Swimmer's Daily

  • Today we take you back in 2001 for another epic Men’s 200m Freestyle Final from the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka. Relive Australian Ian Thorpe’s victory and new World Record!

    Ian Thorpe's Epic World Record Swim | Fukuoka 2001 FINA Champs

  • Two Long Island beaches have ordered swimmers out of the water on the hottest day of the year after a pair of shark sightings.

    Red flags were put up at Lido West Beach and the adjacent Nickerson Beach in Hempstead Monday amid reports that a large bull shark was swimming in the waters off the coast.

    The first sighting was reported around 10 a.m. at Lido West Beach. Lifeguard Logan Fitzgerald said he was paddling on a surfboard when he saw the maneater — thought to be between eight and 10 feet long — come out of the water.

    See NBC New York

    Shark sightings off Long Island close beaches

    Some Long Island Beaches Closed Over Shark Sightings

    Swimming Banned at 2 Beaches After Shark Sightings, Chomped-On Skate Washes Ashore | NBC New York

     

  • A man was injured during an encounter with an alligator near a Mississippi waterfront park where several other alligators have been removed this month, according to wildlife officials.

    The man was swimming with a group in the Ross Barnett Reservoir at Lakeshore Park on Friday when an alligator was spotted nearby, according to Ricky Flynt, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks’ alligator program coordinator.

    The group left the water, but later got back in after the alligator disappeared, Flynt said. The official said the alligator was likely waiting under a pier and swam between the man’s legs when he reentered the water.

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  • A woman was killed in an apparent shark attack off the coast of Maine on Monday, a rare occurrence that has only been recorded once before in the state by an unprovoked shark.

    Maine Marine Patrol said a witness saw the woman swimming off the shore of Bailey Island when she was injured in what appeared to be a shark attack.

    Two kayakers helped the person get to shore, and an ambulance provided further assistance, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, Marine Patrol said.

    See ABC News

  • Guam swimming standout Ben Schulte talks about suddenly rearranging his schedule – and eventually making the tough call to call his distinguished career over – after the coronavirus pandemic hit. He still represents his island and community, even though he can’t compete as an Olympian as he’d hoped.

    Guam standout swimmer Ben Schulte forced to call it a career during Olympic training due to pandemic

  • How does an elite swimmer cope when all the pools are shut?

    Commonwealth champion Alys Thomas says the coronavirus lockdown was “tough to take”.

    The 29-year-old from Swansea is one of the world’s leading 200m butterfly swimmers and was targeting the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

    Instead, she is lifting weights in her garden and making clay models as she endures a challenging wait to be able to do her sport again.

    Put together in collaboration with ‘Wales In Lockdown’ on BBC1 Wales. Published May 2020.

    A swimmer without a pool

  • The footage, taken by an eyewitness in the Russian city of Perm, captured a moment when a man quickly swims along the Kama River to rescue a drowning girl; then other passers-by help him to drag her from the waters by creating a human chain.

    https://youtu.be/jL3DzbJD768

  • Man who drowned in Bellagio Fountains identified

  • 4x Olympic Medalist Summer Sanders helps you with all the best tips to swimming backstroke better, faster, stronger. Tips include proper head position, arm movement, and placement into water, hips, and kick to help your overall backstroke swimming technique.

    Backstroke with Olympian Summer Sanders! (Swim with Power 💪)