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  • Michael Phelps’ World Record Gold at Melbourne 2007 | FINA World Championships

    Jun 9, 2020

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    Relive the moment when Michael Phelps succeeded for the first time to stop the clock under 1:55.00 in a 200m Individual Medley event in the 2007 edition of the FINA World Championships in Melbourne. With this performance he set a new World Record and claimed another Gold Medal for his prestigious FINA World Championships medal collection.

  • Search continues for firefighter missing since he went for swim in North Carolina river

    Jun 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Safety

    A North Carolina firefighter is still missing after going for a swim in a North Carolina river over the weekend.

    The firefighter, whose name has not been released, was boating with other firefighters on the Tar River in Greenville while off duty on Sunday evening, according to a Facebook post from The Red Oak Community Rural Fire Department, where the missing firefighter volunteers.

    He and another went swimming near the bridge at the Greenville Boulevard and 10th Street intersection.

    But he “didn’t make it to shore,” the Facebook post says, and he is believed to have drowned.

    Read The News & Observer

    https://youtu.be/7fUMfSKuzrM

  • Video: News crew rescues stranded swimmer

    Jun 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Safety

  • Michigan Counties Can Open Swimming Pools to Public

    Jun 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Health, Swimming Pools

    Bill Babcock and Nick Shelton from Michigan Pool News with recent information about opening swimming pools to the public after COVID-19.

  • Beyond the Blue by Swim Dem Crew

    Jun 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Organization

    Swim Dem Crew are an inner city, London based, swim club that believe in the power of community. Founded by Nathaniel Cole and Peigh Asante in 2013; their mission has always been to get more people swimming, make the sport more inclusive, less solitary, and a lot more social.

    Beyond The Blue explores personal development and self-affirmation, using swimming as a tool to empower people.

  • Swimming pools can reopen in Phase 2, but requirements prove challenging

    Jun 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Health, Swimming Pools

  • Rhode Island Ripples Swim School reopens after 3 months

    Jun 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Organization

    John Heelan, owner of Rhode Island Ripples Swim School, describes what it’s like to reopen after being closed for three months.

  • Swimmers and surfers ‘playing Russian roulette’ with sharks off NSW coast

    Jun 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Nature, Safety

    The death of a 60-year-old man in northern New South Wales has “once again exposed the absurdity” of ineffective shark control measures at some beaches around the country says Sky News host Peter Gleeson.

  • Man’s body found after swimming near Palm Beach Docks

    Jun 9, 2020

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    rokur
    in Safety

    The body of a man who disappeared while swimming off Palm Beach was found Sunday night, police said.

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