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  • Woman Who Used Adult Toy on Beach Found Dead in Apartment | Inside Edition

    Dec 29, 2023

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    in Beach Life, Mental Health

    Police bodycam video shows police approaching Christina Revels-Glick, who was accused of using an adult toy on a Georgia beach. After her arrest, she was said to have gone on a downward spiral and ended her life nine months later. According to the coroner’s report, the cause of death was a “gunshot wound to the head” and the manner of death was certified as suicide. Inside Edition’s Les Trent spoke to her neighbor.

  • Aquatic Therapy for Chronic Nerve Pain Relief | Avera Health

    Dec 27, 2023

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    in Health

    It’s estimated that one out of every five Americans experiences some form of chronic nerve pain. Sometimes it’s a result of a serious injury other times it’s simply from sleeping or sneezing wrong. Relief from that pain can be found in a variety of ways, but in tonight’s Avera Medical Minute, we’ll explain why for one woman, the answer is to just keep swimming.

  • Swimmers Brave Annual Christmas Day Race in London’s Serpentine | Sky News Australia

    Dec 27, 2023

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    in Winter Swimming

    The UK has recorded one of its warmest Christmas days on record, making it a little easier for swimmers to go for their annual dip.

    Around a dozen Londoners have plunged into the freezing waters of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park for an annual Christmas Day swim.

    The 91.4-meter (100-yard) course has been a tradition that’s been held every year since 1864.

    The Serpentine Swimming Club hosted the Peter Pan Cup on December 25th.

    Meanwhile, swimmers from the Cornwall coast to Brighton also braved that water, taking their annual Christmas dip.

  • Freediving Embraced by Growing Number of Australians as It Unlocks Mental Health Benefits | ABC News

    Dec 27, 2023

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    in Freediving, Safety

    The number of people taking up the sport of freediving has boomed in recent years, and the benefits appear to be more than just physical.

  • Traditional Christmas Swim Into Freezing Lake in Berlin With Swimmers Dressed in Santa Hats | Euronews

    Dec 27, 2023

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    in Winter Swimming

    Members of the Berliner Seals swimming club, donning Santa hats, participated in their traditional Christmas swim in Lake Oranke, Berlin, despite the chilly water temperature of 5°C and air temperature of 11°C. This 40-year-old tradition was followed by carol singing and discussions about the health benefits of winter ice dipping and year-round swimming. Berliners embrace this festive, invigorating swim each Christmas Day.

  • Happy Holidays

    Dec 24, 2023

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    in Swimmer’s Daily
  • Swim Ontario Protecting 50-Year-Old Man Swimming With 13-Year-Old Girls | Rebel News

    Dec 20, 2023

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    in Competition, Organization

    Last weekend, the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre hosted Swim Ontario’s Ontario Junior International swim meet. As fate would have it, Rebel News was tipped off that perhaps the most infamous swimmer in the world, Nicholas J. Cepeda, might be competing.

    https://youtu.be/m3EEPrTeO6c?si=OK0HiVFjTG5iXkr-
  • Geneva HS Freshman Dies After Having Stroke After Swim Practice | ABC 7 Chicago

    Dec 20, 2023

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    in Competition, Health

    A suburban high school freshman has died after having a stroke during swim practice.

    A swim coach for James Oliver, 14, said that the teen collapsed at West Chicago High School Dec. 8.

    In a letter to parents, the principal at Geneva High School said Oliver suffered an AVM stroke and brain hemorrhage and was in critical condition until he died Sunday night.

    A neurosurgeon at Northwestern Medicine explained that this very rare condition is usually congenital.

    See ABC 7 Chicago
  • ‘True Australian Spirit’: Man Caught Swimming in Qld Floods | Sky News Australia

    Dec 20, 2023

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    in Wild Swimming

    A Queensland resident has been caught swimming in his front yard during flood waters.

    Footage has emerged of a surprisingly calm man wading in waist-deep flood waters during the severe flooding in far north Queensland.

    Hobart City Councillor Louise Elliot has called the person “down to Earth”.

    “We need more of that,” she told Sky News contributor Steve Price.

    “That’s the true Australian spirit there.”

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