China wants more gold in athletics and swimming (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Not content with topping the Olympic gold medal count on home turf, China has demanded its athletes take medals from the United States and other powers in athletics and swimming at future Games.

RI health dept says all beaches open for swimming (Boston Globe)
All monitored beaches in Rhode Island are now open for swimming. The state health department on Wednesday recommended reopening Camp Grosvenor Beach in North Kingstown and Gorton Pond Beach in Warwick.

3-Year-Old Girl Drowns In Hotel Swimming Pool (The Tampa Tribune)
TAMPA A 3-year-old girl died Wednesday afternoon after wandering away from her family and falling into a hotel swimming pool, Tampa police said.

USA Swimming readies for record growth after 2008 Olympics (USA Swimming)
Bolstered by record performances and high television ratings at the 2008 Olympic Games, USA Swimming is anticipating its largest single-year membership boost in history. With past Olympics sparking 5-10% increases in membership, USA Swimming hopes to see post-Beijing numbers surpass those marks.

If the Freeport swimming team adds divers, Pretz could be Top 3 in NIC-10 (The Journal-Standard)
The Freeport girls swimming team could make some serious waves in the pool of quality NIC-10 competition this season. Especially if the team fields some divers.

Moving With The Beat: Heart Rate And Visceral Temperature Of Free-Swimming And Feeding Bluefin Tuna (Medical News Today)
Nothing is known of the cardiovascular function of free-swimming bluefin tuna. We used a surgically-implanted data logger to measure heart rate and visceral temperature of free-swimming and feeding southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii; 10-21 kg) within sea pens in Australia.

Hop Brook swimming area closed indefinitely (Republican-American)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has temporarily closed the swimming area at Hop Brook Lake on Route 63 until further notice.

Albert Lea girls’ swimming falls to Mankato West (Albert Lea Tribune)
The Albert Lea girls’ swimming team lost 94-84 to Mankato West Tuesday. Gracie Thomas won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:15.28 and Amanda Walters finished first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:06.92.

Peterson performs well at national swimming meet (Friendswood Journal)
Sarah Peterson, 15, of Friendswood and a member of Space City Aquatic Team, recently enjoyed a successful trip to the USA Speedo Junior National Swimming Championships in Minneapolis, MN.

Boy Gets Arm Stuck In Swimming Pool Pipe (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
A boy whose arm got stuck in a swimming pool pipe was pulled safely from the water, authorities said. The boy, 9, was in the pool at Pinecrest, a private school on Soup Avenue and Oxnard Street in the Woodland Hills area, at 11 a.m., when his arm got caught in a pipe from the pool's pump, Los Angeles City Fire spokesman Ron Myers said.