Year: 2017
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Michael Phelps surprised with the best Starbucks cup ‘misspelling’ ever
Michael Phelps went to a Starbucks on Monday and, much like my experience at the coffee store today, his name was incorrectly spelled by the barista. But Phelps, the 22-time gold medalist and the (G)reatest (O)f (A)ll (T)ime at the Olympics, got a description perhaps a little more accurate than “Michael.†Read Fox Sports Interesting names…
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ISM Berlin 2017 | Looking back at the International Swim Meeting
Thank you to all the athletes and teams who were there at the International Swim Meeting Berlin 2017! Can you find yourself in our video? ;)
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Freak Accident At A Waterfall In Ghana Kills At Least 17
A tree crashed onto a group of people enjoying a swim at the base of a large waterfall in Ghana, and local authorities tell wire services that at least 17 people were killed in the freak accident. The revelers got caught in a rainstorm on Sunday, according to a statement from the Minister of Tourism.…
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Long Distance Swimmer Pedro Ordenes | Dispatches
Pedro Ordenes, beloved founder of Water World Swim, is known worldwide for his record-breaking swims. Pedro holds the world record for Alcatraz swim crossings – over 900.
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‘If she’s in water there’s no need to worry’
Shamita UN can’t tell a gold medal from a bronze. She can’t write or count. But she finds the will to wake up at daybreak and head to the pool for swimming sessions each morning without the lure of reward. Shamita, 16, has intellectual disabilities: She’s diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), typically characterized…
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Glasgow to host 2019 SC Europeans
At its meeting in Gothenburg (SWE), the LEN Bureau has voted on the hosts of several LEN Events. Glasgow (GBR) will stage another major continental showcase, the European Short-Course Swimming Championships in 2019. Genova (ITA) and Hannover (GER) are the next hosts of the men’s water polo Champions League Final Six tournaments between 2018 and…
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British film company buys rights to Syrian swimmer’s story
A British film company has agreed to buy the rights to the story of a teenage refugee who fled Syria and swam at the Olympics a year later. Yusra Mardini and her sister Sara were forced to swim for hours alongside their overloaded boat to reach Greece from Turkey in 2015. The International Olympic Committee…
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Michael Phelps shuts down anti-doping skeptics with fiery Facebook Live rant
Michael Phelps briefly returned to the spotlight last month when he testified about anti-doping before a congressional subcommittee. Phelps detailed the extensive testing process he subjected himself to for 16 years in order to compete in the pool in and for the U.S. But during a Facebook Live on Friday — while touching on a…