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Step Into Swim Helps Kids in Marginalized Communities Get Swim Lessons to Prevent Drownings | ABC10
Drowning is the #1 cause of accidental death in children.
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Olympic Star Cate Campbell Reveals Melanoma Found After Chat at Brunch | news.com.au
Olympic gold medallist Cate Campbell has opened up about the terrifying day she found out she had melanoma, a life-changing moment that’s sparked her efforts in awareness and research.
She’s joined the chorus calling on social media influencers to take more social responsibility to drive down skin cancers and stop promoting a harmful “Kardashian effect”.
Speaking at the National Press Club alongside the Melanoma Institute’s co-medical directors on Wednesday, the champion swimmer recalled the moment in 2018 her dermatologist found a mole she had almost failed to flag.
Campbell never would have had it checked if not for noticing a new scar on a friend’s arm while having brunch just a few days earlier.
She said he had told her: “If I left it even for a few months, I could have lost an arm”.
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Road to the Podium | Regional Swimming | Country Swimming Coaches | SwimmingNSW
“One thing I’m trying to get through to regional coaches is to set their goals even higher. Because regional coaches are good coaches and have the talent to be better coaches.”
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Jon Rudd Talks Swimming Psychology, Coaching Ambition, Irish Swimming & the WSCA | Inside With Brett Hawke
Jon Rudd is the National Performance Director for Swim Ireland. His swimmers have won Olympic gold medals and broken World Records. He is also the President of the World Swim Coaches Association (WSCA).
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First Responders Working on Recovery Operations After Swimmer Goes Missing in Lady Bird Lake | KXAN
Recovery efforts are underway for a swimmer that went underwater and did not resurface in Lady Bird Lake on Saturday.
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Dolphin Swimming Inside the Ramsgate Beach Swimming Baths | 7NEWS
A dolphin is back where it belongs, after spending six days making a splash inside an enclosed ocean pool at Botany Bay. Marine volunteers embarked on a marathon mission to free the mammal who was never stuck, just very stubborn.
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7 Reasons Why Swimming Is Good for Your Mental Health | Global Triathlon Network
Exercise is advised and sometimes even prescribed as an antidote to low self-esteem and mild depression. We look into what the act of swimming as well as the effect of water can have on our mood, and share the benefits of why it can be so positive on personal and mental health.
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Inside the Classical Swimming Art of the Samurai | CBS Morning
Just like at judo matches, judges use red and white flags and competitors bow — all part of a strange and obscure martial discipline called nihon eiho, the classical swimming art of the samurai. Lucy Craft has more.