#swimming

#swimming

When our family moved to Oregon from Southern California in 1974 for my husband's new job, I fell in love with the Pacific Northwest. But there was one problem: There wasn't enough sunshine or swimming pools - both of which I had enjoyed in California. When the community college where I taught offered free memberships at a new gym, I quickly signed up. I expected exercise, but I got so much more.

So Slosberg was in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. earlier this month as town officials planted a plaque at Las Olas Beach to honor Nyad, a local kid who grew up to be as famous as any female American swimmer of the pre-Ledecky era. Slosberg says he hadn't flown in 10 years, but when he heard that the woman who Slosberg calls "swimming's greatest fraud," was going to be commemorated by public servants, he had to get on a plane.

Australian four-time Olympic gold medallist Ariarne Titmus has retired from competitive swimming at the age of 25, ending a stellar career that featured one of the sport's great rivalries with American Katie Ledecky. Titmus confirmed her decision on Thursday, bowing out as one of Australia's most decorated athletes with eight Olympic medals and four world titles.

The latest crazy coyote behavior in the SF Bay Area is that coyotes are swimming the more than one mile between Tiburon and Angel Island, and apparently somewhere between 14 and 17 coyotes now call Angel Island home. We've known for years that the probable reason that San Francisco has coyotes again is because they probably walked here from Marin County across the Golden Gate Bridge. Now Angel Island park officials have observed another very unexpected coyote behavior.

Back in 2015, with his native Syria in the full throes of civil war, Maso had little choice but to leave if he wanted to pursue a career in swimming. Hailing from Aleppo, a major battleground in the war, he was going for months on end without training. "It always had to depend on how safe the situation was and what the priorities were," he said. And so, together with older brother, Mo, he took the long and arduous journey to Europe via Turkey.

It's funny now that we have four daughters and people will always say, 'What's the one sport that you don't want them to participate in?'

The United States ended the championships with a world record in the women's 4x100 medley, swimming a time of 3:49.34, breaking their previous record of 3:49.63.

A woman in her 50s has died while swimming in Donegal yesterday evening, getting into difficulty in the water at Glencolmcille.

The trip is run by UltraSwim 33.3, a new company named after the Channel stretch, offering multiday swim challenges in spectacular locations with an emphasis on comfort and support.

I surfed a bit. I was a gymnast as a child, so I can ride a wave no problem, except that I'm five foot three and surfboards are, I don't know, closer to six feet, so if the wrong wave ever catches me-boom-I'm dust.

The 2028 Olympics will feature a unique, dual-venue opening ceremony at the Coliseum and SoFi Stadium, starting at 5 p.m. PDT on July 14, 2028.

The iconic River Seine has reopened to swimmers in Paris, allowing people to take a dip in the French capital's waterway for the first time in over a century.

Swimming in a lake is a cherished part of German culture, often enjoyed during hot summer days with family and friends. Badesee, which means bathing lake, represents this cherished tradition. There are many popular Badeseen in and around Berlin, providing a cheap and accessible way to cool off and relax. Expect crowded lakes when temperatures soar, especially with schools granting time off during heatwaves.

Roberta's fear of water turned into a passion for swimming, transforming her life from a terrified child to a full-time swimming instructor in just two years.

"As with every year, visitors may see sections of beach closed off for swimming/capacity restrictions based on daily lifeguard staffing," a Parks Department spokesperson told Brooklyn Paper.

"No one has broken any of my three national records. I will be attempting to break the World Record in the 100 Meter Butterfly in a meet this November. If I can drop .37 seconds that would do it!"

I've been a bit quiet about my post op recovery, but I'm doing well and healing well, but I've struggled a bit mentally because I feel vulnerable.