The report also includes a survey of more than 1, 000 parents which showed almost all (98%) believed every child should be able to swim by the end of primary school but only 40% thought their children would be able to swim to safety if they got into danger in the water.

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But if you decide to swim into the deep end of the pool, ask yourself why.

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But it didn't end up canceling the swim leg of the race.

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For sure, the Manhattan skyline is an exhilarating part of the swim, not least because it means the end of the marathon is near.

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Giving permission to a group not elected by citizens, Handy said, means they could end up with a Hollywood Slots swim team or an Oxford Casino track field.

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They hypothesized that shrunken arctic sea ice at the end of summer meant that they had to swim over increasing distances to get to land, and, in a storm, they died of exertion.

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The Begnas Lake Resort and Villas, based at one end of the lake, helped me organise my swim.

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While there, you can hike through rainforests, swim in waterfalls, fish, sail and--at the end of the day--receive a well-earned massage.

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Adrian deserves the credit for his stunning come-from-behind victory over Magnussen, but the end result is just the latest of several disappointments for the Australian swim team.

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At the end of an exhausting wrestling practice, Checque was still ready to swim laps, Choby said -- another type of training that could help lead to a career as a commando.

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"The last thing I want to do is for them to get to the end of the summer and feel like all they've done is swim, " he said.

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She visits the Brain Science Lab at Indiana University, which studies the hard- swimming members of the US Masters: men and women who swim 3, 500-5, 000 metres three to five times a week, sometimes for decades on end.

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