Year: 2020
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Shark bites man and clings onto arm for 45 minutes
As a teaser to our mini-documentary on shark attacks, here is a brand new clip featuring a particularly clingy shark.
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16-year-old Vera Rivard, of Springfield, swims across English Channel in just over 14 hours
A local long-distance swimming sensation has powered her way across the English Channel. Sixteen-year-old Vera Rivard of Springfield, New Hampshire, and Derby, Vermont, finished her swim from Dover, England to Wissant Beach in France Tuesday night just before midnight. She started at 9:38 a.m. and finished at 11:48 p.m., with over 14 hours in the…
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2020 | Coros Malta – Gozo – Malta Channel Swimming Competition
Birkirkara St. Joseph is synonymous with Open Water Swimming and the annual Channel Competition is a long awaited event by open water swimmers.
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This Guy Built A Circulating Seal Enclosure
The circulating seal enclosure is cool and all, but is nobody going to address the fact that this guy seems to have a pet seal in his pool? Is that a thing that’s allowed now? Because the last time I asked about it I ended up on a list. See Geekologie
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15-year-old boy electrocuted while swimming in Houston motel pool
A 15-year-old was electrocuted after he accidentally touched wires from an interior light at a motel swimming pool over the weekend, Harris County Precinct 4 said. Officials told ABC13 this happened Saturday at the North Villa Inn at 16510 North Freeway. According to authorities, someone removed a pool interior light, exposing the wires. While the…
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Navy diver drowns in Destin pool while doing underwater training
A 29-year-old man drowned in a Destin pool Monday while reportedly doing swimming and breathing exercises, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. First responders were called to 4111 Commons Drive around 3:30 p.m. where Brennan May was found limp on the pool bottom. May lived at the address. Witnesses say May was a Navy…
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Oldham County family uses quarantine to build their own swimming pool
An Oldham County family is likely putting your quarantine productivity to shame. In March, the Weber family decided to take on a DIY project unlike any other— making plans to build their own in-ground swimming pool.
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Body of missing Lake Travis swimmer identified
A swimmer who went missing in Lake Travis on Friday has been identified, according to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
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Woman dies in ‘human chain’ rescue attempt at Alabama beach
A Tennessee woman who was attempting to rescue swimmers in distress at an Alabama beach struggled in the rough water herself and died.