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'SPLASH': Water safety tips for Memorial Day weekend and year-round

Water safety in Georgia is a priority as the summer season begins. Learning about preventative measures against accidents like drowning while swimming, boating as well as ensuring the water's quality can help ensure your family's safety.

May 26, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
The Spring Avenue Pool (left) and Randall Street Pool (right) were segregated pools in East Point that were closed at the time of racial integration in Georgia. Hannah Palmer's "Ghost Pools" exhibit explores the complex history of public pools in Georgia.

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Atlanta artist's 'Ghost Pools' exhibit parses effects of segregation on public pools in Georgia

The exhibition focuses on the complicated, often forgotten history of racial segregation and public pools.

May 26, 2023
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  • Sarah Rose
Scalloped hammerhead sharks can dive to depths of more than 2,600 ft (800 m) to hunt for squid and other food.

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Hammerhead sharks 'hold their breath' in deeper, colder waters, research shows

Sharks are ectotherms and their internal body temperatures usually reflect the waters they swim in. Holding their breath helps them function in the frigid deep.

May 11, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie and
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Katie Ledecky wins the 1500 meter freestyle in world record time at the World Cup short course swimming day two finals at the Pan Am Sports Centre in Toronto on Oct. 29.

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Katie Ledecky breaks the world record for the 1,500-meter race by nearly 10 seconds

Katie Ledecky clocked in about 10 seconds faster than the world record for the 1,500 meter "short course" freestyle race on Day 2 of the Swimming World Cup in Toronto.

October 31, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Team USA coach Andrea Fuentes brings Anita Alvarez from the bottom of the pool at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

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When a U.S. swimmer sank to the bottom of the pool, her coach jumped in to save her

"I saw that the lifeguards were not jumping into the water because they were paralyzed," Team USA coach Andrea Fuentes said. Luckily for athlete Anita Alvarez, Fuentes is an Olympic swimmer.

June 23, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Lifeguard Maggie Storti (left) keeps an eye on visitors to the North Boundary Park swimming pool and waterpark on July 9, 2020, in Cranberry Township, Pa.

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Lifeguards are scarce, and it might be affecting your local pool

The shortage — affecting about a third of U.S. public pools — has led some to reduce hours or close altogether. The pandemic and earlier rhetoric about work visas for foreigners led to the problem.

June 05, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
UVA Math Prof. Ken Ono helped swimmer Emma Weyant improve her race time. She won an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo last summer.

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This professor studies each swimmer as a math problem. It's helped them to be faster

Heading into national swimming championships, the University of Virginia relies on a mathematician, cameras and sensors to help each swimmer perform their best.

March 12, 2022
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  • Sandy Hausman
Lisala Folau (wearing blue printed shirt) says he swam for more than 24 hours after getting swept to sea by Saturday's tsunami, sits with other people of Atata island in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on Wednesday in this picture obtained from social media.

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A Tongan man says he swam for more than 24 hours after a tsunami swept him out to sea

Lisala Folau told a local broadcaster about his swimming journey, which lasted more than a day and took him to three islands. Social media users hearing his story are calling him "real-life Aquaman."

January 20, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Australian gold medalist Kaylee McKeown (left) poses with bronze medalist and teammate Emily Seebohm, who she invited to the top podium after the women's 200-meter backstroke swimming final at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.

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An Australian Gold Medalist Invited Her Bronze-Winning Teammate To Share The Podium

After winning her second gold medal, swimmer Kaylee McKeown invited Emily Seebohm to share the top step of the podium. "It was quite emotional. She had some tears in her eyes, so did I," McKeown says.

July 31, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker, second from right, cheers with teammate Kaylene Corbett, right, and medalists Annie Lazor and Lilly King of Team USA after winning the final of the women's 200m breaststroke swimming event at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Friday.

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See These Swimmers Share A Sweet Hug After South Africa Takes Gold And A World Record

In addition to smashing a longtime world record, Tatjana Schoenmaker took home South Africa's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games.

July 30, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Britain's Tom Dean celebrates winning gold in the men's 200-meter freestyle swimming event at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.

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An Olympic Swimmer Who Battled COVID-19 Twice Is Now A Gold Medalist

Great Britain's Tom Dean was diagnosed with COVID for a second time just a few months ahead of the Olympic trials. Now he has two gold medals in Tokyo.

July 28, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Tom Daley, left, and Matty Lee celebrate their win in the men's synchronized 10m platform final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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Tom Daley Sends A Powerful Message To The LGBTQ Community After His Gold Medal Win

"I feel incredibly proud to say that I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion," the 27-year-old diver from Great Britain told his fans. Daley's gold was the first of his Olympic career.

July 27, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
At 196 feet deep, Deep Dive Dubai has set the record for the deepest diving pool. Visitors can explore, play pool and chess, and visit an underwater library.

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  • World

With A Staggering Depth Of 196 Feet, The World's Deepest Pool Is Opening In Dubai

At 196 feet deep, Deep Dive Dubai has set the record for the deepest diving pool. Visitors can explore, play pool and chess, and visit an underwater library.

July 10, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
To help keep weak swimmers safe, stay "touch-close" and don't rely on a busy lifeguard to be the only eyes on a crowded pool or beach. It's best, say experts working to prevent drownings, to designate a nondrinking adult to scan the water at any pool party or beach outing, and to rotate that "watching" shift every 30 minutes to keep fresh eyes on the kids.

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  • Health

You Could Save A Child From Drowning This Summer. Here's How

A swimmer of any skill level might need your help, and preventing a drowning takes closer supervision of the kids than you might think. The distress signs can be subtle and quick.

July 03, 2021
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  • Kristen Kendrick
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  • Photography

Want To See Inspiring Pix? Check Out These Award-Winning Photos

This year's Leica Women Foto Project highlights girls defying cultural taboos and learning to swim in Zanzibar and a young Native American runner who triumphed despite a coach's lack of faith.

May 02, 2021
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  • Michele Abercrombie
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