Rewind back to 2009 when one extraordinary man hoped to rewrite the record books. By pushing his body and his mind to the limit, Mike Wells attempted a record no one has ever conquered before – the first person to swim one of the world’s most challenging underwater caves … with just one breath.
Brandon Heitmann claims he’s a millionaire contractor, internet personality, and pool builder who has made a fortune after growing “from mowing lawns for $20 to $1 million projects.”
‘You’re rewarding mediocrity with non-binary category prize money, I don’t know why we’re doing this.’ Olympian swimmer, Sharron Davies, says the introduction of ‘trans-only categories’ in World Cup Swimming, doesn’t make sense, and proposes an alternative solution.
“Most of the time it’s insignificant. But in the summertime, the numbers of the organisms can increase dramatically in areas with very high temperatures. So in the South, July and August.”
World Aquatics will debut a new open category for transgender athletes at this year’s Swimming World Cup event in Berlin.
Last year, the world governing body voted to prevent trans athletes from competing in women’s races.
The open category will feature 50m and 100m races across all strokes.
TalkTV’s Mike Graham is joined by former Olympian Sharron Davies to discuss the new category in swimming.
Kristina Lee-Garrido was in a rental unit in Lahaina with her best friend when last week’s wildfires broke out. She joined CBS News to describe the lack of warning they had and the hours she spent riding out the fire in a swimming pool.
The countdown to the Olympics and Paralympics in 2024 has begun.
In 2019, the University of Pennsylvania’s swim team informed its female athletes that Lia Thomas, a man formerly known as William Thomas, would be competing alongside them. But the consequences of the university’s decision wouldn’t be limited to unfair competition. Although Thomas’ teammates were told he would use separate locker-room facilities, he was instead allowed to use the same locker-room as the rest of the team, subjecting the all-female group to changing clothes in front of a man. This incident, and the University of Pennsylvania’s intense crackdown on dissent, sparked many of its athletes to come forward and advocate for the future of women’s sports.
Paula Scanlan, a former University of Pennsylvania swimmer and teammate of Thomas, is the latest guest on The Kevin Roberts Show. Inspired by the injustice that she and her fellow Penn teammates suffered, Scanlan now spends her time making sure that the future of women’s sports is safe, and that no one has to go through her experience ever again.
Despite being part of the most pessimistic generation in American history, Scanlan fights to give hope to the millions of girls who use sports to pursue the American dream.
As people increasingly look to pools to beat the summer heat, there’s a focus on swim lessons for all ages.
