Swimming – Page 5

Robert Trotman, 82, Dies; Opened Swimming Lanes to Minority Children

The club he started as a coach has helped young Black and Hispanic youths learn to swim and compete in the sport in urban areas not known as oases for it.

By Richard Sandomir

California Deaths (Obituaries) Denmark English Channel Long Beach (Calif) Olympic Games (1948) Records and Achievements Swimming Women and Girls

Greta Andersen, Champion Marathon Swimmer, Dies at 95

As a long-distance, open-water swimmer, she braved waves, sharks and darkness to break 18 world records and become the first American to swim across the English Channel.

By Penelope Green

Brooklyn (NYC) Bushwick (Brooklyn, NY) Lifeguards Swimming

Brooklyn’s Lifeguard Factory Is Open Again

A high school in Bushwick is coaxing teenagers into a long-neglected pool, turning nonswimmers into competitors — and possibly a summer job in a lifeguard chair.

By Corey Kilgannon

Bicycles and Bicycling Exercise Hawaii Ironman Triathlons Swimming Triathlon

How the 1% Runs an Ironman

Inside the world of Ironman XC, which makes the endurance contest a little more endurable — for executives who can afford to pay.

By Devin Gordon