A pre-Olympic swimming competition in Paris was canceled, due to poor water quality in the river Seine, casting doubt over the French government’s plan to clean up the river before next summer. The event was going to serve as a test for next year’s Paris Olympics.
As many triathletes fall sick after swimming in polluted waters off Sunderland James O’Brien demands answers:
“The coastal water had 3900 E.coli colonies per 100 milliliters of water…that’s pretty grim.”
“They’ve been swimming through shocking amounts of sewage.”
“You don’t have to be a scientist to know that water moves.”
World Swimming has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events.
FINA has widely adopted a new “gender inclusion” policy that permits swimmers who transitioned before age 12 to compete in women’s events.
TalkTV’s Renee Hoenderkamp is joined by former Olympic Swimmer Sharron Davies to discuss the future of swimming.
Sharron: “It is about protecting young girls and boys across all sports.”
The British Swim School in Newark teaches their young students how to stay alive before they teach them how to swim. Lucy Yang has the story.
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After a two-year closure of Hearst Castle, the landmark is allowing people to come over for a swim.
Surf lifesavers who rescued swimmers from North Curl Curl beach late yesterday say conditions were so dangerous they’d earlier called off their own training exercise. They say no one should have been in the water.
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The first swimming competition due to be held in the River Seine in Paris has been canceled because of pollution. The test event ahead of next year’s Olympics was called-off after a week of persistent heavy rain in the city caused sewers to overflow into the river.
The Long Island swimmer who was pulled out of the Atlantic Ocean after treading water for hours was reunited with the two fishing pals who helped save him.
Jim Hohorst, 63, and Michael Ross, 69, said on Wednesday they were out on their boat when they noticed a fishing pole with a shirt tied to it – and then discovered Dan Ho floating helplessly in the ocean.
“If it hadn’t been for that flag you were waving, we never would have spotted you,” Hohorst told Ho at the Bay Shore Marina. “It saved your life.”
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