A man is missing in Sydney Harbour after his tinnie over-turned off Manly during a nighttime fishing trip with a friend. Both men clung to the boat for hours before the 49-year-old drifted away.
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‘Zack’s Law’ Proposed to Warn Swimmers of Cold Water Shock | KING 5
Zack Rager drowned in the Chehalis River last March. A coroner determined the teen suffered cold water shock, which made him unable to swim.
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Portland Parks & Recreation Suspends Swim Lessons Due to Staffing Shortage | KGW News
The city of Portland is looking to hire hundreds of swim teachers and lifeguards between now and the summer. KGW’s Katherine Cook reports.
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Swimming Australia Releases Findings of Report on Treatment of Women and Girls | ABC News
Swimming Australia has released the findings of a report commissioned in June 2021 after explosive allegations by Olympic silver medallist Maddie Groves of the sport’s “misogynistic” culture.
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This Tongan Man Managed to Survive a 27-Hour Swim After the Tsunami | TRT World
They’re calling this 57-year-old Tongan man a “real-life Aquaman†after he reportedly survived 27 hours at sea following the devastating tsunami.
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NCAA Criticized for Changing Policy on Transgender Athletes | ABC News
Transgender athlete and advocate Chris Mosier criticized the NCAA’s new policy on the participation of transgender athletes in an interview with ABC News Thursday.
“This was absolutely a missed opportunity for the NCAA,” he said. “The NCAA has been using a policy for over 10 years now, and it’s been working quite well.”
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New Focus to Provide Swimming Lessons to Underserved Communities | WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast
Drowning death rates for Black people are one-and-a-half times higher than whites, but the disparity is even greater among children.
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NCAA Adopts New Policy for Transgender Athletes Following Controversy Over Penn Swimmer | NBC10 Philadelphia
The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. The ruling follows controversy over Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer at Penn who is currently breaking records competing with women after spending her first three years at the school competing with men.
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Swimming and Respect for Nature in Patagonia | Fondation Princesse Charlène de Monaco
Initiated by the Association Monaco Argentina (AMA) and the Fundación Protejamos Patagonia (FPP), the Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation supported a new Learn to Swim project on the Valdés Peninsula in Patagonia (Argentina).