Mieko Nagaoka, a 100-year-old Japanese female swimmer, finished a 1,500 metres swim in one hour, 15 minutes and 54.39 seconds in the masters swimming competition in Matsuyama, a media report said on Sunday. Nagaoka achieved this feat on Saturday, Xinhua reported. Mieko Nagaoka, born in 1914, took up swimming at the age of 82 to recover from a knee injury. In the beginning, Nagaoka did not know how to swim. […]

British competitive swimmer Adam Walker was swimming through New Zealand waters last Tuesday when he noticed a 7-foot shark directly beneath him. The creature decided not to attack, however, after approximately 10 dolphins surrounded Walker, swimming right along with him for over an hour. They came so close at a few points that Walker remembered feeling their tails brushing his body. It’s not clear whether the dolphins joined Walker to […]