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  • Reason Why Gina Rineheart Pulled Swimming Australia Funding Revealed | Today Show Australia

    Oct 20, 2023

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    in Competition, Organization

    It’s been revealed why billionaire sponsor Gina Rinehart sensationally pulled funding from embattled sporting body Swimming Australia.

  • Unbelievable Vision of Great White Shark Sneaking Up on Swimmer | Today Show Australia

    Oct 20, 2023

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    in Nature

    The vision you have to see to believe: a great white shark creeping up on a swimmer in open water only to turn the other way.

  • North Carolina Aquatic Center Chosen as Training Site for US Olympic Swim Team | CBS 17

    Oct 20, 2023

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    North Carolina aquatic center chosen as training site for US Olympic swim team

  • French Financial Prosecutors Raid Paris 2024 Olympics Headquarters | France 24

    Oct 20, 2023

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    in Organization

    Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics said on Thursday their headquarters had been raided Wednesday by the country’s national financial prosecutor and a judicial source said the raid, which also targeted event management firms, were part of an ongoing probe into alleged favoritism. 

    Read France 24
  • World Aquatics Lifts Kenya Swimming Ban | NTV Kenya

    Oct 19, 2023

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    in Organization
  • South Hadley Woman Is First Person to Swim the Entire Connecticut River | WWLP-22News

    Oct 19, 2023

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    in Open Water

    A South Hadley woman made history on Sunday becoming the first person to swim the entire length of the Connecticut River.

  • New Documentary Examines the History of Black Surfing, Aquatic Culture | CBS 8 San Diego

    Oct 18, 2023

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    in History, Surfing

    When people think about surfing, they think of Hawaii, but a new film that is out titled “Wade in the Water” takes a different look at Black aquatic and surfing history.

    David Mesfin is the Director of Wade in the Water and found that surfing history also goes back to Africa.

    See CBS 8 San Diego
  • The Swimmer: Michael Gunning’s Story | British Elite Athletes Association

    Oct 18, 2023

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    This Black History Month, BEAA ED&I Ambassador Michael Gunning tells his story, from being a nervous but brilliant young swimmer worried about his identity to a proud champion of LGBTQ+ causes.

  • NYADS’s Annette Bening and Jodie Foster Behind the Scenes | Netflix

    Oct 18, 2023

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    in Open Water

    Annette Bening and Jodie Foster take us behind the scenes of their new film Nyad with directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.

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