The 2013 World Swimming team from Tonga talk about swimming at home in the Pacific.
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CC photo #641: Eriksdalsbadet ready for the 2010 World Cup leg in Stockholm
Just a photo from the 2010 FINA World Cup leg in Stockholm, Sweden. Too bad that there is no World Cup meet in Sweden this year.
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In the Game: Diana Nyad
Legendary endurance swimmer, Diana Nyad reveals who motivates her and more during her sit-down with Robin Roberts in Season 2 of “In The Game.”
http://youtu.be/V7r9LXA17fgq
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Family sues Hilton after man dies from electrocution in hotel swimming pool
Read KHOU
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, a Missouri City family alleges “gross negligence of epic proportions†for the swimming pool electrocution death of a young man at a Hilton Hotel swimming pool.
Raul Hernandez Martinez, 27, and his family spent the Labor Day weekend at the Hilton Houston Westchase hotel at 9999 Westheimer in West Houston.
They were at the swimming pool at dusk when the lights came on automatically. Eyewitness accounts, and now a civil lawsuit, detail how an electrical current immediately surged through the water.
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CC photo #640: I guess some synchro stuff left at BCN2013
A cup with some kind of sticky goo and a comb left in the pre-call room at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
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Are we there yet ?
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Berkeley High School shut down swimming pool after swimmers start losing body hair
Read for instance Fox News and Huffington Post
A California high school pool was closed by the city after students reported symptoms including burning eyes, bleached hair and a loss of body hair.
Berkeleyside reported that parents of the Berkeley High School water polo team sent a letter to the principal expressing concern over their children’s alleged symptoms.
One parent told Berkeleyside that her son had lost all of the hair on his arms and legs and that the his eyes were continuously watering and stinging due to irritation from the pool.
During a voluntary water test, the City of Berkeley reportedly found the levels of chlorine and chloramine were ten times the recommended level, and the pH reading was above the accepted level.
(Image courtesy of AG Gilmore, CC BY-ND 2.0)
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Ian Thorpe lists Hollywood bungalow where John Lennon once lived
Read realtor.com
Ian Thorpe and John Lennon may not appear to have a lot in common, but the Australian athlete and late music icon certainly seem to agree when it comes to real estate.
The Olympic gold medalist is looking to part ways with a bohemian bungalow in Hollywood Hills that is said to have been inhabited by the late Beatles legend. Records show that Thorpe purchased the timber treehouse-like property in 2006 for $879,000. He currently asks $999,000 for the quaint, 960-square-foot home.
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NBA Star Brandon Bass Learning to Swim at Age 28
At 28 years old, Boston Celtics forward Brandon Bass still can’t swim, but he’s getting ready to change that.
http://youtu.be/jcXJQ1vLZsM