he cannot swim, local media reported Monday.
Tseng Lien-fa was catching baby eels on a beach in Hualien County early Friday when he was swept away by an unexpectedly large wave.
“I managed to hold on as the first wave hit me on the chest, but I was overwhelmed by the second and bigger wave,†the 42-year-old told the United Daily News.
Media reports said Tseng managed to grab a floating wooden coffin cover to which he clung until early Sunday. There was no explanation of why the cover was present in the sea.
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