Swimmer's Daily

  • Follow this 30-minute workout designed to help swimmers improve strength and performance, and prevent injuries.

  • The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a conference call this morning to discuss the constantly changing environment with regard to COVID-19 and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

    They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; the Olympic Minister, Hashimoto Seiko; the Governor of Tokyo, Koike Yuriko; the Chair of the IOC Coordination Commission, John Coates; IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper; and the IOC Olympic Games Executive Director, Christophe Dubi.

    President Bach and Prime Minister Abe expressed their shared concern about the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and what it is doing to people’s lives and the significant impact it is having on global athletes’ preparations for the Games.

    In a very friendly and constructive meeting, the two leaders praised the work of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and noted the great progress being made in Japan to fight against COVID-19.

    The unprecedented and unpredictable spread of the outbreak has seen the situation in the rest of the world deteriorating. Yesterday, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “accelerating”. There are more than 375,000 cases now recorded worldwide and in nearly every country, and their number is growing by the hour.

    In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.

    The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present. Therefore, it was agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan. It was also agreed that the Games will keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.

    Read the press release on olympic.org

  • Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike have proposed a one-year postponement of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in a conference call with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

    Abe said Bach agreed “100%” with this proposal, which would have to be approved by the IOC’s Executive Board.

    The Olympics have never been postponed in history. The modern Olympics has been canceled only during wartime. A final decision would have to be announced and made by the IOC and Bach.

    Read Sports Illustrated

    https://youtu.be/5n85izVroxk

  • Your gym has closed and you can no longer use the pool to get in your swim workouts. What will you do? Have no fear, Coach Craig is here with a great dryland exercise that you can do at home with some stretch bands that will help you improve your high elbow catch and pull. Don’t fall behind, catapult forward with this great strength exercise.

  • As we experience lockdown I will do my best to upload daily and show you how I am staying fit without a pool. Please be safe when going outside and sanitize often. Be physically distant but not socially.

  • At home strength routine with loop resistance band
    Do 8-12 reps of each of the 4 exercises and repeat 2-3x
    Exercise 1: Shoulder press
    Exercise 2: Squat Shoulder Press
    Exercise 3: Bicep curl
    Exercise 4: Sumo high pull
    Exercise 5: Bent over row

  • Lindsey Kozelsky, a graduate of Albert Lea High School and current senior at the University of Minnesota, has her season cut short because of Covid-19. While her senior season is over, she remains hopeful for the Olympics.

  • Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Cameron van der Burgh shares details on his battle with coronavirus, calling it “the worst virus I have ever endured.” Michaela Vernava has more.