Tag: Swimming
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Autistic children drown at alarming rates – swim lessons and water safety strategies can save their lives
During roasting-hot summer days, more and more people make their way to swimming pools, lakes, rivers and other spots where they can access water to stay ... -
Ukrainian war veterans swim the Bosphorus strait in a triumph over their war injuries
During a pool training session months ago, Ukrainian war veteran Oleh Tserkovnyi was struck by an idea: What if a group of veterans swam across the ... -
Surrounded by water, Dutch swimmers have plenty of places to cool off
While Parisians have recently rediscovered the pleasure of swimming in the Seine, Amsterdammers have been enjoying a cooling dip in the Dutch capital’s Ij waterway for ... -
Americans finish strong with a relay world record in the swim worlds to top medal tables
The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday (yesterday, Macau time) with a world record in the women’s ... -
Four-time Olympic gold-medal winner Léon Marchand is back and chasing more world records
Léon Marchand’s life changed drastically after he won four gold medals a year ago in the Paris Olympics. He was a national hero and had to adjust ... -
12-year-old Yu Zidi of China takes stunning times to world swimming championships
Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and will race at the world swimming championships later this month in Singapore. That’s amazing. But her ... -
Open water program at world championships gets started after two delays
Open water competition at the World Swimming Championships went off yesterday after two postponements because of water-quality problems at Sentosa, the island area on the coast. ... -
Casting aside concerns about the Seine, Sharon van Rouwendaal wins more gold in open water
Casting aside concerns about the safety of swimming in the Seine River, Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands used a late pass to win the women’s ... -
Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history
Turns out, those comparisons to Michael Phelps weren’t farfetched at all when it comes to Léon Marchand. They certainly weren’t a burden for the 22-year-old Frenchman. ... -
Young swimmer wins first gold at NSYG
Swimmer Chen Pui Lam won her first gold medal in the women’s 50 m breaststroke event Saturday at the 1st National Student (Youth) Games (NSYG) in ... -
Paris’ test for Olympic swimming in the Seine canceled due to poor water quality
Heavy rains in Paris have led to the cancellation yesterday of a swimming event in the River Seine that was to be a test for next ... -
Japan ahead of China in the pool at Asian Games
Kosuke Hagino set an Asian record in the 200-meter medley yesterday as Japan gained a 7-5 edge over rival China in the ultra-competitive battle for gold ...
