An 84-year-old Florida woman in a wheelchair was up to her neck in flooding caused by Hurricane Ian. Her belongings were floating around her. Her son, 49-year-old Johnny Lauder, swam half a mile through a flooded Naples neighborhood to reach her. Johnny and his son Xavier found the family matriarch inside her water-logged house, alive but terrified. They had to push Karen Lauder in her wheelchair through the water to get her to a hospital.
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‘I Wanted to Test Myself’: Singaporean Swimmer Makes History Crossing English Channel | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong-based swimmer and Splash volunteer Li Ling Yung-Hryniewiecki became the first Singaporean woman to swim 34km (21 miles) across the English Channel in September 2022, completing the swim in just under 13 hours. In the process, she raised funds for the expansion into Singapore of Hong Kong charity Splash, which gives free swimming lessons to domestic helpers. She spoke with Post reporter Alkira Reinfrank about achieving her dream of completing the swim.
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From The Swimming Pool To The Ballroom Ellie Simmonds On All Things Strictly | This Morning
Strictly waltzed back onto our screens this weekend, and today we’ll be joined in the studio by Ellie Simmonds and her partner Nikita Kuzmin for their first sofa chat, ahead of this weekend’s first elimination.
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Utah Clothing Company Creates Swimwear for Breast Cancer Survivors | KSL News
Breast cancer survivors and sisters from Utah will launch a swimwear line for women who have had surgery.
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‘Either Swim or Drown:’ Woman Leaves Kissimmee Home as It Flooded From Hurricane Ian | WKMG News 6 ClickOrlando
April said she had to leave her Kissimmee home with her 72-year-old mother through a window as it flooded.
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Swimmer Who Raced Lia Thomas Says UPenn Team Members Thanked Her for Speaking Out | Yahoo! News
A female University of Kentucky swimmer who competed against transgender athlete Lia Thomas’s participation in women’s swimming said Wednesday that many University of Pennsylvania team members expressed their gratitude for her advocacy for fairness in women’s sports.
“I actually had a ton of Lia Thomas’ teammates reach out to me personally, and thank me for what I’m doing because this is something they deal with every single day,” Riley Gaines said, alongside Senator Rand Paul, during an appearance on Fox and Friends. “But of course, they’re intimidated, they’re threatened, they’re emotionally blackmailed.”
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Swimming | Teen Chases Olympic Dream | eNCA
Milla Drakopoulos appears to have a bright future in the swimming pool.
The 16-year-old’s career has already taken her to the Fina World junior swimming Championships.
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Swimmers Blasted by Large Wave During Hurricane Ian | NSP Chasers – Skystock
Some brave swimmers attempted to swim in Fort Myers, FL as the dangerous storm surge from Hurricane Ian was hitting the area.
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Paralympic Swimming Champion Hannah Russell Meets Para-Swimmer Ethan Naisbitt | Sky Sports News
At only three days old, Ethan Naisbitt was at risk of losing both legs and his right arm due to blood clots. His right leg and arm were saved, but not his left leg, which was amputated when he was three days old.
Ethan’s lungs were not fully developed, and he was on a ventilator for three months. He told three-time Paralympic champion Hannah Russell: “My parents were told most ventilated for longer than a month will not survive. But I went against all odds and survived.”
With a 10 percent chance of survival, continuous leg surgeries, and heart surgery in 2017, Ethan discovered swimming at seven years old and has not looked back since.