Category: Health
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Former European Junior Champion Mateusz Matczak in coma after fall
23-year-old Mateusz Matcak from Poland is currently in a coma after suffering serious head injuries following a fall while drunk. He won gold in the 400 freestyle and 400 IM at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp 2007, and a silver in the 200 IM, and was due to fight for a place in the…
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Wow, beautiful all-red spectator stand in tribute to 11-year-old cancer victim
At the 10th annual Easter swim meet at Hutton Moor Leisure Center in Weston, UK, yesterday, hundreds of swimmers and supporters came together in red in tribute of 11-year-old Mary Collard, keen member of the Weston Swimming Club, who lost her battle against bone cancer on New Year’s Day. Read more here on Mercury24
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The Longest Swim – Movie Trailer
Based on a true story, The Longest Swim is a drama depicting one man’s struggle to save his best friend from a diabetic seizure and the journey of friendship that led them to this pivotal moment. While vacationing at a Vermont lake house, Matt is awakened by loud piercing screams and groans coming from his…
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Amanda Beard talks bulimia, cutting on Entertainment Tonight
Via Boston Herald, RT goes even further calling an especially deep cut a ‘suicide attempt’, don’t know if that is overinterpretation, though.
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Lack of vision doesn’t stop Jeffrey Cone
You would never know by looking at him, but Jeffrey is legally blind. He was born with a rare genetic eye condition. He has no color vision whatsoever, meaning that his depth perception is off, and cannot see longer than 10 feet in front of him. But get him in the water, and he’s just…
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100-year-old Vasili Krapivin sets swimming record
It took Vasili Krapivin 50 seconds to swim 25 meters during an open tournament in Sochi, Russia, having had the category “100 years or older” added to the swimming championships program especially for him. Born in 1912, he worked in the coal mines from the age of 18, graduated from the Tomsk Polytechnical Institute in…
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Video: Eamon Sullivan interviewed at Australian Trials 2012
“Operation Eamon Sullivan”, that’s about right ! :-)
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First Ever Underwater Marathon will be on September 9, 2012
Athletes’ Performance, the Andrews Institute and HydroWorx are hosting the first organized Underwater Marathon to raise funds to help heal wounded Special Forces soldiers on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012 at Tröegs Brewery in Hershey, PA. The marathon will allow individuals and corporate teams to raise money for the Eagle Fund by running 5K, 10K, half-marathon…
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American hotels rushing to meet new swimming pool accessibility regulations
A new mandate from the U.S. Department of Justice requires all hotels and public facilities to have at least one way for a person with a disability to enter and exit the water, and two ways if the pool is 300 feet or longer. The options include a ramp a transfer platform, steps with hand…