Swimmer Dies

The family and friends of the swimmer Jamie Cail paid tributes on social media, calling her "beautiful person" with a "huge heart".

Arun Kumar Shaw was the first swimmer from the state to receive the Arjuna Award in 1967.

A swimmer has died after a stab to his stomach in a suspected stingray attack off an Australian beach, in a rare fatal encounter with the fish.

A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Harbour Race event confirmed the second death on Wednesday, adding that the woman was aged 59 and surnamed Cheung

Swimmers are split into racing and recreational groups -- both the dead man and the hospitalised woman were taking part in the leisure category, which is for slower swimmers, according to reports.

A woman's body was found off the western Australian city of Perth with "significant injuries consistent with a shark attack", police said Sunday, just two days after a surfer died after being mauled along the same coastline.

An endangered baby dolphin was killed on a beach in Argentina last week after the animal was plucked from the water and passed around by beachgoers for petting and photos.

A woman died on Saturday after suffering serious injuries in a shark attack on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, officials said.

The president of FINA said Sunday that "overexertion" led to the death of U.S. national team swimmer Fran Crippen at a race in the United Arab Emirates and that swimming's governing body has launched an investigation into the tragedy.The 26-year-old Crippen died Saturday while competing in the FINA Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup at Fujairah, eas...

Maria Emma Hulda Lenk, the first South American woman to swim in the Olympics and a pioneer in the development of the butterfly stroke, died on Monday.

The family and friends of the swimmer Jamie Cail paid tributes on social media, calling her "beautiful person" with a "huge heart".

Arun Kumar Shaw was the first swimmer from the state to receive the Arjuna Award in 1967.

A swimmer has died after a stab to his stomach in a suspected stingray attack off an Australian beach, in a rare fatal encounter with the fish.

A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Harbour Race event confirmed the second death on Wednesday, adding that the woman was aged 59 and surnamed Cheung

Swimmers are split into racing and recreational groups -- both the dead man and the hospitalised woman were taking part in the leisure category, which is for slower swimmers, according to reports.

A woman's body was found off the western Australian city of Perth with "significant injuries consistent with a shark attack", police said Sunday, just two days after a surfer died after being mauled along the same coastline.

An endangered baby dolphin was killed on a beach in Argentina last week after the animal was plucked from the water and passed around by beachgoers for petting and photos.

A woman died on Saturday after suffering serious injuries in a shark attack on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, officials said.

The president of FINA said Sunday that "overexertion" led to the death of U.S. national team swimmer Fran Crippen at a race in the United Arab Emirates and that swimming's governing body has launched an investigation into the tragedy.The 26-year-old Crippen died Saturday while competing in the FINA Open Water 10-kilometer World Cup at Fujairah, eas...

Maria Emma Hulda Lenk, the first South American woman to swim in the Olympics and a pioneer in the development of the butterfly stroke, died on Monday.