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Aug 2019
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Swimming advice from an Olympian! - Zwem...

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Even in the Netherlands people drown in the open water. The major Dutch swimming bodies agree that children should be taught how to swim in the sea or in rivers. Marleen Veldhuis, swimming Olympian and now a resident in Sydney, talks to Paulien Roessink about the swimming lessons proposals.

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Zelfs in het natte kikkerlandje Nederland verdrinken er mensen, meestal in het open water. In 2018 zijn in Nederland 112 mensen verdronken, dat is het hoogste aantal drenkelingen in zestien jaar tijd. De SP pleit er daarom voor om kinderen tijdens zwemles te leren wat de gevaren zijn van zwemmen in open water. De partij krijgt daarbij steun van de Reddingsbrigade Nederland en de Nationale Raad Zwemveiligheid. Paulien Roessink vroeg Marleen Veldhuis, Olympisch zwemkampioen woonachtig in Sydney, wat ze van het voorstel vindt. 

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