When five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres found that knee osteoarthritis was keeping her out of the pool and unable to play with her young daughter, Torres chose Brigham and Women’s Hospital for an autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), or cartilage regeneration, which takes a patient’s own healthy cartilage to repair unhealthy cartilage. BWH is one of the few hospitals in the world to offer this procedure.
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South African swimmer Zandberg hungry for success
A little later this year, the world swimming championships takes place in Spain with South African’s Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos hoping to build on their Olympic success. But as those two were celebrating gold in London, another swimmer from the Republic was in tears and faced an uncertain future.
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YMCA Teaches Minority City Kids to Swim to Stop Drownings
The president of the YMCA of Greater Boston talks about the organization’s urban swimming program, which teaches poor black and latino kids how to swim to keep them from drowning. Kevin Washington, who learned to swim at the
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David Letterman – Will Smith Can’t Swim
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CC photo #507: Photo of a photo being taken at Istanbul 2012
Two swimmers having their photo taken by the poolside at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey.
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National Learn to Swim Day
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Ten people die every day in the United States, 2 of the 10 are under the age of 12.
That’s why the YMCA of Greater Cleveland is working to educate kids and parents on the importance of water safety.
Saturday is National Learn to Swim Day. May also marks National Water Safety Month.
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Jamaica’s Blue Marlins’ founder quits after vandals wreck pool
Read The GleanerAfter four years of setting out a swimming program specifically geared to spur the development of Olympic calibre swimmers in the western region of Jamaica; and after pooling all her life savings into that realization, founder of the Blue Marlin Swim Club, Rosemarie Logan, is calling it quits.
Her decision comes after vandals destroyed the $2 million, 25-metre competition-ready vinyl pool located at the Swim Place, Montego River Gardens, on Monday.
“I am done here,” Logan told The Gleaner. “All my four years of investment, personal sacrifice and time is gone. These people have, in effect, ended the dreams of our children with this most cruel act.”
“This is the only competition-ready pool in the region. In fact, outside of the Olympic-size swimming pool at Independence Park (National Stadium), this is the only such one and I am so hurt by the fact that people saw it fit to destroy it,” said Logan.
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Learning to swim: The younger the better
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Swimming is a life-saving skill says James Island swim team coach Eddie Mason, who teaches kids as young as five.
“It keeps them from being afraid of the water as they get older, and we find that the kids who started at five are usually faster and better swimmers by the time they reach ten, 11, and 12.”
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CC photo #506: Miniature mode photo from Istanbul 2012
Just a photo from the spectator stands at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, during training a couple of days before the competitions.
