Month: June 2014
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Park Tae-hwan heads to Brisbane for training
See video in arirang Shifting gears, South Korea’s top swimmer, Park Tae-hwan, is headed to Brisbane, Australia for his third bout of training this year. He’ll be there for about 6 weeks and return sometime in July to take part in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games qualifiers, running from July 16th to the 21st. The…
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Sennen swimmer has close encounter with huge basking shark
See The Cornishman A swimmer got up close to a huge basking shark while taking a dip at Sennen, west Cornwall. The video clip, posted on website YouTube, shows a swimmer making out to sea before running into the hulking basking shark that is swimming effortlessly below the water. The shark glides straight past the…
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Olympic swimmer Ian Crocker teaches clinic at Sanford-Springvale YMCA
See WMTW and WCSH Olympic swimmer Ian Crocker headed to the Sanford-Springvale YMCA Sunday afternoon to teach a swim clinic. Wells Elementary School third-grader Isabella Bazata convinced Crocker to come visit her school as part of a class project. On Sunday she got the chance to swim with him. Crocker, originally from Maine, lives in…
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Too soon to swim? Experts warn beachgoers after man drowns
See FOX8 Cleveland The waters of Lake Erie at Huntington Beach in Bay Village can be so inviting. And, the waters can turn so deadly. On Saturday, a man went into the water to help a troubled swimmer. While he was able to push the young lady to safety, for some reason, he was not able to…
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Coast Aquatics Hosts Surf and Swim Classic at Frank Brown Aquatic Center
See wjhg.com Saturday at the Aquatic Center at Frank Brown, the Panama City Swim Team took to the pool for their latest meet. But just because they were at home, doesn’t mean they were playing host.Their friends from Fort Walton Beach over at the Coast Aquatics Swim Team is leading their Surf and Swim Classic.…
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A “Celebration Of Life” – Shane Gould’s Olympic Memories | Olympic Rewind
Courtesy of the Olympic channel Australia’s Shane Gould reminisces about her appearance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Swimming events and discusses the incredible spirit of the Games.
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2-Year Old Found Floating In Swimming Pool
See CBS Miami A near tragedy in Coral Springs when a two-year-old child was found by his grandfather in a backyard pool. The boy was rushed to the hospital. Doctors were able get a pulse and the child was breathing with assistance. Friday night, officials said the boy was at Broward General Hospital in very…
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Marmaduke teen drowns in pond near city limits
See kait8.com A 17-year-old high school student drowned in a small pond southwest of Marmaduke city limits on Greene County Road 522, according to Greene County Sheriff Dan Langston. Langston told Region 8 News Trevor Potter was swimming with a friend in the middle of the pond Thursday night when Potter started having chest pains.…