• According to Swim England more than five million swimming sessions were lost during the pandemic and for Sally and her daughters it was one of the things they have missed most over the past year.

  • Among the sea life: a sevengill shark and black sea bass.

  • A 6-year-old girl from Kailua, Hawaii, had a frightening encounter with a shark over the weekend, according to a report. 

    Dramatic video shows Anela Rezentes playing in the waves at Hawaii’s Kalama Beach on Sunday when she turns and sees the shark moving in the shallow waters just inches behind her. In a panic, the young girl turns around and runs toward the beach.

    “My soul left my body,” Anela said, according to Honolulu’s KHON-TV. “I saw a shark. I didn’t notice he was behind my back. So I really wanted to run out. I was really scared.”

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    https://youtu.be/mU5xCr_obgg
  • It was a long goodbye recorded on camera for a New Hampshire woman and a hawk she had saved from her swimming pool.

    “Hi there, little guy,” Cortnie Langley is heard saying to the hawk. “I know, I’m going to try and help you get out. Just don’t kill me, OK? We’re gonna do this together.”

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  • Formerly known as synchronized swimming, artistic swimming has been an Olympic sport since 1984 in the Summer Olympic Games of Los Angeles. From the USA to Canada and Russia, all three nations successfully led the sport throughout the Olympics. Russia took over from the 2000 Olympics, the Russians have won every Gold medal ever since. Anastasia Davydova, Svetlana Romashina, and Natalia Ishchenko hold 5 Gold medals each. As Davydova and Ishchenko retired from the competition, could Romashina win a record of 6 times Gold in Tokyo 2020?

  • The body of a 22-year-old airman who went missing Sunday in the waters off Texas in the Gulf of Mexico was found by his family Tuesday on a nearby beach, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office.

    Elijah Posana, and airman with the U.S. Air Force, was last seen alive swimming in the waters off Surfside Beach near Freeport, about 60 miles south of Houston, before he was caught by a rip current about 100 feet from shore, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement.

    Varon Snelgrove, Chief Deputy of the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office, told NBC News on Wednesday that Posana’s death appears to be a drowning and no foul play is suspected.

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  • Hungarian architecture student Alfréd Hajos was the undisputed star of the swimming events at the 1896 Games. Born Alfréd Guttman and raised in Budapest, his prowess in the water had its roots in tragedy. He determined to become a good swimmer at the age of 13 after his father drowned in the River Danube. He later changed his surname to Hajós which means “sailor” in Hungarian.

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  • Liliana Ibáñez is an Olympic swimmer, the fastest in the history of Mexico in the 100 free meters. She has a master’s degree in urban development from the University of Texas and is a Y20 Youth Summit delegate.

    This Guanajuato swimmer is one of the most outstanding athletes that Mexico has. In October 2020 he had to stop his preparation for the Olympics due to an operation on his right knee. However, Liliana is ready to wait for the meeting in Tokyo, which will be her third Olympic participation after London 2012 and Rio 2016.

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