Category: Open Water
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Holland Swimmer Attempts Lake Michigan Swim | WOOD TV8
A Holland swimmer is attempting to swim across Lake Michigan Saturday.
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Endurance Swimmer Lewis Pugh to Swim the Hudson in Bid for Clean Waters | Times Union
Lewis Pugh who swam the length of the English Channel, in the Arctic and Antarctic oceans and last year became the first person to swim across the Red Sea. On Sunday, he intends to start his journey from Henderson Lake in Essex County, making it to New York Harbor in about 30 days. Read Times Union
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Local Professor Talks About What Is Swimming in the Ocean With You | WFSB 3
Local professor talks about what is swimming in the ocean with you
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Man Swimming 51km Across Lake Ontario to Raise Money for Mental Health and Alzheimer’s Research | CTV News
A local swimmer will complete a swim across Lake Ontario for charity. CTV’s Carlyle Fiset has more.
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Seine River Pollution Fears Trigger Olympics Swimming Test’s Cancellation | WION Climate Tracker
A pre-Olympic swimming competition in Paris was canceled, due to poor water quality in the river Seine, casting doubt over the French government’s plan to clean up the river before next summer. The event was going to serve as a test for next year’s Paris Olympics.
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James O’Brien Is Disgusted as 57 Triathletes Fall Sick After Swimming in Polluted Water | LBC
As many triathletes fall sick after swimming in polluted waters off Sunderland James O’Brien demands answers: “The coastal water had 3900 E.coli colonies per 100 milliliters of water…that’s pretty grim.” “They’ve been swimming through shocking amounts of sewage.” “You don’t have to be a scientist to know that water moves.”
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Paris Cancels Olympic Swim Test in Seine Due to Water Quality | Al Jazeera
The first swimming competition due to be held in the River Seine in Paris has been canceled because of pollution. The test event ahead of next year’s Olympics was called-off after a week of persistent heavy rain in the city caused sewers to overflow into the river.
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See JFK’s Daughter Recreate Part of Her Father’s Heroic WWII Pacific Island Swim | TODAY
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy along with her son Jack Schlossberg completed a special swim to honor President John F. Kennedy and the 80th anniversary of the miraculous survival story that made him a war hero. NBC’s Kelly Cobiella reports for TODAY.