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Drowning is a leading cause of death in children. Learning to swim is an important life skill.
Q. Why do my legs always sink after I swim about 20 metres in the pool? What drills can I do to stop this? A. Most triathletes in this country come from a non-swimming background and so many have ...
Having hairy legs may make shrimp better swimmers. “Can hair help you swim better? Swimmers will say no, but shrimp would say yes,” said Sara Oliveira Santos at Brown University in Rhode ...
A French man will attempt to swim his way into the record books by completing the 22-mile crossing of the English Channel in just 24 hours.
Paralympic medalist Ali Truwit, who lost her leg in a shark attack, is hosting a charity swim-a-thon to support amputees needing prosthetic limbs.
Brenda Ogden was swimming in the sea with a prosthetic leg for the first time A woman has described the "chaotic" moment she was hit by a wave and lost her prosthetic leg during her first open ...
With the swim-prosthetic, amputees can walk around while at the beach or poolside, then swim more efficiently once in the water -- all without having to remove their prosthetic.
Dan Lasko, a former Marine who lost his leg below his knee after an explosion in Afghanistan, swims with a new prosthetic developed by Northwell Health and two other LI companies which allows him ...
The team's young Black swimmers are not only gliding through the water — they're also pushing past the racial barriers that ...
A woman said she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria that made it difficult to walk after briefly swimming at a beach in Virginia.
A French man will attempt to swim his way into the record books by completing the 22-mile crossing of the English Channel in just 24 hours.