Swimmer's Daily

Month: March 2011

  • Iran’s National Academy opened

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    On February 24, 2011, Iranian President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the National Academy and West Asia Development Swimming Center. This complex contains two 50-meter swimming pools, one indoor and one outdoor with warm water, a diving pool, a 25-meter warm-up indoor pool, ten saunas (steam and dry), ten jacuzzis, ten hydrotherapy swimming pools as well…

  • Is Dancing With The Stars bigger than an Olympic medal ?

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    Jan Jeppesen executive editor of Amager Bladet lunges out against the his fellow Danish press in today’s editorial, stating that even though Jeanette Ottesen won an European silver medal last summer and a World bronce this winter, she only gets DKK 10.000 (appr. USD 1867) a month from Team Danmark and struggles with finding additional…

  • Mark Spitz looks forward to Thorpe vs Phelps

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    A Sportsvibe TV interview with Mark Spitz at the Laureus Awards in Abu Dhabi, talking about passing the baton to Michael Phelps, and discussing the upcoming Thorpe vs Phelps. They also talk about the famous moustache.

  • The Pál Pool of Vágur will not only be for the elite

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    A segment here from the national Faroese news broadcast “Dagur & Vika” this evening, where Jón Bjarnason coach of Pál Joensen dismisses rumors that the planned 50 meter pool of their hometown Vágur in the Faroe Islands will be ‘too cheap’, and counters with saying that this is true regional development, not only focusing on…

  • Danish kids don’t know how to swim

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    57 percent of Danish kids have never had any kind of formal swimming instructions, according to a study released by Børneulykkesfonden (Children’s Accident Foundation). The municipalities decide if swimming shall be part of the physical education in schools, but still parent expect their kids to automatically learn to swim there. Michael Aller chairman of RÃ¥det…

  • Adlington vs Pellegrini

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    Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington cracked 4.03 this weekend, winning the British national championships in Manchester with a time of 4:02.84. Speed Endurance Swimming Blog asked if she was the best 400m freestyler in the World, but then Italy’s Federica Pellegrini responds with a sizzling 3:57.89 in the 400 SCM free, breaking the first national records…

  • SWAT team storms swimming pool in NZ

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    Armed police gave the children a scare when they stormed the Papamoa Swimming Club lesson in Papamoa, New Zealand, apprehending the man they were after, but not before all of the people at the swimming pool were ordered to lay on the ground. Once the man was apprehended, the police took time to talk with…

  • Adlington fights to preserve swimming pools

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    Olympic swimming champions Duncan Goodhew and Rebecca Adlington have joined forces with the British swimming sponsor British Gas and the ASA to support the launch of a new website Pool Watch, to provide a potential lifeline for local communities fighting to keep their local swimming pools afloat. Swimming is the UK’s biggest participation sport, and…

  • Phelps is flying again

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    Michael Phelps won all 5 of 5 events that he participated in at the Indianapolis 2011 Grand Prix this weekend, every time with a World’s best time this year. Thursday 1:46.27 in 200 freestyle and 51.75 in 100 fly, Friday 1:55.34 in 200 fly, and Saturday 1:56.88 í 200 IM and 48.89 in 100 freestyle,…