CBC Sports’ Devin Heroux and Brittany Maclean caught up with the 20x Paralympic medallist poolside at the 2024 Canadian Olympic & Paralympic Swimming Trials: Finals.
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NYC Mayor Adams Under Fire for Suggesting Migrants Are ‘Excellent Swimmers’ | PIX11 News
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40 Million US Adults Lack Swimming Skills, Contributing to Rise in Drownings | KSAT 12
One reason why people drown is that they don’t know how to swim.
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California Woman Completes Historic Swim Without Wetsuit | KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
A Pacifica woman completed a historic swim without a wetsuit.
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Learning to Swim at Any Age | WTHR
13News anchor Anne Marie Tiernon tells the story about Kim Thomas’ journey to learn to swim at age 51 and why it’s so important.
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One Swim Team Providing Life-Saving Lessons to All Ages | FOX 2 St. Louis
Young children, ages 11 and 12, face the troubling statistic of being ten times more likely to drown. But one swim team is combating this trend.
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Teaching Water Safety Ahead of the US Olympic Swim Trials | WTHR
Ahead of the US Swimming Trials next month, organizers have made it their goal to train 50-thousand people how to stay safe in the water by the end of the year.
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Germany Sends Several Medal Hopefuls to Swim in Paris | ABS-CBN News
The German swimming team is looking forward to the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris.
Being in great spirits and shape, the team includes several medal hopefuls, currently preparing for the tournament at the Olympic swimming pool in Berlin.
The German Swimming Association (DSV) will have a defending champion in the water – Florian Wellbrock, gold medalist in the 10 km open water swim. The DSV had not been winning international medals for several years, but the reigning champion sees a turnaround in this trend.
“We’ve always been able to win medals in recent years and this year we have Angelina Koehler, Isabel Gose, Lukas Maertens, myself, and hopefully a few others up our sleeve who definitely have what it takes to swim at the forefront of the competition,” says Wellbrock.
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Water safety tips for National Swim Safety Month | 9NEWS