Swimmer's Daily

Category: Competition

  • Now is the time to buy tickets for the Olympics

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    If you are contemplating on going to the Olympics in London 2012 as a spectator, it is now between 15th March and 26th April that you have to apply for a ticket. They are quite expensive, from £20 to £450 to see the swimming, depending on where you sit and if it is prelims or…

  • Now only 99 days until the Island Games 2011

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    The Natwest Island Games are sort of the Olympic Games of small island countries, including islands like Ã…land, Bermuda, Falkland Islands, Frøya, Gibraltar, Greenland, Jersey, Menorca, Prince Edward Island, Rhodes, Saaremaa and St Helena. Faroe Islands won the last games in Ã…land in 2009, primarily because of Faroese swimmers winning 21 of the total 34…

  • Thorpe won’t make the 400 freestyle

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    Ian Thorpe wishes he would have made his mind up sooner, saying there is no time now to the in shape for his signature 400m freestyle before London 2012. Also, he has to work harder one the underwater part, stating “I have to get used to the idea that swimmers today are staying under the…

  • The World Cup 2011 schedule is ready

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    Swedish swimsite www.simma.nu/se informs us that the World Cup 2011 tour will consist of two rounds, one in Europe in October, and one in Asia in November. October 15-16, Stockholm (SWE) October 18-19, Moscow (RUS) October 22-23, Berlin (GER) November 4-5, Singapore (SIN) November 8-9, Beijing (CHN) November 12-13, Tokyo (JPN)

  • Adlington 8:20.23 in the 800 long course

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    Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington posted the fastest time since the non-textile suits were banned, when she yesterday won the 800 freestyle at the British Gas Championships 2011, with a time of 8:20.23. “I would have loved to have scraped under 8:20 but hopefully it’ll come at worlds”. Read SwimNews.com.

  • Bowman on North Baltimore’s preparation for big swims

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    Interesting interview here with coach Bob Bowman, CEO of North Baltimore Aquatics Club, about his swimmers preparations for last weekend and how it sets up for the summer. Estimating the level of rest that the swimmers got before the Indy meet, where 10 is total rest, Bowman says that Phelps was at 4 or 5.

  • Britons focus on turns and dolphin kicks

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    Today’s British 200 medley champion James Goddard admits accordingly to SwimNews.com that the americans have been killing them underwater, and that they are therefore focusing hard on turns and dolphin kicks. “We compared my backstroke to Ryan Lochte’s backstroke. The swimming speed was exactly the same. He just took 1.3 or 1.4 out of me…

  • British champion, the 2nd time he swam 50 butterfly

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    It was only this season that 20-year-old Jack Marriott started to train seriously, increasing from 3 to 6 sessions a week, while studying engineering at Oxford University. He had swum a little when he was younger, but this was only his 2nd time competing in long course 50 butterfly, when he on Sunday became British…

  • Can gene tests tell if kids can be sports stars?

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    According to USA Today, marketers of genetic tests claim that they can predict if kids are born to be elite athletes. Some customers say the test results help them steer their children to appropriate sports. But skeptical doctors and ethicists say the tests are putting profit before science and have a much greater price tag…