Year: 2018
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BCN2018 WP Europeans – Summary, Day 14 – Women’s finals
The return of the Netherlands: queens of Europe after 1993 The Netherlands clinched the title for the first time since 1993: they beat Greece 6-4 to claim the nation’s 5th gold at the women’s European Water Polo Championships. This ties Italy’s record and gives them back the top rank on the all-time medal table. The…
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Live Stream: British Summer Championships 2018 – Day 5 Heats
Watch day five heats of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.
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Divers Spend Hours Swimming With Man-Eating Sharks
Imagine enduring two days stranded in shark-infested waters. That is the premise of a new Shark Week special, ‘Sharkwrecked,’ airing Thursday on Discovery. Two divers took part in what’s said to be “the most dangerous experiment ever,†spending 48 hours in open water and facing off against whitetip sharks, which are considered the most aggressive…
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Otter Cubs Get a Swimming Lesson | BBC Earth
These six baby giant otters have one of their swimming lessons, an otter’s number one skill for survival.
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Longest distance swam underwater with one breath (female) – Guinness World Records
The longest distance swam underwater by a female with one breath using fins is 160 m (524 ft 11.21 in), achieved by Veronika Kravtcova (Russia) in Porto Koufo, Halkidiki, Greece, on 3 September 2017. See Guinness World Records
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The Catch – How To Swim Front Crawl | Freestyle Swimming Technique
Swimming fast is a combination of fitness and technique, one is about physical hard work the other more mental. We are going to be looking into the catch part of front crawl and showing how you can improve this important part of the stroke.
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Beachgoers form human chain to rescue swimmers
Strangers at a beach in Emerald Isle, North Carolina, linked arms and stretched out into the waves to successfully rescue swimmers caught in a rip current.
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Brock Turner’s lawyer makes ‘outercourse’ argument
An attorney for the former Stanford University swimmer argued his sexual assault conviction should be overturned because his client was fully clothed and wanted only “outercourse.”