(more…)There is a new push for greater swimming safety in New York City following the apparent drownings of two teenagers off of Rockaway Beach last month. In response, local leaders say they want to focus more on recruiting lifeguards and extending their hours. FOX 5 NY’s Jessica Formoso has the story.
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After losing a leg in a brutal shark attack last year, a former Yale swim team member is bouncing back, now competing with Team USA in this summer’s Paralympics. ABC News’ Danny New reports.
Just over a year after surviving a devastating shark attack, para swimmer Ali Truwit qualified for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. With the help of her teammates from the Yale swimming and diving team, her family, community, and childhood coach, she went from swimming for her life to finding her way back to the pool just months later.
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The search for a swimmer who went missing Sunday afternoon at Lighthouse Beach in Evanston resumed on Monday.
Wisconsin senior Phoebe Bacon is a week removed from qualifying for the 2024 Paris Games. However, the Badger swimmer has still yet to fully process she’ll be making her second trip to the Olympic Games.
Inspired by Katie Ledecky in 2012, seeing was believing for a young Bacon.
“I went to the same grade school as her,” Bacon said. “It just blew my mind. She could be an Olympian, and it just pushed me into thinking, maybe I could be an Olympian.”
Nine years later, she turned that dream into reality, ,qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Games held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bacon recalls not fully embracing the moment and plans to change that this time around.
Jenna Edwards’ son fell in the pool in 2014 and suffered a severe brain injury.
