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  • “Olympic athlete, Christian Sprenger (AUS) shares his swim tips to help you reach your fitness goals.”

  • ben-millerRead The Mirror

    TV 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 life”.

    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.

    Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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!

    KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend

  • 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.

    Image courtesy of LGEPR, CC BY 2.0

  • jack_bauerleRead The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    In 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.”

  • FINAlogoSee fina.org

    After a memorable year in terms of performances, the FINA Family voted for the “Athletes of the Year 2013”, having chosen 11 exceptional competitors in the six FINA disciplines. Organised by the “FINA Aquatics World Magazine”, this selection had a important participation of 674 voters, coming from the FINA National Federations, FINA Committees, media, partners and experts in Aquatic sports.

    The results and achievements at the 15th FINA World Championships, held in Barcelona (ESP) from July 19 to August 4, 2013 largely dictated the outcome of the vote, with all the selected athletes leaving the Catalan capital with at least one gold medal. For this fourth consecutive edition of the “FINA Athletes of the Year”, High Diving was included for the first time in the vote, after its inclusion in the programme of the FINA World Championships.

    The list of the FINA Athletes of the Year 2013 is:

    SWIMMING
    Men: Ryan Lochte (USA)
    2013 World champion in the 200m back, 200m IM and 4x200m free; 2013 World silver medallist in the 4x100m free. FINA Athlete of the Year in 2010 and 2011.

    Women: Katie Ledecky (USA)
    2013 World champion in the 400m, 800m (in a WR time) and 1500m free (in a WR time), and 4x200m free.

    DIVING
    Men: Chong He (CHN)
    2013 World champion in individual and synchronised 3m springboard; 2013 World Series – second in the overall 3m springboard ranking.

    Women: Zi He (CHN)
    2013 World champion in the 1m and 3m individual springboard; 2013 World Series – winner of the overall 3m springboard ranking.

    HIGH DIVING
    Men: Orlando Duque (COL)
    2013 World champion.

    Women: Cesilie Carlton (USA)
    2013 World champion.

    WATER POLO
    Men: Denes Varga (HUN)
    2013 World champion, MVP in Barcelona; 2013 World League – silver.

    Women: Jennifer Pareja (ESP)
    2013 World champion, MVP in Barcelona.

    SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
    Svetlana Romashina (RUS)
    2013 World champion in solo free, solo technical, duet free and duet technical. FINA Athlete of the Year in 2011.

    OPEN WATER SWIMMING
    Men: Thomas Lurz (GER)
    2013 World champion in 25km and Team event; 2013 World silver medallist in 10km; 2013 World bronze medallist in 5km; 2013 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup – winner. FINA Athlete of the Year in 2011.

    Women: Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
    2013 World champion in 10km; 2013 World silver medallist in 5km; 2013 World bronze medallist in Team event.

  • See 9News National

    Jack Strickland had a GoPro camera strapped to his chest when he and his friend Aaron Gallagher went diving for fish, A Current Affair reports.

    Mr Gallagher was holding his breath as he chased a dog-tooth tuna 17 metres underwater, but when he eventually speared it the fish started to drag him deeper.

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