“Ben Lecomte will swim across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, Ca. as a symbol of motivation, inspiration and endurance in the hopes to inspire others to never give up and to face their fears, and overcome their struggles and any obstacles they face in life.”
Date is apparently not set yet, as they are looking for additional funding. A few months before the definite date, see The Longest Swim
http://youtu.be/xPeoRCthWh4
See NPR
The sport of swimming is back in the news, with new questions being raised about whether swimming has effectively confronted a sexual abuse problem, a problem that’s been revealed in recent years. USA Swimming – the sport’s governing body in this country – announced an independent review of Safe Sport, their organization’s program to protect athletes from sexual abuse. NPR’s Tom Goldman reports.
See also Safe Sport
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A man who drowned in Lake Wissota was the same man who was arrested just hours earlier for child porn, 32-year-old Daniel Weggel who was a high school swimming coach in the Eau Claire school district. Police says evidence seized shows Weggel hid cameras in his home, in the homes of his victims and in other places in order to secretly capture images of the underage girls. He left a suicide note.
See also NBC15
USA’s Matt Grevers gold winner in the men’s 100 meter backstroke at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. USA’s silver winner David Plummer also in picture, while French bronze winner Jeremy Stravius is hidden behind Grevers. See the result list here.
See Nothing To Do With Arbroath
Dozens of swimmers braved murky waters on Sunday as an 18-year-old woman smashed the world record time for bog snorkelling. The 28th World Bog Snorkelling Championships saw 130 competitors from around the world, some in fancy dress, descend on Waen Rhydd Bog on the outskirts of Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, mid Wales.
See also the official results on Green Events. Maguire’s record is apparently ‘men and women’.
The current World Champion is 18 year old Dineka Maguire from Northern Ireland in a time of 1 minute 23.13 seconds, which is a new World Record beating the previous record time held by Andrew Holmes of 1 minute 24.22 seconds by over a second.
An obsolete word they say. An awesome word I say! :-)
See Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Online (1841), volume III, page 299
See ydetroitswims.org, “In the city of Detroit, 7 out of 10 children cannot swim, putting our children at an unacceptable risk of drowning. No child should fear the water. To teach a child to swim, we need to raise $100 per child. In addition, many children do not have suitable swimwear, so we also need donations of new and slightly used swimwear.”
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Courtesy of Toronto Swim Club
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Charlie Cobb, had to undergo open heart surgery just hours after being born and surgeons warned he might not pull through.
Even after the op he suffered a huge heart attack – underwent two more operations – and was hospitalised countless times to fight off infections.
But ever since mothrer Louise Bushby, 26, first took him to the pool a year ago, the one-year-old has flourished.
Miss Bushby, a nursery practioneer from Brighton, said: “He just seems to thrive in the water and it seems to have helped him since day one.
“I’m no doctor but I certainly believe it has helped him so much with his recovery and we go every week.
(Not directly related image courtesy of Petras Gagilas, CC BY-SA 2.0)
