Category: Safety
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Swimming the Channel 34 times didn’t stop one athlete from having a heart attack
Read Express Swimmer Kevin Murphy was in training for his 35th crossing of the English Channel when he felt a gripping pain in his chest. However his record-breaking feats of endurance have taught him to battle through pain and over the years Kevin has overcome numbing cold, fatigue and jellyfish stings so he wasn’t going…
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Broken Arrow swim coach arrested on suspicion of selling drugs
See FOX23 and Tulsa World BAPD told FOX23 they arrested Kameron Killam and his friend Ryan Johnson for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute to a minor. Our FOX23 team went to Broken Arrow to find out more on the school’s response to the coach’s arrest. This park is where police say a Broken…
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Norfolk swim program improves grades and abilities
See WAVY Swimming lessons are turning around low academic scores at one Norfolk school. The lessons are part of a new program started by the Norfolk Redevelopment Housing Authority. The program gives students from Tidewater Park Elementary free swimming lessons before school at the Southside Aquatics Center in Norfolk. NRHA started the program to teach the students a new skill,…
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Freediver Blacks Out During World Record Attempt | Barely Breathing With Annelie Pompe
See EPIC TV Annelie Pompe hates pool training. That’s unfortunate given that her occupation is professional freediving. Not long after summiting the lofty altitudes of Aconcagua in Argentina, she’s back in the pool preparing for another world depth record in freediving. The last time she was in this position she only had two months to…
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Freediver survives orca dragging him under for 40+ seconds
Read The New Zealand Herald Levi Gavin, 23, was collecting kina and crayfish at Horahora Estuary, 30km east of Whangarei on February 10, when an orca grabbed a catch bag attached to his right arm. It dragged him beneath the water for more than 40 seconds before a rope connecting him to the bag came…
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Brave Swede Water Rescues Cat Stuck Under Ferry
Read The Local The cat had got stuck under the HSC Gotlandia II, which operates in Visby on the island of Gotland, and the crew were spurred into action after hearing strange noises coming from the vessel. “We heard the cat meowing when we were getting on to work, it had probably fallen into the…
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Midmar Mile swimmer drowned
Read iol A post-mortem carried out on Midmar Mile swimmer Herman “Thabo†van Straten, who died competing in the race on February 8, has shown he drowned. Police spokesman Captain Lolly Moodley said on Thursday there were no injuries to his body. Van Straten, a 43-year-old businessman from Joburg, disappeared while swimming in the race’s…
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Texas firefighters rescue escaped bull from swimming pool
A team of firefighters have rescued a bull from a swimming pool in Texas after it escaped from a local ranch. The bull wandered into the back garden of a residential home in San Antonio and fell backwards into a covered swimming pool. Members of the San Antonio Fire Department and Animal Control were on…
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Sports Illustrated Model Chrissy Teigen Reveals She Can’t Swim
See MailOnline She has just landed the highly prestigious cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. But Chrissy Teigen has revealed she is no natural bikini model – as she can’t even swim. ‘Well I can’t swim and I actually hate sand,’ she tells chatshow host Bethenny Frankel on Tuesday’s edition of her show.