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Ask a doctor: ‘Is it safe to swim underwater with my eyes open?’

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Amputated Lion Makes Record-Breaking Swim Across Deadly Waters: REPORT

Jacob, a 10-year-old amputee lion from Uganda, broke the record by swimming an estimated 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) across a predator-infested waterway at night with his brother, CBS News reported Wednesday. According to reporter Alexander Bratskovsky, before his record-breaking swim, Jacob had already survived being gored by a buffalo, his family being poisoned and having […]

Iowa prom king, Ayden Beeson, drowns during summer swim weeks after graduating

A recent high school graduate and prom king tragically drowned in an Iowa lake on Wednesday. Authorities said Aiden Beason disappeared beneath the waters of Rathburn Lake in Centreville more than an hour before rescuers found his body. The 17-year-old swimmer “submerged in the water and did not resurface,” police said. Appanoose County Sheriff’s Office. […]

California firefighter dies at San Diego beach after disappearing during swim

The body of a 25-year-old California firefighter was found off a San Diego pier early Thursday after a beach trip with family and friends, police said. The Oakland Fire Department confirmed via Facebook that Keidan Laffan died suddenly on Thursday morning and that “the cause of death is believed to be drowning.” San Diego Fire […]

Potomac River is clean enough to swim in but DC isn’t rushing to make it legal

Washington, D.C., is in no hurry to make swimming in the Potomac River legal despite significant improvements made in the river’s water quality and bacterial levels.  Under Washington law, swimming in the Potomac River has been illegal since 1971. At the time, Washington enacted a swimming ban to prevent illness due to concerns about high […]

China’s Olympic swim team loaded with athletes implicated in doping scandal

China on Tuesday announced its 31-member swimming team, including six Olympic gold medallists, for the Paris Games, while investigations into doping cases involving the country’s swimmers continue ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Games. China’s team for the Paris Games includes Zhang Yufei, the Olympic women’s 200m butterfly champion, and Wang Shun, the men’s 200m individual […]