It’s 42 million views and counting for local swim instructor Tyler Reed, whose video teaching a two-year-old student to swim went viral. He teaches us the “mermaid mantra” he shares with all his ...

(CNN) — When Merle Liivand first started swimming with a monofin to help with her breaststroke practice, she never could have imagined it would one day lead her to becoming a Guinness World record ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Estonian Olympic swimmer and Miami Beach resident Merle Liivand is better known as “Merle the Mermaid.” She holds a swimming world record and she’s a dedicated ...

Mia Sim, who has competed internationally as a mermaid, is helping to bring a similar competition to Utah next year.

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