Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey, fresh off her legendary performance at Tokyo 2020, spoke exclusively to the SCMP’s Patrick Blennerhassett about the experience of winning not one, but two medals at the Games. Haughey dived into describing her preparation for the Olympics in Hong Kong pools, the plan of attack she used for races, and where she goes from here – after she gets out of quarantine.
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Meet the Bomb Hunters Trying to Protect Marine Species in the Baltic Sea | Euronews
An EU-backed team of scientists has a very thrill-seeking mission: to find all the unexploded war bombs in Germany’s coastal waters and other European countries.
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Volunteers Scour Marseille’s Beaches for Plastic and Beer Bottles | Euronews
Volunteer organizations are trying to tackle the ongoing littering problem by promoting regular cleaning drives, where people can pick up as much as one tonne of garbage in a day.
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Eleven European spa towns honored by UNESCO
Towns from Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Czechia got together to seek joint recognition.
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The Lethal Beauty of the Portuguese Man O’ War | Laughing Squid
In a fascinating clip from the BBC documentary Blue Planet II, narrator David Attenborough elegantly explains how the beautiful but incredibly lethal Portuguese Man O’ War catches food underwater with its tentacles while still remaining partially above the surface.
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Profound Short Film About a 90 Year Old Balinese Fisherman Who Catches Plastic Instead of Fish | Laughing Squid
“Voice Above Waterâ€Â is a profound short film by Dana Frankoff that gives voice to a 90-year-old Balinese man named Wayan who turned his lifelong profession of fishing into one of cleaning the river of plastic pollution so that future generations will once again be able to fish and provided for their families.
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Olympic Body Seeks to Boost Diversity Among Swimmers | Africanews
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37-Year-Old Man Died While Trying to Help Another Swimmer on Echo Lake in Conway | WMUR-TV
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Katinka Hosszu 🇭🇺 All Rio Finals! 🏊♀️ | Olympics
The Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú is a three-time Olympic Champion. At the Olympic Games in Rio, she won 🥇over 100m backstrokes, 200m medley, and 400m medley. She also won 🥈over 200m backstrokes. The “Iron Lady” is the current world record holder in the 100m individual medley, 200-meter individual medley, and 400m individual medley. Enjoy this video with every Final at Rio 2016!