Month: May 2015
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Men use boogie boards to rescue swimmer
Bystanders on a Hutchinson Island beach jumped in to save a drowning young man they say was caught in the rip current on Monday.
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Amateur Swimming Association receive RNLI award for Swim Safe initiative
Since it began in 2013, over 6,000 children have taken part in Swim Safe schemes, a partnership programme between the Amateur Swimming Assocation (ASA) and the RNLI. While swimming in a pool is a great way of building confidence and technique, open water swimming comes with its own challenges and dangers. They receive the RNLI…
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5,000 people swim across Yellow River
Five thousand people from around China have swum across the Yellow River to promote sports.
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Tourists Swim With Huge Group Of Playful Sea Lions
How amazing would it be to spend time splashing around with some of the sea’s friendliest creatures? One diver got to live the dream of many by getting up close and personal with a huge sea lion colony just off the coast of Mexico’s Isla Santa Margarita and, as the video shows, the cute pups…
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Is there such a thing as too young to swim?
“My friends jumped and I jumped with them and I almost…†10-year-old Gabriela tried to explain the time she almost drowned. “It was deep and I didn’t know how to swim.†It was just a few years ago she jumped into a river with her friends. The only problem? She didn’t know how to swim. Her…
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Man drowns trying to swim across pond with 10 lb rock
A Memorial Day outing on the water turned tragic in Butte County. A young man drowned on his 21st birthday after reportedly trying to swim across a pond while carrying a ten pound rock. According to the Oroville CHP, 21-year-old Austin Harr of Gridley drowned while swimming at the Gridley Plunge, in the Oroville Wildlife…
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Suspended swimmer Park Tae-hwan to resume training
Park Tae-hwan, Olympic swimming champ currently on a doping suspension, will resume training at a public pool in Seoul, officials said Wednesday. Park will train with his old coach Roh Min-sang at the Olympic Swimming Pool starting June 1, the arena’s operators said. In March, Park, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the men’s 400-meter…
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2015 Buchanan Invitational: Missy Franklin’s First Professional Race
A bet that I could beat Missy in a 25 yd swim race. She won best 2 out of 3.