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Teri Hatcher, 60, recently shared an exciting Instagram post and fans were amazed. The post captured a photo from an adventurous night swim in a lagoon in Kenya. The ‘Desperate Housewives’ star is popular for embracing life with energy and vigor. She continues to prove that age really is just a number, if you set your heart up for acceptance …

‘A Really Monumental Day’ for Chicago River: Clean Enough for Hundreds to Swim In  Inside Climate News Chicagoans Avoided Their ‘Filthy’ River for Years. On Sunday, They Swam in It.  The New York Times Hundreds plunge in Chicago River for first official swim in nearly 100 years  The Guardian First-in-a-century Chicago River swim takes place Sunday  NBC 5 Chicago Source link

Hundreds of people plunged into the Chicago River’s chilly waters on Sunday as part of the first organized swim in the river for nearly 100 years, a previously unthinkable act in what was once one of the most befouled waterways in the world. About 300 people, some wearing wetsuits, jumped into the Chicago River for a mile-long looping swim on …

A jaguar in Brazil has recently made headlines for an extraordinary feat that has left scientists puzzled and intrigued. In a rare event, the jaguar was captured on camera performing a swim that surpassed any previously documented distance for the species. According to Live Science, the swim not only broke records but also raised questions about the animal’s behavior and …

A jaguar in Brazil has been documented making a record-breaking swim of up to 1.54 miles (2.48 kilometers). This distance is far beyond the previous verified record of around 650 feet (200 meters) for jaguars, according to the study authors. Jaguars (Panthera onca) are adept swimmers, often inhabiting rainforest regions threaded with rivers that frequently overflow their banks. They dive …

When a Simple Swim Carries a Risk of Dangerous Illness  The New York Times Source link

Last month, several players on the Ravens noted that they don’t know how to swim to make full use of the team’s new pool in their renovated athletic performance facility. Michael Phelps, a 23-time Olympic gold medalist and big Ravens fan, was called in to help. Phelps visited Ravens training camp this week and worked with the players, many of …

SINGAPORE (AP) — The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday with a world record in the women’s 4×100 medley relay in the last event of the eight-day championships. The Americans swam a time of 3 minutes, 49.34 seconds, breaking their own old mark of 3:49.63 set a year ago in the …

Summer McIntosh capped arguably the best world championships for a female swimmer, while the U.S. broke the women’s 4x100m medley world record in the final event to finish with one more gold medal than rival Australia. McIntosh, an 18-year-old Canadian, swam the third-fastest 400m individual medley in history — 4 minutes, 25.78 seconds, distancing the field by 7.48 seconds. McIntosh …

Summer McIntosh, the 18-year-old Canadian swimming star, rolled to victory Sunday in the women’s 400-meter individual medley, setting a world-championship record and winning her fourth individual gold medal of the event. McIntosh entered the meet in Singapore hoping to equal Michael Phelps’ record of five individual golds, which he achieved in 2007. She came up just a few seconds short, …