The LEN Learn to Swim Commission has published its first report sharing the results of a major consultation process into the issue of Learn to Swim and the prevention of drowning.
A pastor from Wentworth just outside Durban in KZN has joined forces with fathers from the community to fix the local swimming pool which has become neglected and overrun by rats and other vermin. And they are prepared to do it out of their own pockets. It seems the only problem is, the local municipality, which they say is topping its efforts. Let’s find out what is going on with Pastor David Usher.
Parents of Woodlain Zachee filed a legal claim against the city of San Diego, alleging city lifeguards were understaffed and failed to warn swimmers of dangers.
Former NFL player Peyton Hillis has been hospitalized for the last week after a swimming accident, but he is showing improvement.
Hillis’s girlfriend, Angela Cole, wrote on Instagram that Hillis went into the water to save his children from drowning. Hillis was in intensive care and on a ventilator but now doing well enough that he no longer needs the ventilator.
After years of COVID disruptions, bushfires, and floods, plenty of Australians have been hitting the beach this summer and enjoying the water. But surf life savers say they’ve made thousands of rescues in a matter of weeks, with most drownings occurring at unpatrolled beaches. This report from Hannah Bowers and Emily Jane Smith.
Some of America’s fastest swimmers are in Knoxville this week and hundreds of athletes and national team members are making waves at the TYR Pro Swim Series.
As the wild weather eases across the country “unsuitable for swimming” signs are also going out at many popular beaches, and as Demelza Leslie reports it is a sign of what’s to come with global warming.
Do not swim: Contaminated beaches a sign of what's to come with global warming | Newshub
