Category: Organization
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Qatar launches ‘dress code’ campaign
Read Saudi Gazette, I guess need-to-know for those who will attend the Doha 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Qatar has launched a campaign urging tourists and foreign residents to respect the country’s dress code. The campaign says a visitor or a resident in Qatar is required to wear “decent clothes.” “Women should avoid wearing any…
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Finding a Balance: Sports and Academics
Guest post by Ryan Bach As if being a swimmer wasn’t hard enough, managing your swim workouts while also being a full-time student can get pretty hectic. While sometimes it may seem impossible to succeed in both the pool and the classroom, it is necessary to remember that it’s been done before by past swimmers,…
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Swimming SA withdraws sanctions against Gerhard Zandberg
Read The Citizen Swimming South Africa (SSA) confirmed yesterday it had lifted its sanctions against former 50m backstroke world champion Gerhard Zandberg, though his legal team said he had not yet agreed to drop his appeal. The national federation said it had opted to end the legal bout. “SSA will rather allocate the funds, which…
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Survey Finds Half Of Americans Can’t Swim
See NBC News Red Cross survey finds half of Americans can’t swim well enough to get out of a body of water if they find themselves in over their head. Erika Edwards reports.
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It’s Never Too Late To Learn To Swim
See Keloland Sioux Falls City pools will be opening to the public this Memorial Day weekend. But not everyone will be ready. According to a new study from the Red Cross, many adults don’t know basic swimming skills and that could be dangerous. Of the adults who know how to swim, only 56 percent can…
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Many swimmers come up short in water-safety skills
Read USA Today and see NBC Only 56% of adults who say they can swim can perform five critical water-safety skills that could save their lives, according to a new American Red Cross survey. (video autoplays, therefore pushed below the break)
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Swim coach Joseph Michael Diaz arrested again as more victims step forward
Read Alachua Today As the investigation of a High Springs Community School behavioral resource teacher for kindergarten through fourth grade and part-time swim coach continues, investigators have determined that seven young boys so far have fallen prey to sexual overtures by their coach. More victims have been rumored, but Gainesville Police Department (GPD) investigators will…
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Note to Olympic Sailors: Don’t Fall in Rio’s Water
See NY Times Nico Delle Karth, an Austrian sailor preparing for the 2016 Summer Olympics, said it was the foulest place he had ever trained. Garbage bobbed on the surface, everything from car tires to floating mattresses. The water reeked so badly of sewage that he was afraid to put his feet in it to…
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Australian Swim Team Grand Prix #1 – Canberra
Courtesy of Swimming Australia Watch this video on YouTube