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  • 15-Year-Old Revived After Being Under Water for 30 Minutes

    Jun 5, 2013

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    in Open Water, Safety

    See ABC News

    An Oregon teen who did not know how to swim was listed in critical condition Tuesday after being under water for more than 30 minutes, officials said.

    Cesar Campuzano, 15, was rescued by the Newberg Dive Rescue team and the sheriffโ€™s marine patrol Monday evening, after he leaped into the river at Rogers Landing, Yamhill County Sheriffโ€™s Office spokesman Capt. Tim Svenson said.

    โ€œWhat happened was basically they [Campuzano and some friends] were down on the dock and they were all in the water, they knew he couldnโ€™t swim and he said he couldnโ€™t,โ€ Svenson said. โ€œThey thought he was joking, and as they were getting out he jumped in.โ€

    Svenson said three teenage boys tried to retrieve Campuzano out of the water but he kept crawling over them, proving too heavy to be lifted out of the water.

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  • Swimming Australia loses top sponsor Energy Australia after spate of controversies

    Jun 5, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    barclay-nettlefoldRead for instance Courier-Mail,ย ABC Grandstand Sport, The Age

    Swimming Australia has plunged into an $8 million black hole after being dumped by their major sponsor in the wake of the toxic culture, Stilnox and donkey scandals to rock the sport.

    The Courier-Mail can reveal that principal partner of Swimming Australia, Energy Australia, this week dumped their major sponsorship of the sport, fed up with the string of scandalous headlines.

    The company had signed a five-year agreement in February 2012, a lucrative arrangement believed to increase in value every year until 2017.

    Insiders suggest it was valued at $2m in 2013, which would be an enormous blow for the sport as it constituted almost half of Swimming Australia’s annual revenue for corporate sponsorship. […]

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  • Therese Alshammar and Johan Wallberg welcome a son

    Jun 5, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition, Gossip

    Therese-AlshammarSwedish media is abuzz with the news that 35-year-old Therese Alshammer on June 1 gave birth to her first child, a son. The news broke in February that she was expecting a child with partner and coach Johan Wallberg, and they have since them moved from Switzerland to Sweden. “Everything has gone well and we are naturally delighted”, says Alshammer, she has no plans to stop competing but Barcelona 2013 is out of the question :-)

    See for instance Expressen, Borรฅs Tidning, Gรถteborgs-Posten, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Svenska Dagbladet

    Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons /ย Mikhail Makarov, CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Swim Ireland announces Barcelona 2013 World Championships team

    Jun 5, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition

    See RTE Sport, SportsNews Ireland and Swim Ireland

    Swim Ireland announced yesterday that Chris Bryan, Fiona Doyle, Sycerika McMahon and Barry Murphy will all represent Ireland at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona Spain from the 20th July โ€“ 4th August 2013.

    Sycerika McMahon (IRL) on the Debrecen 2012 Podium

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  • Teens should swim near lifeguard, never overestimate swimming skills

    Jun 5, 2013

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    rokur
    in Open Water, Safety

    See wptv.com

    Rodelson Normil, 17, was swept away in the waves Friday afternoon, his body hasn’t been recovered. His friends found comfort in each other, but struggle with the fact he is gone. […]

    Rodelson was swimming near Gulfstream Park with friends, when he got caught in a rip current. One of his friends event went in after him.

    “Zac went in and tried to help him, but he panicked. He pushed him down and Zac had to get out, if not he would’ve been lost too,” said Martinez. [a friend of Rodelson]

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  • Scottish Gas National Open Championships to be streamed LIVE on YouTube

    Jun 5, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    See scottishswimming.com/live, Scottish Swimming will be broadcasting the Scottish Gas National Open Swimming Championships from 13-16 June 2013 live on YouTube, from the newly refurbished Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow, with commentary provided by Duncan McKinnell, Keri-Anne Payne, Drew Gordon and Ally Whike.

    They have a Twitter hashtag #SGN13live also, truly cutting edge, them Scots

    Tweets about “#SGN13live”

  • Scottish Swimming interviewing Tancock, Miley, Renwick, Wright

    Jun 5, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition

    An interesting recording here on Soundcloud, Scottish Swimming interviewing Liam Tancock, Robbie Renwick, Hannah Miley and coach Ian Wright at the East District Grand Prix in Edinburgh, Scotland.

  • Esther Williams with Milton Berle (1956)

    Jun 4, 2013

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Milton Berle and Arnold Stang with guest Esther Williams (actress,swimmer) performing on the deck of the “USS HANCOCK” in San Diego,California, 1956.

  • Tackling the Elements with Lewis Pugh

    Jun 4, 2013

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Maritime lawyer, a pioneer swimmer, an ocean advocate, and one of the world’s leading inspirational speakers. the first to complete a long distance swim in every ocean of the world, and has pioneered more swims around famous landmarks than any other person in history. Documents his adventures in his new book, 21 Yaks and a Speedo – How to Achieve Your Own Impossible.

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