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Seine River in Paris still too polluted for Olympic events as opening ceremony looms
The Seine was poised to be a centerpiece of the Paris Olympics, featuring prominently in both the o…
Rebecca Rommen
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Scientists have found frost on Mars’ volcano peaks, enough to fill 60 Olympic-sized swimming pools!
We Earthlings are all too familiar with frost. That crisp, white layer we see on cold mornings is a…
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7 quirky plans for Neom, from robot hotel clerks to swim lanes for commuters
Designs for the futuristic Neom project include the world's longest infinity pool, a mixed-reality …
Beatrice Nolan
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Armie Hammer has resurfaced on a YouTube show, where he says he once thought of swimming out to sea to kill himself
Hammer made a rare appearance on an episode of the "Painful Lessons Podcast," where he talked about…
Cheryl Teh
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Chinese researchers sent a bunch of zebrafish to space and now they’re swimming weirdly!
Aboard China’s Tiangong space station, four zebrafish 'aquanauts' are thriving in their out-of-this…
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UK Royal Navy recruits no longer need to know how to swim as enlistment problems mount, report says
One defense source told Sky News there was "outrage, unadulterated utter outrage" over the move int…
Rebecca Rommen
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My 3-year-old son drowned in a backyard pool. I wish I'd known these 7 swim safety tips.
After her 3-year-old son drowned in a backyard pool, Chezik Tsunoda founded a nonprofit to teach pa…
Kelly Burch
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CEO of 'Olympics on steroids' says the Games will see 50-year-olds breaking world records, but 1 heart attack could 'destroy the whole thing'
Aron D'Souza, the CEO of the Peter Thiel-backed Enhanced Games, told BI that just one drug-induced …
Joshua Zitser
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A 31-year-old becomes first known woman to complete a 37-mile swim around New York City's Staten Island
Leslie Hamilton made sure her tetanus vaccine was current before she became the first woman to offi…
Katie Balevic
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Swimmer says he'll compete in Peter Thiel-backed Olympics for doped-up athletes and will 'juice to the gills' for $1 million prize
James Magnussen accepted a lucrative offer to compete in the Enhanced Games, an Olympic-style conte…
Joshua Zitser
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Good luck getting a seat at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. The only tickets left are almost $3,000.
The Paris 2024 Olympics is seven months away, but tickets, airfares, and hotel prices are already c…
Lloyd Lee
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A lawyer got fit in his 70s after prioritizing work over health for years. Three simple changes to his diet helped him set a swimming record at age 84.
A lawyer made healthy changes to his diet, including drinking less alcohol, when focused on his fit…
Serafina Kenny
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HP CEO Enrique Lores shares his daily routine including reflection time and a quick swim at 5 a.m.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Enrique Lores, president and CEO of HP Inc., …
Robin Madell
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Ukrainian soldier admits some of the marines trying to defend a key river against Russian attack 'can't even swim'
The soldier provided a vivid account of the obstacles to Ukrainian forces in defending their footho…
Tom Porter
How Chinese demand for fish maw (swim bladder) fuels a $52 million industry in Uganda
Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the …
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Katie Ledecky dominated her best event so thoroughly that she waited 10 seconds for the second-place finisher
As has become common for Ledecky, cameras captured a shot of the the 10-time Olympic medalist waiti…
Meredith Cash
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Orcas were spotted swimming unusually close to Massachusetts
New England Aquarium scientists photographed four killer whales near Nantucket as they were conduct…
Rebecca Harrington
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Katie Ledecky finished a whopping 14 seconds ahead of the next-fastest swimmer in her latest World Championship win
The victory gave 25-year-old American superstar-swimmer Ledecky her 20th World Championship medal, …
Meredith Cash
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Track and field could follow swimming in barring transgender women from female competitions, World Athletics head hints
On Sunday, swimming's international governing body voted to restrict transgender athletes from comp…
Barnaby Lane
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Track and field could follow swimming in barring transgender women from female competitions, World Athletics head hints
On Sunday, swimming's international governing body voted to restrict transgender athletes from comp…