Our youngest at the club meet, yesterday 5 February 2013, before his swim. Don’t take my word for it, but I think it was only the goggles pressing his eyelids down that made him look so sad, since the race itself (and the walk to it) went fine.
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British swimmer aiming for Rio 2016 dies after cardiac arrest
Chloe Waddell, who had competed in the Olympic trials against Rebecca Adlington, went into cardiac arrest on Sunday morning. She was found unconscious by her parents, who tried to revive her at their home in Timperley, Greater Manchester, but was later pronounced dead in hospital. Read The Guardian
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Disabled goldfish’s life improved with buoyancy sling
“My disabled goldfish scooting around in her newly redesigned sling. She has trouble maintaining buoyancy on her own. She looks a little silly, but it is better than lying at the bottom of the tank all day!”
“Have to make sure she’s getting enough to eat. She is very tame :)”
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Winter swimming while playing the melodica
Why? Because he can! :-)
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Swimming in a shoal of fish
“This is a video of me and a friend surrounded by a shoal of fish while swimming in the new caledonian lagoon (near Australia).”
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Rick Curl agrees to plead guilty to child sex abuse
Read reachforthewall.com
Longtime area swim coach Rick Curl, whose former athletes include world record breakers and Olympic gold medalists, has agreed to plead guilty to child sexual abuse at a hearing scheduled for Feb. 21 in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
Curl, now 63, was charged in October after his former swim student, Kelley Currin, told authorities that he began abusing her in 1983. She was 13 years old at the time and said the abuse continued until she was 18.
Under the Maryland law in effect during the time of the offense, Curl could face a maximum sentence of 15 years.
(An older video …)
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Swimming Pools Of Doom
A Compilation of 22 Swimming Pool Fails
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Swimming Towards A Cure – Teaser
Swimming Towards a Cure – A story of six women who set out to swim the English Channel in effort to help a friend and raise money for ALS research.
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Baldwinsville Polar Plunge 2013
Taking a dip for charity in the Seneca River.