A woman who took on a challenge to swim in the sea every day for a year in memory of a teenage family friend has reached her goal.
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Staffing Shortage at Portland Parks & Recreation Shuts Down Swim Lesson Program | KPTV FOX 12 Oregon
It takes a village to run Portland Parks & Recreation’s swim lesson program.
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Tongan Lisala Folau Survives 27-Hour Swim After Tsunami | Reuters
A 57-year-old Tongan man, Lisala Folau, is being hailed a real-life ‘Aquaman’ for surviving 27 hours at sea after the devastating tsunami struck his island. Folau told Reuters he went under nine times before latching onto a log and making it to safety.
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Brave Swimmers Take Part in Poland’s First Underground Relay | Euronews
The first underground swimming relay was held in Poland at the Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Gory. It’s on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The brave participants seem to love it!
“People who swim open water know what it means,” said one female swimmer. “This water is soft, you can feel it with the whole body, the experience is almost spiritual, it’s fantastic.”
Three hundred winter swimmers, known as ‘Walruses’ took part in the event which saw them swim through a 600 metre long rock corridor, 30 metres underground.
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Use This Technique to Make Your Breaststroke Faster | The Race Club
In this video, we compare two world-class breaststroke swimmers Mike Alexandrov and Nikola Obravac. Coach Gary analyzes both swimmers using our velocity meter technology and found an astounding difference between the two swimmers.
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What Was It Like to Coach Ruta Meilutyte to Olympic Gold? | Propulsion Swimming
At the London 2012 Olympics Plymouth Leander’s Jon Rudd, coached Lithuanian swimmer Tura Meilutyte to a shock 100m Breaststroke Gold Medal at just the age of 15!
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Palestine – Winter Swimming Enthusiasts on the Gaza Beach Promote Their Hobby | A24 News Agency EN
Dozens of people in Gaza love to swim in winter especially on the coldest days when the temperature drops below zero Celsius.
Winter swimming enthusiasts believe that it provides them with strong immunity since it burns calories and fat, protects them from several diseases, including winter influenza and others and it also builds the body and muscles.
People who enjoy this hobby, some of whom are around 85 years old, still practice it as some have been doing it for 20 years, they gather at five in the morning to start walking together and then do some exercise for about 30 minutes before heading down to the water.
Some winter swimming enthusiasts consider the seawater warmer than what others might think, and that swimming in it makes them more energetic and delighted to start the day.
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Man Missing After Boat Overturns Near Manly | 7NEWS
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.