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  • European-First as Skins Races Debut at European U23 Swimming Championships | European Aquatics

    Aug 14, 2023

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    in Competition

    Dublin has played host to numerous historic moments this week, and on Day 2 of the LEN European U23 Swimming Championships, swim fans were treated to the European debut of an exciting race format – the Skins Races.

  • Athletes React to European Gold Medal Wins at LEN European U23 Swimming Championships | LEN

    Aug 14, 2023

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    in Competition

    The second day of action at the European U23 Swimming Championships saw some intense swimming, with Irish athletes securing a European double. We also saw the introduction of Europe’s first-ever Skin Races which excited fans and pundits alike.

  • Empty Holes Left in Yards, Homeowners Lose Thousands After Paying Pool Contractor | ABC 7 Chicago

    Aug 13, 2023

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    in Crime, Swimming Pools

    Several homeowners in North Carolina are speaking up after they hired a Fayetteville company to install a pool.

    The homeowners in Fayetteville, Hope Mills and Raeford paid thousands of dollars for a backyard oasis, but don’t have much to show for it.

    “We just want to have our own little pool in the backyard,” Lashanae Ross said. While that’s what Ross was hoping for, instead after signing a contract in March of this year with Dunbar and Bentley Home Improvement and paying $15,000, she was left with a big hole in her backyard and just the shell of a pool.

    See ABC 7 Chicago
  • Odesa Beach Reopens for the First Time Since Russian Invasion | Times Radio

    Aug 13, 2023

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    in Beach Life

    “I want to swim at last and distract myself.”

    An anti-mine net protects Ukrainian swimmers visiting the beach for the first time since Russia’s invasion.

  • Swim Across America Raises Money for Cancer Research | FOX 32 Chicago

    Aug 13, 2023

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    in Charity, Organization

    Swim Across America participants are making waves Saturday morning at Ohio Street Beach to raise money for the battle against cancer.

  • Man Swims Across Lake Ontario and Raises 50 Thousand Dollars for CAMH | CityNews

    Aug 13, 2023

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    in Charity, Open Water

    Jason Kloss was inspired by the loss of his friend to swim from Niagara-on-the-lake to Toronto to raise money for mental health. Brandon Rowe spoke with the man to find out how much he raised total and how far he reached in his journey.

  • Swimming With Sharks? Underwater Model Makes It Look Easy | New York Post

    Aug 13, 2023

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    in Nature

    This model learned to go with the flow. Watch as a woman in a long black dress poses underwater while meat-eating sharks swim around her in the Bahamas — not far from where tourists happily swim with pigs.

  • Swimming Across the River, Russian Soldier Surrenders to Ukrainian Fighters | Kanal13

    Aug 13, 2023

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    in Open Water
  • Take a Plunge in a Swimming Hole or at Old Orchard Beach | Chronicle 5 WCVB

    Aug 12, 2023

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    rokur
    in Nature
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