Swimmer's Daily

Year: 2011

  • Underwater boxing in 1939

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    This video shows a boxing match that allegedly took place in 1939 at Wembley Empire Pool in London. Unbelievable! Doobybrain via Neatorama.

  • Ronan Keating injures leg ahead of epic swim

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    Irish Boyzone pop star Ronan Keating took to the sea off the east coast of Britain today in preparation of the 10-member charity swim from Ireland to Wales next month, but then revealed on Twitter that he is facing “disaster” after pulling a muscle in his leg. Now, this is the moment when his coach…

  • Behold, Frederik of Denmark and a 100-kilo sunfish

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    While visiting the oceanarium Nordsømuseet in Hirtshals today, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark took time off to don a dive suit and feed the fishes, being the experienced ‘frømand‘ (Danish Navy Seal) that he is. Biggest attractions there are three sunfishes, whereof the biggest called Anton is well above 100 kg in weight. The sunfishes…

  • 2-year-old Caitlin clocks 9 meters in 47 seconds

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    Caitlin Morris from Stourport, England started learning to swim when she was 9 months old – 6 months before she could walk. Now she manages 9 meters in 47 seconds using a doggy-paddle style stroke, an ability that her instructor at Baba Seahorse rates as that of a 4-year-old. Here below she swims alongside big…

  • Swimming is magic for kids with autism

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    Lisa Stephens writes very touching here on The Swim Brief about how outdoor swimming in the summer transforms her autistic daughter from being reclusive to ‘blossoming into a butterfly’. Someone knowing agrees immediately in the comments, as does this video from a story earlier this year. “There’s magic in the water.” During the summer, in…

  • Swim lesson with Jason Lezak

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    Nice video with Jason Lezak giving a young kid some swimming tips, including a short “how-to-beat-the-French” lesson in drafting. Good one Lezak, you earned another ribbon in my book :-)

  • The Winning Spirit

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    Meet Bryall McPherson, cancer survivor now vying for a place on NZ’s Paralympic Swimming Squad for 2012. Inspirational! The Winning Spirit from Kadambari Gladding on Vimeo.

  • The Whale – official movie trailer

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    A new movie about a killer whale (orca) that took (friendly) interest in people (and apparently has a great sense of humor, see the intro). A beautiful film shot by whale friends in Nootka Sound, Canada, that world premiered here in the Faroe Islands. Movie City News via seattlepi, see also www.thewhalemovie.com.

  • Waves – A portrait of Maria á Heygum

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    A beautiful short film here by Faroese film maker Heiðrikur á Heygum, about his grandmother Maria á Heygum. Nicknamed “the swimming granny”, she had been swimming in the ocean out of Vestmanna for 48 years, when this movie was produced. Imagine, every day in 7°C warm water (44.6°F), no matter the weather, no matter the…