Author: rokur

Annual Open Water Swim Event on the Côte des Arcadins, Haiti. See www.swimforhaiti.org https://youtu.be/lKvFQGW9L4w

A heroic, eagle-eyed lifeguard came to the rescue of a 3-year-old swimmer that was drowning – and no one around the child even noticed what was happening. At Whirlin’ Waters Adventure Park, a wave pool in North Charleston, South Carolina, a little girl was struggling and a lifeguard sprung to action. In a video of the rescue, people were swimming next to the girl, but don’t appear to notice what’s happening to her. https://youtu.be/f8O-gVzpEAg

UChicago varsity swimmer Naomy Grand’Pierre is training for a chance to represent Haiti at the 2016 Olympics. If she can shave a second off her time in the 50-meter freestyle, she’ll head to Brazil in August to compete in the Summer Games. https://youtu.be/OXxXrzVU_2k

As exciting as the swim trials can be for fans, it can also be an extremely stressful time for the competitors themselves. https://youtu.be/5be88Ii5xfg

Courtesy of Team USA https://youtu.be/OwDaZd5r2JY

The American Red Cross has apologised after a poster it produced featuring safety advice for public swimming pools drew complaints that it was racist. The poster, headed “Be Cool, Follow the Rules,” depicts several children playing around a pool, with labels identifying their behaviour as “cool” or “not cool.” The poster became the subject of ire on social media after one mother noted that it was predominantly white children in the poster labelled as “cool”, and non-white children labelled “not cool.” Read The Telegraph

Atrash will be one of six Palestinians competing in Rio and the delegation will be the largest Palestine has sent to the Games since its first participation in the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. Five competitors appeared in London in 2012. “I am so happy, representing Palestine in competitions is a dream for any Palestinian athlete, especially the Olympics,” Atrash told Reuters. The 22-year-old university graduate’s preparations have been hampered because she does not have an Olympic-sized pool to train in. There are none in the Palestinian territories and she has to settle for a 25-meter pool. She also has…

Kelton Graham, 41, a swim coach in Omaha for the U.S. Swim Trials is one of almost one dozen people arrested in a prostitution sting. https://youtu.be/oZ7iay0cucA https://youtu.be/MGmldFw6Gok

Cammile Adams, a silver medalist at last year’s world championships, was initially disqualified for an illegal turn during the morning prelims at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha. But the ruling was overturned after a review using the underwater camera, sending her to the semifinals as the top qualifier in the 200-meter butterfly. (June 29, 2016) https://youtu.be/aqQUJZlt2QI

The National Weather Service has issued a no swim advisory for several Florida panhandle beaches July 4th weekend (2016) https://youtu.be/tJAgjDtMMiQ