On this day in history, Mark Spitz won his record-setting seventh Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Munich Games.

Swim stars Jason Lezak, Amanda Beard, Janet Evans, and Mark Spitz have released some public service announcements about water safety. As part of the “Be Water Aware” Campaign, these messages “[focus] on educating the public on how they can stay safe in the water, including learning to swim, supervising kids in and around the water and much more!” (source).

Amanda Beard’s video has the most views, with 217, for her PSA on sun safety. Trailing in the number of views are Jason Lezak’s video on life jackets, and Mark Spitz’ PSA on following the rules (with 8 total views).

I guess people aren’t that excited about following the rules, even when Olympic legend Mark Spitz tells them to.

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