Month: January 2022
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Cold-Water Swimming: What You Can Do to Acclimatize to the Temperature
There are three potentially hazardous physiological responses associated with going into cold water. The first is the cold shock response (CSR), which is the uncontrollable gasping, breathing, and increase in heart rate that occurs for about 90 seconds when you first go in. The second is cooling of the nerves and muscles close to the surface…
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Super 7: Record-Breaking Swimmer Overcomes Choppy Waters | WKBW TV | Buffalo, NY
An early start to a varsity career is normally a testament to talent. But instead, for Niagara Wheatfield junior Paul Wissel, it started to foster some self-doubt. “I was getting down on myself. I never thought I was going to be anywhere I am today,” Wissel said. “And it was my mom that kept motivating…
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Guests Sickened After Using Ohio Hotel Swimming Pool | ABC News
Authorities believe a carbon monoxide leak may be to blame.
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Man Drowns, Dies After Falling in Swimming Pool While Shoveling Snow During Blizzard in New York | ABC 7 Chicago
An elderly man who drowned after falling into a swimming pool was one of three people who died while shoveling snow on Long Island, New York, during Saturday’s powerful blizzard. Officials said police pulled the unconscious man out of a pool in Cutchogue around 8:30 a.m. and began CPR. He was taken to a local…
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Can Popovici Go 1:43 for 200m Freestyle?! | Propulsion Swimming
One of the biggest breakout swimmers of 2021 was DAVID POPOVICI, but just how fast can he potentially go, and what is going to be his strongest event?
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‘There Is a Reason’ Men and Women Compete Separately in Sport | Sky News Australia
Sky News host Rita Panahi says in the gender-fluid age of identity politics where feelings matter more than chromosomes, women are being asked to accept athletes with an unfair advantage. “They’re being asked to accept competitors like Lia Thomas – a transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer who was born male and competed as a male…