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 ! ;-)
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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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
Read ABC News
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
Read The Japan Times
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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Corpus Christi kids hit the water with Olympic swimmer Josh Davis
See kiiitv.com
Olympic Swimmer Josh Davis stopped by Tuloso-Midway High School to work with local kids on their skills in the water and to give them some advise about reaching their goals.
It’s called the Mutual of Omaha Breakout Swim Clinic, and Corpus Christi was one of over 70 cities to take part in this unique learning opportunity to help inspire and motivate a new generation of swim stars. Athletes from 8 years old to 18 hit the water with Davis and even got to race against him!
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Park Tae-hwan heads to Australia for intensive training
See arirang
‘Marine Boy’ Park Tae-hwan is headed to Australia to get a start on training for the 2014 Asian Games.
His management announced that he’ll head to Brisbane on the 11th for an eight-week, intensive training session with coach Michael Bohl.
The goal will be to get back into top swimming shape, as he looks ahead to the 17th Asiad, opening in mid-September.
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Academic issue lands UGA swim coach Jack Bauerle (and swimmer Chase Kalisz) in hot water
Read The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionIn the record books, Georgia swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle won his 500th and 501st career victories in a dual men’s and women’s meet against N.C. State at UGA’s Gabrielson Natatorium this past Saturday. But Bauerle actually was not in attendance. Neither was his top male swimmer.
An academic eligibility issue has left both Bauerle and sophomore Chase Kalisz under suspension. The pair was indefinitely sidelined by UGA until the athletic association’s compliance department can complete a review of events that took place after Kalisz’s academic eligibility came into question sometime after the fall semester ended last month.
Georgia is staying very tight-lipped about the situation, and so is Bauerle.
“I can’t say anything at this time,†Bauerle said on Sunday. “Hopefully things will get ironed out.â€
