Pelendritou takes swimming gold at Tokyo Paralympics (updated)
Cypriot Paralympic athlete Karolina Pelendritou took gold in the 100m breaststroke final for the SB11 category on Wednesday, setting a new world record with a...
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Man in ICU after suffering heart attack while swimming
A 27- year-old man is in the ICU of Limassol Hospital after suffering a heart attack while swimming in Paphos, the Cyprus News Agency reported...
New Year’s Day swimmers welcome in 2021
Members of a nautical club in Limassol that regularly head to the beach for New Year’s Day swim carried on their tradition on Friday with...
Antoniou and Hapoupi are Cyprus triathlon champions
Panayiotis Antoniou and Yiota Hapoupi are the Cyprus triathlon champions in their respective classes for the current year in the Olympic distance edition of the...
Coronavirus: Swimming is safe, but social distancing essential, says expert
Beaches and swimming pools are safe because the coronavirus is sensitive to higher temperatures and UV radiation from the sun – but social distancing must...
Coronavirus: movement between districts prohibited except for swimming and caring for vulnerable
The health ministry on Thursday clarified that between May 4 and 21 the ban on movement between districts will still be in place except for...
Coronavirus: people with physical impairments need their swim, advocates say
Limassol winter swimmers’ group ‘Akti Olympion’ have called on the health minister to issue a decree allowing people with mobility problems to swim as without...
Olympic champion Peaty asks FINA for change of rules
Adam Peaty says swimming’s world governing body must change or it could curtail his career. Olympic 100 metres breaststroke champion Peaty has previously outlined his...
Killer beach claims the lives of two more swimmers
FOLLOWING the death of two tourists in the dangerous waters of a deadly stretch of Paphos coastline in two days, officials have warned...
German tourist dies during Larnaca swim
A 76-year-old female tourist from Germany, who lost consciousness while swimming in Larnaca on Sunday morning, was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. According to...
Limassol and Paphos swimmers enjoy New Year’s dip
Swimmers in Limassol and Paphos celebrated New Year’s Day with a dip in the sea and a party by the beach. Despite low temperatures, the...
Extensive breakwater project will ‘save lives’
By Bejay Browne BREAKWATER projects underway in Paphos, costing millions of euros, will ensure the safety of swimmers and help fight coastal erosion, supporters of...
Eighty-year-old dies while swimming
An eighty-year-old permanent resident of Paphos was pulled out of the sea unconscious on Friday at a Yeroskipou beach popular with early morning swimmers. According...
Swimming-Night of individual firsts in Rio pool
By Alan Baldwin First time Olympic winners, including Australian teen Kyle Chalmers in the 100 metres freestyle, plundered three of the four golds in the...
Ledecky gets third gold, Franklin a first in Rio
Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky won her third gold medal of the Rio Olympics by anchoring the U.S. women to victory in the 4×200 metres freestyle...
Two more golds for Phelps, Hosszu and Ledecky march on
Michael Phelps won two gold medals on Tuesday, avenging his 200 metres butterfly defeat from the London Olympics and then anchoring the U.S. 4×200 freestyle...
More records fall as Phelps collects 19th gold (Day 2 medals table)
Michael Phelps picked up his 19th gold medal on a second night of world records in the Olympic pool, with Katie Ledecky cruising to women’s...
Golden start for Australia on day of records
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu ended her long wait for Olympic victory and Australia captured two gold medals in an exhilarating first day of swimming competition that...
Three Cypriot athletes compete during Rio’s first day
Three Cypriot athletes will compete during the first day of the 31st modern Olympic Games in Rio, in swimming and gymnastics. The opening ceremony of...
Killer coastline claims 15th victim
By Bejay Browne PAPHOS beaches head is pressing for permanent measures to be undertaken at a deadly stretch of coastline which claimed its 15th victim...