10+ hour, 35+ min ago  (903+ words) Swimwear has a bit of an image problem. Most of the suits hanging in stores are made from plastic spun out of crude oil. They shed tiny fibers into the very sea you swim in. They will also outlast you…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (862+ words) Jacky Hudson could well be any other retiree in the Port Stephens region. Lawn bowls, new friends and a life by the sea. But this weekend the 75-year-old departs for Glasgow, and not on holidays. Hudson will represent Australia at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (409+ words) Tributes have poured in for a beloved Louisiana city worker who died after trying to save his granddaughter after she fell into a lake. Chris Rushing from Covington, approximately 40 miles north of New Orleans, jumped into Bayou Lacombe to save…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (881+ words) The best time to act on this information is right now, before the gathering begins. The July 4 holiday creates a specific combination of risk factors that sets it apart from an ordinary summer weekend near water. First, water access is…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (749+ words) Laura Muir knows exactly what it feels like to compete, and win medals, on the highest sporting stages on the planet. And while the Commonwealth Games may not be held by many in the esteem in which the Olympic Games…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (364+ words) Can Australian swim star Cam McEvoy go even faster in front of a home crowd? All eyes will be on the world's fastest 50m freestyle swimmer when McEvoy competes for a Commonwealth Games spot at Sydney Olympic Park. Wednesday's splash-and-dash at…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (256+ words) Swim star Lani Pallister reckons catching COVID for a fifth time in January was a good thing. Why? Because at least it wasn't during a major meet. "I got COVID in the third week of January," Pallister said after booking…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (595+ words) Niamh Mitchell knows what it’s like to make history. In 2022, the teenager from Fife became the first Scottish female to win gold at the European Junior Boxing Championships and now, almost four years on, she has her sights set on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (530+ words) A 14-year-old special needs boy from Philadelphia remains missing after disappearing in the ocean off a Wildwood, New Jersey, beach on Monday during a school field trip, authorities said. Emergency crews were called shortly before 1:30 p.m. after witnesses reported swimmers in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (141+ words) inkl Grieving family’s tribute to teen who died swimming in heatwave - David Tita Jr, 17, died after getting into difficulty while swimming in Pickmere Lake, Cheshire, during the recent heatwave. - His family has paid a moving tribute, describing him as "compassionate…...