Swimmer's Daily

Year: 2017

  • Modpools, Shipping Container Swimming Pools

    Modpools, Shipping Container Swimming Pools

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    Modpools are modern efficient shipping container swimming pools that can be set up and ready to go in minutes and relocated when you move. A divider can be installed to allow you to quickly change your pool into a hot tub spa and back again with ease. Modpools also allow you to control the temperature,…

  • 36 athletes ready to excel in Abu Dhabi (UAE)

    36 athletes ready to excel in Abu Dhabi (UAE)

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    FINA HIGH DIVING WORLD CUP 2017 36 athletes (23 men and 13 women), representing 17 nations, are ready to compete in the fourth edition of the FINA High Diving World Cup, taking place in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on April 28-29, 2017. It is the second consecutive time this competition is visiting the capital of the…

  • Dave Hughes shocks with Grant Hackett joke

    Dave Hughes shocks with Grant Hackett joke

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    Dave Hughes’ opening Logies speech was peppered with awkward ‘ooo’s from the audience after he bridged some rather controversial topics. One that truly divided the crowd was his handling of Grant Hackett. Addressing the embattled swimming star’s recent troubles, Hughes said, “Grant Hackett, ‘Oh I’m going to rehab again’, well listen this time, right!” “I…

  • Curtains down on FINA/NVC DWS 2017

    Curtains down on FINA/NVC DWS 2017

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    With the fourth and final leg of the Diving World Series 2017 circuit completed in Windsor, Canada, last weekend (April 21-23), China climbes atop all individual and synchronised events in the overall rankings. Chinese divers maintained an impressive and consistent form throughout the Series season, and swept 37 of 40 gold medals up for grab.…

  • Denmark’s Lotte Friis announces retirement from swimming

    Denmark’s Lotte Friis announces retirement from swimming

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    Olympic bronze medalist and two-time world champion, Lotte Friis, has announced her retirement from the sport of swimming.

  • Behold InflataBULL, An Inflatable Bull Riding Pool Float

    Behold InflataBULL, An Inflatable Bull Riding Pool Float

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    Intex has created the InflataBULL, an challenging inflatable bull riding pool float for brave friends and family members to enjoy for hours. The durable vinyl pool toy is available to purchase from Amazon. See Laughing Squid https://youtu.be/FAU2BYnfDcs

  • A day in the life of Adam Peaty

    A day in the life of Adam Peaty

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    Find out about a day in the life of a world record holder and Olympic champion swimmer, Loughborough University-based Adam Peaty.

  • Behold the Kim Kardashian butt pool float

    Behold the Kim Kardashian butt pool float

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    I kid you not, see Neatorama and Kimoji Kim Kardashian’s posterior has arguably become more famous than the woman herself, and it’s virtually impossible to read about Kim K. without some wiseacre commenting on the size of her rear end. This fact is not lost on Kim, so she has decided to embrace the attention and…

  • A College Swimmer With Cancer

    A College Swimmer With Cancer

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    Alex Marshall is a professional college swimmer who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Her swimming was never effected before her diagnosis, that’s why everyone was surprised when she learned she had cancer. In an interview about her experience, Marshall stated, “I was thrown into the spotlight of ‘cancer girl,’ and I wasn’t quite ready for…