The summer Olympics are scheduled to open in Japan on July 23. But this week, the U.S. State Department issued a “Do Not Travel” advisory to the country. Japan is closed to tourists due to a fourth COVID-19 surge. The medical community there has repeatedly warned that holding the Olympic Games could be catastrophic to Japan’s universal health care system. Lucy Craft reports.
Zoe Skirboll is an Olympic hopeful and hoping to make the U.S. National Team as a swimmer and with her father Jim helping her, she’s well on her way.
Jumping into the deep end of anything and everything he does has never been a problem for Cody Simpson. He simply doesn’t know the meaning of the word impossible. At 13, he took off to America to make his name as a pop star. As unlikely as that ambition was, he succeeded way beyond his expectations. Now at 24, he’s diving into another dream. Cody wants to represent Australia in swimming at the Olympics. It sounds far-fetched, singer one day, swimmer the next, but after seeing the effort he’s putting into it, Karl Stefanovic says only a fool would write Cody off in the pool.
This year, 7 members of the Tide swim team in Virginia Beach will take their talents to Omaha to compete against the best in the country.
Viki Patel popped the question to Rebecca Chaukria and gave her the white gold and diamond ring during a trip to the Lake District on Saturday.
Two days later, while on a jetty overlooking Windermere, it slipped off her finger and fell into the water.
They feared it was lost forever, but freediver Angus Hosking was able to locate it after a 20-minute search.
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Olympic State of Body is the latest original series from the Olympic Channel, which looks into the science behind the success of Olympic Athletes. This bonus episode features a few #DidYouKnow facts about the series. To learn more, watch the full series of Olympic State of Body here: http://oly.ch/OSOBy
May swimming hygge with my Copenhagen Bluetits Chill Swimmers friends! Come on in, the seawater’s lovely and cold! There are Bluetits groups all over the world, or why not start your own? Information, motivation plus safety advice here https://thebluetits.co/
Life jackets are your friend! Especially, if you’re not the best swimmer yet.
