Jamal Hill describes living with his disability, from acknowledging it to his drive to be a Paralympian. Hill tells Carlos Amezcua about why he created a goal to teach one million people how to swim with SwimUpHill.org and growing to one million people each year. Plus his book “A Bowl, A Bench and a Bucket” hopes to make learning to swim accessible to all.
Hundreds of people came together Saturday for an event in the San Francisco Bay that made some waves in the fight against cancer. Max Darrow reports. (9-24-22)
Drowning is the #1 cause of accidental death in children.
Olympic gold medallist Cate Campbell has opened up about the terrifying day she found out she had melanoma, a life-changing moment that’s sparked her efforts in awareness and research.
She’s joined the chorus calling on social media influencers to take more social responsibility to drive down skin cancers and stop promoting a harmful “Kardashian effect”.
Speaking at the National Press Club alongside the Melanoma Institute’s co-medical directors on Wednesday, the champion swimmer recalled the moment in 2018 her dermatologist found a mole she had almost failed to flag.
Campbell never would have had it checked if not for noticing a new scar on a friend’s arm while having brunch just a few days earlier.
She said he had told her: “If I left it even for a few months, I could have lost an arm”.
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“One thing I’m trying to get through to regional coaches is to set their goals even higher. Because regional coaches are good coaches and have the talent to be better coaches.”
Jon Rudd is the National Performance Director for Swim Ireland. His swimmers have won Olympic gold medals and broken World Records. He is also the President of the World Swim Coaches Association (WSCA).
Recovery efforts are underway for a swimmer that went underwater and did not resurface in Lady Bird Lake on Saturday.
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A dolphin is back where it belongs, after spending six days making a splash inside an enclosed ocean pool at Botany Bay. Marine volunteers embarked on a marathon mission to free the mammal who was never stuck, just very stubborn.
