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  • Gotta Make That Front Pack Swim | Gwen Jorgensen

    Oct 11, 2023

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    in Training, Triathlon

    I am Gwen Jorgensen, 2016 Rio Olympic Champion in the triathlon. I am a mom of two and am returning to triathlon after running profesionally for five years. Follow along as I battle it out with the best in the world. Subscribe to learn about my nutrition, training, and being a mom.

  • Newmarket Woman Founds ‘Swim for Change’ to Empower Women, Children | WMUR-TV

    Oct 11, 2023

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    in Charity, Learn To Swim

    Audrey Dobson, 26, is a swim instructor in Manchester who founded Swim for Change two years ago.

  • USI Athletes Help Build Habitat Homes | Eyewitness News WEHT WTVW

    Oct 11, 2023

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    in Charity, Organization

    Members of the USI Swim & Dive teams help build new Habitat for Humanity homes in Evansville

  • Palestinian Swimmer: Swimming for a Cause | CGTN

    Oct 10, 2023

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    in Competition

    At 23 years old, swimmer Yazan Bawwab stood as a proud representative of Palestine at the Hangzhou Asian Games. He exemplifies the Palestinians’ passion for sports and unwavering aspiration for peace through athletic endeavors. Yazan also used this platform to make a contribution and inspire others. He will soon launch “SwimHope Palestine” to teach Palestinian kids to swim as many can’t and drown.

    https://youtu.be/tWfAMN7IcN4?si=H_tFngUFfXZYplIB
  • Døds World Championship 2023

    Oct 10, 2023

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    rokur
    in Diving, Fun

    What is Dødsing?
    Dødsing is a modern and fast-growing extreme sport that has revolutionized
    traditional diving. Dødsing has its simple origins at Frognerbadet in Oslo, Norway dating back to the 1970s. What started as a death-defying trick to show off to your friends, is about to transform into something much bigger than anyone imagined…

  • Feargal Sharkey: We Are Swimming in Our Own Waste | New Scientist

    Oct 10, 2023

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    in Environment

    Undertones singer and environmental campaigner, Feargal Sharkey has spent much of his recent years on the frontline of the struggle to save Britain’s rivers. Speaking at New Scientist Live in London, Sharkey explains how rivers are, for him, “the heartbeat of humanity and the soul of our intellect”, he says. “We’re destroying them and treating them with contempt. And clearly, I think that needs to stop”.

  • 2 Boys Drown at Roseville Home Swimming Pool, Police Say | KCRA 3

    Oct 10, 2023

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Two boys drowned Monday morning at their Roseville home swimming pool, police said. A spokesperson for the Roseville Police Department said officers and fire department personnel went to a home around 11:20 a.m. by Waterford Glen Circle for a report of two unresponsive boys in a pool. Police said both brothers were sent to a hospital and later died at the hospital.

  • The Man Who Took on Lake Michigan | WGN News

    Oct 10, 2023

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    in History, Open Water

    In 1961 Chicagoan Ted Erikson is a 33-year-old chemist who swims as a hobby. What possessed him to attempt to become one of the first to swim across Lake Michigan? Larry Potash digs into this little-known story through the eyes of Ted’s widow.

  • Learning to Swim Safely and Without Fear | Newsday

    Oct 10, 2023

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    rokur
    in Learn To Swim, Organization

    Dozens of participants of color learned about water safety and drowning prevention at Westbury High School on Saturday, in an event held by Jack and Jill Nassau County and Black People Will Swim. NewsdayTV’s Drew Scott reports.

    Credit: Newsday/Kendall Rodriguez
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