Month: July 2016
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Scottish National Swimming Championships 2016 – Day 2 Highlights
Watch some of the best action from the finals of day 2 at the #SNSC16 from Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow.
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Olympic swimmer Beisel has broken pinky finger
Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel of Saunderstown said Friday that she has a broken and sprained pinky finger. Beisel said she broke her finger in a warm-up pool at the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, earlier this week when she hit another swimmer. She said the situation is “not ideal” and that she will…
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Europeans are now fretting about Muslim girls in swimming pools
Swiss authorities recently denied citizenship to a pair of Muslim sisters, 12 and 14, who refused to take part in their school’s swimming lessons alongside boys of their age group in the city of Basel. According to USA Today, the girls had applied for citizenship a few months ago, but their request was denied this week.…
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Cate Campbell (AUS) 52.06 and a new 100 Free World Record
At the 2016 Swimming Australia Grand Prix in Brisbane today, Cate Campbell lowered the women’s 100 meter freestyle world record, with a time of 52.06 beating Britta Steffen’s (GER) 52.07 from the full body suited days of the Roma 2009 World Championships. See the result list here.
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Former Olympic Swimmer Organising Swimathon To Raise Cash For Cancer Charity
Former Olympic swimmer Katy Sexton is organising a swimathon to raise money for charity Brain Tumour Research. Her sister Kelly Lee had a brain tumour and recovered from it. That’s Solent’s Charlotte Briere-Edney find out how her sister’s illness impacted the swimmer and what Brain Tumour Research does.
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SNN: Sarasota Shark Swimmer Races for Spot on U.S. Olympic Swim Team
Austin Katz is making a splash at his first Olympic trials this week in Omaha.
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Scottish National Swimming Championships 2016 – Day 1 Highlights
Catch up with some of the best moments from the final session of day one at the #SNSC16.
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Olympic Swimming Trials | Cammile Adams Claims Rio Berth With 200-Meter Butterfly Win
Courtesy of Team USA https://youtu.be/94ENVNnOxjo
