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Swimming
 Websites presented in alphabetical order As Summer Begins, CPSC Warns About Drowning Dangers 
 Recommendations and tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to parents and caregivers about "several key steps that will help protect children from drowning hazards in pools and spas." Includes a video and links to fact sheets on entrapment hazards in pools, safety barrier guidelines for pools, and related topics. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05178.html Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Senior Health, Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jun 1, 2005 Channel Swimming
Material about swimmers who have crossed the English Channel. "Ever since Captain Matthew Webb's first successful Channel swim in 1875, thousands of swimmers have attempted to emulate his feat." Includes lists of records (such as the first woman: Gertrude Ederle in August 1926), successful crossings (1930 to present), and fatalities. From a travel and tourism site for Dover, England. http://www.dover.uk.com/channelswimming/ Topics: Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Aug 10, 2009 FINA: Federation Internationale de Natation
This organization is the international governing body for the aquatic sports of "water polo, swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, and open water swimming." The site features FINA rules and regulations, doping news, information about international events (including the Olympics), brief biographies of swimming and diving participants, records and rankings, lists of FINA officials, and related information. Some material available in French. http://www.fina.org/ Topics: Sports, The Olympic Games Last updated May 11, 2004 Healthy Swimming
"This Web site provides information for swimmers, pool operators, and public health professionals to improve the swimming experience by raising awareness about the spread of recreational water illnesses." Features brochures, fact sheets, an interactive quiz, and other resources. Some material available in Spanish. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Infectious Diseases, Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 30, 2003 National Weather Service: Rip Current Safety
"Check this site for rip current overview, safety tips, forecasts, photos, headlines/saving lives, survivor stories, links, statistics, animation and glossary." Also includes information about the science behind this phenomenon that occurs when "waves break strongly in some locations and weakly in others," a brochure on rip tide safety for swimmers (in English and Spanish), and information about the inaugural national Rip Current Awareness Week (June 5-11, 2005). From the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jun 8, 2005 Swim Healthy, Swim Safely
Collection of fact sheets and related material about safety when swimming, wading, and boating. Topics include recreational water illness (RWI), skin cancer (and sunscreen), swimmer's ear, swimmer's itch, and water-related injuries. Some material available in Spanish. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://www.cdc.gov/migrated_content/general_information/healthyswimming/safeswimming.html Topics: Public Health & Safety, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 2, 2008 Swimmer's Guide
Find a swimming pool by location with this searchable database of full-sized swimming pools. Included are contact information, fees for use, hours, and sometimes descriptions of individual pools. Although some of the pools are not accessible to the general public (such as hotel pools), many of the listings are either free or low cost. Claims to be international, but some countries have better coverage than others. http://www.swimmersguide.com/ Topics: Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 22, 2003 Swimming in Picture Books
Website companion to a past physical exhibit featuring "illustrations that captured the sensations of being by or in the water. ... For this virtual version, there is more information about the stories and their illustrators of the sort you might learn during a gallery talk." Click on images near the top of the page to see larger pictures and annotations. From the Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University. http://library.princeton.edu/libraries/cotsen/exhibitions/WaterBabies/ Topics: Children's Literature, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jun 24, 2008 Swimming the Channel
"An online resource on the early history of swimming the English Channel." Although this site does not present a comprehensive list of all attempts to swim the English Channel, it does include a list of records and firsts and provides highlights of Channel swimming attempts from the 1870s through 1950s. From the Dover Museum. http://www.doverdc.co.uk/museum/information_resources/channel_swimmers.aspx Topics: Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Mar 27, 2009 USA Swimming
The official site of the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. Teams, clubs, standards, events, records, Olympics, links, rules, latest news, and more. The sections for parents of young swimmers and for coaches include nutrition, safety, psychological and physical development, and training. http://www.usaswimming.org/ Topics: Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, The Olympic Games, The Olympic Games: Competitions Last updated Jan 9, 2006 USASynchro.org
The official U.S. synchronized swimming organization's site includes the fundamentals of movement in the sport, Olympic team selection procedures and profiles of athletes on the team, links to commercial sites, a list of clubs in the U.S., and an events calendar. http://www.usasynchro.org/ Topics: Sports, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment, The Olympic Games: Competitions Last updated Jun 15, 2004 |
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