Swimmer's Daily

Year: 2011

  • What happens when you crack a raw egg 100 feet underwater ?

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    Two instructors from Go Dive Brisbane dove into 32 meters (about 105 feet) of water with a half dozen eggs to solve this mystery. Lots of strange things happening here! Via geek.com

  • Former tennis great Noah accuses Spain in general of doping

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    In a Le Monde article published today, 1983 French Open champion Yannick Noah accuses Spanish athletes of widespread doping, adding that the only way to level the playing field would be to allow everyone to use banned drugs. “How can a country (Spain) dominate sport from one day to the next”, he asks, “Had they…

  • Michael Klim postpones comeback after suffering neck strain

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    34-year-old Michael Klim was due to swim his first race in more than 4 1/2 years at a low-key Nunawading club meet at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre today, but decided to withdraw after advice from his physiotherapist a coach, because of a neck strain that he got from doing weights on a three-week…

  • In Massachusetts, boys compete as girls ?

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    So, my good American friends, I am really confused by this: At Norwood High in Massachusetts, boys compete on girls teams because their schools do not have boys swimming programs. Able to do so because the open access amendments to the state constitution mandates that boys and girls must be afforded equal access to athletics.…

  • Bob the dog knows how to dive

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    Impressive, the stray dog Bob dives easily to depths of eight feet to fish out his toys. And we get a glimpse of the Canadian sport Octo-Pushing, a kind of underwater hockey where swimmers use home-made sticks to push a weighted puck around the bottom of a swimming pool. And of someone tumbling on a…

  • SWIM. – Behind the scenes / day two

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    It is only day two of the shooting of SWIM. – Short Movie, and already there is a bit of a crisis. Or not :-) SWIM – Behind the Scenes / Day Two from SWIM. – Short Film on Vimeo.

  • Principal to swim with sharks after students meet challenge

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    Aaah, Principal Fradley has surely learned a lesson about motivation, promising to swim with the sharks at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, if his students raised more than $20,000 at a Walk-A-Thon in September. “I really didn’t think they would do it, because last year we raised $12,000,” Dr. Fradley said. Oh well, they did,…

  • Eye to eye with a humpback whale

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    Boyd Matson of National Geographic Weekend spent a week following humpback whales in the wild with Tom Conlin of Aquatic Adventures. Read more and listen to the radio interview on National Geographic News Watch.

  • USA Swimming: Energy drinks a no-go for young swimmers

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    The USA Swimming Sports Medicine and Science Committee has recently reviewed the risks and benefits related to energy drinks, and concludes that children and teens should avoid them. “Sports drinks” like Gatorade are OK, meaning drinks containing a small amount of carbohydrates, minerals, electrolytes and flavorings, designed to replace those nutrients lost through sweating after…