“I’m inspired to be the role model,” says Jason Joseph, 17-year-old water polo athlete who is encouraging young Black Canadians to make a splash in the sport. Pamela Pagano reports.
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Anxious Dog Goes Swimming For The First Time | Wonderful World of Puppies | BBC Earth
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Fung Finds New Life With Help From “Swim With Mike” | KCAL News
After being left paralyzed by a drunk driver, USC senior Natalie Fung had to re-learn many of the basics of life. With help from the Swim with Mike Foundation – now in its 43rd year – Natalie finished her degree & is about to earn her masters
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This Colossal Tank Is Key to Paris’s Olympics Infrastructure | WSJ
Paris has just months before hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, where athletes are set to dive head first into the Seine River. The body of water runs through the heart of the French capital and is a hub for pollution and fecal bacteria, released directly from the city’s sewer system. So how do French politicians plan to clean-up the river before the summer Olympics?
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Grand Opening of Multi-Million Dollar Aquatics Center at JBSA-Lackland Tuesday | KENS 5
It will be named after a pararescueman who died while serving in Afghanistan.
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Video Shows What Happened When a Man Was Swimming During the Massive Taiwan Earthquake
A major earthquake has hit the east coast of Taiwan with a magnitude of 7.4, according to data from the US Geological Survey. It is the strongest to hit the island in 25 years, according to a spokesperson from Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration.
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Wake County Inspecting Pools Before Swimmers Hit the Water | ABC11
The uptick in warm weather may have you wanting to go swimming and Wake County officials are now inspecting pools.
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Nigerian Coach Using Swimming to Raise Mental Health Awareness | VOA Africa
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The World’s Longest Serving Lifeguard Chris Lewis: Coming to the Aid of Swimmers for 58 Years | Good Morning Britain
Chris Lewis, who is 74, began working at the Dorset resort when he was 16, meaning he has been coming to the aid of visitors and local swimmers for 58 years.
He discusses how much he enjoys lifeguarding, and the rigorous fitness tests required, RNLI lifeguards must complete a 400-metre pool swim in less than 7.5 minutes, the first 200 metres of which must be done in under 3.5 minutes. They have to do a 25-metre pool swim.