Swimmer's Daily

  • Cameron van der Burgh, the 2012 Olympic 100m breaststroke champion and former World champion and record holder from South Africa, has been battling coronavirus COVID-19 infection for the past fortnight and has taken to social media to explain how tough it’s been even for a fit, young man whose athletic prime was just yesterday.

    Read SwimmingWorld Magazine and Cameron van der Burgh’s thread on Twitter

  • Found in the westernmost part of Canada is the Canadian territory of Yukon. Out of all the provinces and territories in Canada, this place has the smallest population, with only a little over 40,000 people. Found in this territory is the Takhini Hot Springs, which lies just outside Whitehorse, the capital city of Yukon.

    For most of the year, visitors spend hours relaxing in the mineral-rich and odorless waters, which are privately owned by the company Takhini Hot Pools.

    But when the winter months come, the hot springs become a heated battleground for the Hair Freezing Contest, the world’s only frozen-hairdo competition. In this contest, …

    Participants dunk their heads underwater, emerge into the frigid air, and style their locks into stiff, eye-catching sculptures. Depending on one’s creativity and luck with the elements, the results range from frosty, mop-like tangles to dramatically manicured spikes.

    “All this rising steam collects on your hair and freezes really quickly when it meets the cold air,” says Andrew Umbrich, co-owner of Takhini Hot Pools.

    “You can get good results within 15 minutes if it’s cold enough.”

    Read Neatorama

    https://youtu.be/SaNLUkK9p9I

  • Check out the Fastest Men’s 50m Freestyle Swimming Races in Olympic history! Do we forgot someone? Let us know in the comments!

  • British Olympic swimmer Lizzie Simmonds gives our Marlins a pep talk..and a challenge!

  • Have you ever wondered what you could be doing out of the pool to increase your strength in the water? Check out this workout.

    https://youtu.be/R_LK7uu2-oQ

  • COVID-19 virus has wrecked competitive swimming at all levels. No pools to train, no gyms open, options limited or non-existent, unless he or she is connected privately. There are a few Club swimmers who grabbed wet suits and hit the open water. From Vern Glenn’s 6pm March 21st Sportscast on KPIX

  • It has now been a week since I wrote this opinion piece:

    https://www.swimmersdaily.com/2020/03/14/opinion-ioc-needs-to-cancel-the-olympics-now/

    If we imagine for a moment that there was any validity at all in that post.

    – That there had been any damage done by the IOC not yet having canceled or postponed the Tokyo 2020 Olympics –

    Then that damage has been at least doubled by now!

    That is how it works with this pest.

    The resistance is loud and growing.

    This is no time to be dragging your feet.

    Citius, Altius, Fortius

    In the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play,

    Rókur

     

    Image courtesy of aitoff, Pixabay License Free for commercial Use, No Attribution Required

  • One woman’s swimming lesson takes a turn for the unexpected!

  • We chatted with Dr. Paul Thomas of Plum Health about the novel Coronavirus, how to practice social distancing, the importance of “flattening the curve” and how swimmers can stay safe.