Month: July 2013
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Family’s quest to make sure kids swim safe
Read and watch WGNtv.com The Boys & Girls Clubs swim camp on Chicago’s west side is one of ten across the country this year and is inspired by one family`s water tragedy. 6-year-old Zachary Cohn of Connecticut drowned in 2007 after getting caught in a pool drain. He is the namesake for the Zac Foundation…
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Olympic swimmer Scott Miller to fight drugs, theft charges
Read The Australian Olympic swimmer Scott Miller will fight stealing and drugs charges after pleading not guilty in a Sydney court. The 38-year-old made a brief appearance in Waverley Local Court on Wednesday. The Edgecliff resident was arrested on the morning of June 18 at a home in Mascot and charged. Police allege they found…
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CC photo #556: Women’s 100 free heat 6 at Debrecen 2012
Just a photo from the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Daniela Schreiber’s (GER) starting position on lane 4 gave it away, and the big screen up in the right corner confirms it. See the start list here. Schreiber ended up winning bronze in the final, see the result list here.
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Live Streaming from the Poznan 2013 European Junior Championships
LEN and the Organizing Committee of the Arena European Junior Swimming Championships – Poznan 2013 inform us that LIVE WEBCAST transmission will be available here on the official website of the European Junior Championships. At the moment they are replaying the preliminaries. Awesome! Start lists and live results here. The live webcast will be available…
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54-year-old man distracted by nude female swimmer while his house is robbed
Read cnhi news service via Opposing Views An unidentified 54-year-old man in Crossville, Tennessee was robbed while he was distracted by a woman swimming nude in his backyard pool on Saturday. According to CNHI News, a woman and a man approached the victim’s home, but the woman sent her male accomplice away to get some cigarettes.…
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Actively Northwest teams up with Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors
See King5.com Olympic swimer and world record holder Ariana Kukors joined guest host Meeghan Black to talk about why she’s teaming up with LifeWise Health Plan of Washington to launch Actively Northwest, an online lifestyle magazine that features stories, tips and other resources to help people live healthy and fit lives. Ariana hopes to use…