World Swimming has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events.
FINA has widely adopted a new “gender inclusion” policy that permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events.
TalkTV’s Renee Hoenderkamp is joined by former Olympic Swimmer Sharron Davies to discuss the future of swimming.
Sharron: “It is about protecting young girls and boys across all sports.”
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NJ Swim School Teaches Young Students How to Survive in the Water | ABC7NY
The British Swim School in Newark teaches their young students how to stay alive before they teach them how to swim. Lucy Yang has the story.
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Swim in the Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle | KTLA 5
After a two-year closure of Hearst Castle, the landmark is allowing people to come over for a swim.
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Robyn Kadyan’s Beach Swim at North Curl Curl Almost Cost Him His Life | 7NEWS
Surf lifesavers who rescued swimmers from North Curl Curl beach late yesterday say conditions were so dangerous they’d earlier called off their own training exercise. They say no one should have been in the water.
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Paris Cancels Olympic Swim Test in Seine Due to Water Quality | Al Jazeera
The first swimming competition due to be held in the River Seine in Paris has been canceled because of pollution. The test event ahead of next year’s Olympics was called-off after a week of persistent heavy rain in the city caused sewers to overflow into the river.
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Swimming | Women | Day 3 | World Aquatics Masters Championships Kyushu 2023
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Long Island Swimmer Reunites With Rescuers Who Found Him ‘Frozen’ After Treading Water for Hours | New York Post
The Long Island swimmer who was pulled out of the Atlantic Ocean after treading water for hours was reunited with the two fishing pals who helped save him.
Jim Hohorst, 63, and Michael Ross, 69, said on Wednesday they were out on their boat when they noticed a fishing pole with a shirt tied to it – and then discovered Dan Ho floating helplessly in the ocean.
“If it hadn’t been for that flag you were waving, we never would have spotted you,” Hohorst told Ho at the Bay Shore Marina. “It saved your life.”
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See JFK’s Daughter Recreate Part of Her Father’s Heroic WWII Pacific Island Swim | TODAY
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy along with her son Jack Schlossberg completed a special swim to honor President John F. Kennedy and the 80th anniversary of the miraculous survival story that made him a war hero. NBC’s Kelly Cobiella reports for TODAY.
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Irish Netflix Documentary on Freediving Passes 8 Million Streams in Just 2 Weeks
Irish documentary The Deepest Breath has landed in the top ten Netflix shows for the second week running.
An incredible 3.5 million streams were added this week following the opening week figure of 4.6 million making it one of the most successful documentaries on the streaming site.
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