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N. Korea's first Paralympian didn't know how to swim months ago, but
scrambled ...
Washington Post
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's first and only Paralympian is a
swimmer who doesn't live in North Korea and, until a few months ago, didn't
know how to swim. But he's an inspiration in a country where disabled
people are just beginning to get ...
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San Leandro High swim center construction begins
San Jose Mercury News
SAN LEANDRO -- Work has started on a new swim center and track and field at
San Leandro High School, with the official groundbreaking for the project
on Thursday. "We are very excited to be breaking ground on a project that
has been a long time coming ...
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Swimming in her sleep? How the Idaho woman did it
NBCNews.com (blog)
You'd have to know how to swim in order to swim in your sleep, of course --
you can't just start playing Chopin in your sleep if you don't already know
how -- but this explains why people can drive, sometimes long distances,
and not recall ever doing ...
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Interrupting Koala Surprises Canoeists by Swimming Up to Their Boat
Gawker
"Amazing to us that he looked at us from the water's edge, then decided to
swim over to our canoe to say hello." Animal experts who spoke with the BBC
say the koala was likely looking for a way to get off the creek's tidal
bank after becoming trapped ...
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Diana Nyad: Thwarted Attempt to Swim Florida Straits Still a Success
NBC Southern California
Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Key West, but not
before braving severe storms, painful jellyfish stings and severe sunburn.
Even though she did not make it the whole way, she says her journey was not
about the destination, it ...
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Summer swim team results bode well for Talawanda's future
Examiner.com
The Oxford Swimming and Diving Team captured a swimming championship in the
Butler County Swim League for the second year in a row and the divers got
fourth place with a solid showing as they build toward what the coach sees
as a promising future.
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Council debates $9M investment in swim meet
CBC.ca
A decision on whether Windsor will bid for a future international swimming
championship won't come until next week. Council is considering bidding for
the 2016 or 2018 FINA 25-metre short-course world championships. It met
Tuesday to discuss the matter.
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Morris swim team loses to Ottawa in Porth's debut
Morris Daily Herald
The Redskins got first-place finishes in an equal number of events (6) to
the Pirates, but wins in two of the three relay events — and claiming 10
of the 15 possible points in the penultimate event, the 100-meter
breaststroke — made the difference ...
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Getting pumped up for the swim race
NorthJersey.com
Watching swimmer Michael Phelps break all those Olympic records reminded me
of the exciting Lake Parsippany swimming race I was reluctantly involved in
many years ago when my daughters talked me into joining them in a family
relay event. I'd been ...
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GHS Girls Swimming: Streaks fall despite records
Galesburg Register-Mail
Galesburg sophomore Delaney Duncan comes up for a breath as she sweeps her
arms to her chest during the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing in first
place and breaking both the team and pool records with a time of 1:08.55 on
Tuesday in a dual meet against ...
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