First EC crossing of the season 2020; Peter, Tom, Ros and Sian, swimming to France in 13hrs 22 off Sea leopard With Stuart Gleeson and Sean Marsh Crewing!! We raised nearly £2k at the time of publishing for the Porthcawl NCI and RNLI, thanks everyone, fund raising page here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Port…
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Man in his 20s dead after being pulled from Lake Michigan
A man who was pulled from Lake Michigan died Thursday.
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Tokyo reports record rise in new coronavirus cases as plans for Olympics scrutinized
A record 286 new coronavirus cases were reported by the city government in Tokyo on Thursday — the highest number of new cases recorded in one day in Japan’s capital since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
As a result, the city’s government raised its coronavirus alert to “red,” the highest of four levels, late Wednesday among fears of a second wave of infections. The previous daily high was 243 cases, recorded July 10, according to the city government’s tally.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike described the situation as “rather severe.” She also urged the Japanese government to reconsider the timing for its “Go To†campaign to boost domestic tourism, due to launch next week, pleading with people not to travel outside Tokyo unless necessary.
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Safety concerns persist as IOC says Olympics without fans ‘something we don’t want’
The 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place, and the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says the committee would prefer they happen with spectators.
Bach said Thursday the IOC is fully committed to holding the games and said that holding the competitions behind closed doors is “something we do not want.†However, it is exploring multiple scenarios for how they can take place safely amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The IOC is expected to meet Friday to discuss additional details of what the Games could look like.
In March, the 2020 Olympics was pushed to next year because of the pandemic, and the Associated Press reported this week that the 2022 Dakar Youth Olympics have been postponed to 2026. Meanwhile, the Beijing Winter Olympics are still on for winter 2022.
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How Annette Kellerman Broke Records As A Swimmer Turned Designer | SeeHer Story | PeopleTV
In 1914, a one-piece bathing suit was simply called an “Annette Kellerman†after the swimmer-turned-designer-turned Hollywood star wore a men’s suit to break records (and make waves).
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Tips For Ensuring Safety For Family Swim Excursions
Jon Foss, co-founder of FOSS Swim School, explains
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Man Dies After Swimming In Turbulent Water Off Promontory Point
A young man died Thursday afternoon, after he went swimming in the turbulent waters of Lake Michigan off Promontory Point, and never resurfaced, Fire Department officials said.
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‘A privilege’: Swimming with endangered whale sharks in Qatar
Qatar’s waters are host to some of the world’s largest gatherings of whale sharks, the biggest fish on the planet.
The gentle sea giants spotted in large numbers off the Qatari coast gather to feed on the abundance of fish eggs in the waters.
Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker got exclusive access to head out to sea and swim with the endangered species.
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A fight over nude swimming marks return of pre-coronavirus banalities in Europe
There is perhaps no better sign that people are eager to move on from the coronavirus than the fact that this German lake district town is embroiled in a heated debate about nude swimming, and it has drawn national attention.
The local council’s ban on naked swimming — and other activities such as naked yoga — has returned the town to the banalities of pre-coronavirus summers and earned it a spot on the national public broadcaster’s nightly newscast, where it received more airtime than the United States’ spiraling coronavirus outbreak that day.
Sitting fully dressed in his backyard, pro-nudist council member Thomas Held, 54, acknowledged that the interest in his fight against swimming trunks was “very strange.â€
“I think there are so many more important things,†he added.
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