As families spend time in pools, lakes and beaches this summer, instructors at the Greater Pittston YMCA are reminding parents that swim lessons can do more than build confidence—they can save lives.
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17 Year Old Luka Mijatovic Is Getting Faster…Again | The Swim Scribe
Luka Mijatovic has done it AGAIN, during the 2026 US National Championships he has just dropped ANOTHER huge chunk of time in his signature 400 freestyle as he inches closer and closer to becoming the fastest American in the history of this event and the fastest junior swimmer of all time.
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Seabright Rescue Renews Push To Recognize Lifeguards as First Responders | KSBW Action News 8
Seabright rescue renews push to recognize lifeguards as first responders
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Another Missing Swimmer Puts Dangers of Great Falls Back in the Spotlight | WUSA9
This is the third swimmer to go missing in the Great Falls section of the Potomac River this summer alone.
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‘Old Ladies’ Are Free-Diving on Cape Cod. They’ve Excavated 6,000 Pounds of Trash | Upworthy
Imagine yourself on Cape Cod on a bright summer afternoon. The water looks perfect: glassy, blue, reflecting the clouds like it’s a computer screensaver. Suddenly, a dozen or so women burst onto the scene. Not one is a day under 65, and they’re zipping themselves into wetsuits and spitting into their masks (to prevent fogging) before slipping beneath that pretty blue surface to retrieve all the secrets the pond’s been hiding: beer cans, golf balls, a car tire, and once, an 80-pound toilet.
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The 3 Shoulder Exercises Every Swimmer Needs (And Most Skip) | Marcel Smit
Shoulder pain is the most common injury in swimming — and for most swimmers, it keeps coming back because they’re not fixing the actual cause. In this video I’m breaking down the three exercises that target the root imbalance: weak external rotators and an underdeveloped serratus anterior that leave the shoulder unstable in the water. These are the exact exercises I use before every gym session. Since I started doing this consistently, I’ve had zero shoulder pain — and I’ve been swimming for decades.
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Cam McEvoy’s Hardest Session Is Only 150m | The Swimsuit Guy
Four weeks after this session, Cam McEvoy swam 20.88 and broke one of the most iconic world records in swimming. This week he went 20.97 in Glasgow for Commonwealth Games gold — his second swim under 21 seconds, and an Australian sweep of the podium.
This is how he was training in the weeks before it happened.
At the Queensland Academy of Sport, Cam is trialling a hybrid session I hadn’t seen anyone run before: two weighted pull-ups at 70kg, then straight off the block for a dive 25 — inside a minute. One round every ten minutes, six times through, before finishing the day in the gym.
Six dive 25s: 9.64, 9.55, 9.75, 9.64, 9.69, 9.69. Average 9.66, and a spread of two tenths across the whole set while fatigued and in a race suit. Then trap bar deadlifts at 165kg paired with jumps, and bench pull into bench press to close it out. Cam put three jump PBs on the board showing what form he was in.
Cam’s a three-time Olympian and the 50 free world record holder. What’s interesting isn’t that he trains hard — it’s how little he does, and how thoughtfully he rests between efforts. Three and a half hours at the pool for a handful of reps, because the reps only count if every one is brilliant.
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Aquatics Returns to Olympic Venue for European Championships | European Aquatics
Memories of Paris 2024 come flooding back ahead of the European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026.
Athletes and delegates speak in the official opening press conference.
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How To Avoid Swimmer’s Itch This Summer | The Weather Network
Planning a trip to the lake? Be aware of swimmer’s itch, an itchy rash caused by a microscopic parasite. The Weather Network’s Rachel Schoutsen has more.