Asthma swim group told they can no longer teach children after 34 years at ONE NK – Lincolnshire Echo

Asthma swim group told they can no longer teach children after 34 years at ONE NK
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Lincoln Asthma Swimming Group was set up in 1981 as a self-help group for asthmatics and allergy sufferers to help with their breathing. Since then it has taught hundreds of children and their families how to swim and has also trained them in life

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Redhill woman overcomes asthma and fear of water to swim for Marie Curie … – This is Surreytoday

Redhill woman overcomes asthma and fear of water to swim for Marie Curie
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AN ASTHMATIC woman with a lifelong fear of water is swimming a mile-and-a-quarter for charity, in memory of a family friend who died of cancer. Christina Payne, 55, of Carlton Road Redhill, decided to take on 100 lengths of a 25-metre pool to raise

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Diana Nyad presses ahead in Cuba-Florida swim – Christian Science Monitor


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Diana Nyad presses ahead in Cuba-Florida swim
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Nyad, 62, tried to make the 103-mile crossing of the Florida Straits last month but was thwarted by asthma, shoulder pain, and heavy seas. American long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad stroked in the Florida Straits on Saturday, enduring stinging sea
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Diana Nyad encounters difficulties in Cuba to Florida swim
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Her last attempt at this swim was foiled in part by an unexpected bout of asthma, but this time Nyad was prepared. Her team remains hopeful that Nyad will complete the swim this time. According to Nyad's blog, her chief handler, Bonnie Stoll,
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Nyad defies age, fatigue, jellies on marathon swim
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9 due to a crippling asthma attack that forced her gasping from the water after 29 hours. Just before she set off from Hemingway Marina this time, assistants smeared grease on her shoulders to prevent chafing during the planned 60-hour journey.
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Diana Nyad mounts new attempt at Florida swim
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HAVANA (AP) — Endurance athlete Diana Nyad was preparing Friday for her second attempt this year to swim from Cuba to Florida and set a world record at age 62, a month after a crippling asthma attack forced her from the water gasping for breath.
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Diana Nyad mounts 2nd attempt at Florida swim
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A previous attempt last month fell short after asthma forced her to give up about halfway. Nyad insists she's ready to brave the choppy seas, schools of jellyfish and limits of exhaustion to accomplish her lifelong dream She waved goodbye to
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