Year: 2018
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Can swimming improve your mental health? – BBC London
The benefits of exercise on our mental health have been well documented- but could swimming be the best sport of them all? Swim England claims that 1.4 million British adults believe that the sport has significantly reduced their symptoms of anxiety or depression. Sara Orchard reports.
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Florida school bus takes a swim
Orange County Fire Rescue said the bus, carrying nine students to Magnolia School, and a Jeep were involved in a crash. The bus traveled into a yard and through a fence before nosediving into the pool. Troopers said the Jeep swerved to avoid a dead cat in the road, prompting the bus to drive off…
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Openwater Swim Mega GPS Test // Garmin, Suunto, Polar, Apple, COROS
It’s the ultimate show-down of 2018 swim GPS devices: The Garmin Fenix 5 Plus vs Suunto 9 vs Polar Vantage V vs Apple Watch Series 4 vs COROS Pace vs Suunto Trainer Wrist HR! Oh, and the Forerunner 935 along for the ride.
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Scottish Swimming Club of the Year 2018: Kirkintilloch & Kilsyth ASC
Scottish Swimming’s Club of the Year for 2018 is Kirkintilloch & Kilsyth ASC (KKASC). In a final shortlist of three alongside Larkhall Avondale ASC and Edinburgh Synchronised SC, KKASC came out on top.
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Fastest Man In The World – Ben Proud
While racing in Budapest I was able to catch up with my friend Ben Proud who holds the Textile World Record in the 50 free!
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2018 US National Open Water Select Camp Recap
USA Swimming Productions takes a look back at some of the highlights from this year’s National Open Water Select Camp.
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Almost half of parents worried about baby health in public pools
Health risks make up over half of parents’ concerns about taking babies swimming in public pools, according to survey findings. Fear that the baby might pick up a bug was voiced by a quarter of respondents (25.5%), while a further 22.7% were worried that chlorine would irritate the infant’s skin. The baby might pick up…
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Alia Atkinson Breaks Her Own World Record In SCM 50 Breast in Budapest
Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson broke the second world record of the night in Budapest with a 28.56 in the 50 breast final. She broke her own world record that was a 28.64 from the 2016 World Cup in Tokyo. Atkinson finished well in front of Russia’s Yulia Efimova (29.22) and American Molly Hannis (29.51). Atkinson remains…