Seine River in Paris still too polluted for Olympic events as opening ceremony looms

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Athletes dive and swim in the Seine River from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, Thursday, August 17, 2023.
Athletes in the Seine during a test event for the Olympics in August 2023.

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UK Royal Navy recruits no longer need to know how to swim as enlistment problems mount, report says

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Naval cadets taking a swim around the Training ship Mercury a former Royal Navy ship of the line from the Trafalgar period. September 1916.
Naval cadets taking a swim around a training ship in 1916.

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Peter Thiel Is Funding a New Olympics, Steroids Not a Problem

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There’s good news for steroid fans: juicers will finally get their day on the field. A who’s who of extremely online investors pitched in to fund a series of events called the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as “the 21st Century Olympics without drug testing.” The list includes Christian Angermayer, venture…

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Night Swim Treads Water But Ultimately Sinks

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Night Swim is, undoubtedly, a film about a killer pool.

A 68-year-old man did the 20 Bridges swim challenge in a life-threatening rainstorm and set a new world record

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Man swimming under bridge in NYC
Ed Horne swimming under one of New York City's bridges.

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