Swimmer's Daily

  • This man may look like he’s just having a cool dip in the water but he’s actually swimming In the frigid waters of the Antarctic. Buzz60’s Mercer Morrison has the story.

  • Open water technique is different from that of pool swimming. Coach Bryan Mineo lays out the foundations to creating a solid swim stroke, breathing and more in this swim tip video.

  • Thanks to funding from the London Marathon Charitable Trust, Swim England is helping centres across the country create inclusive swimming environments.

  • It was holding on for deer life.

    Dramatic video posted to Twitter shows a Lexington, Kentucky, police officer saving a deer from an in-ground swimming pool.

    “You never know what a day on patrol will bring!⁣” the department wrote on its account.

    See New York Post

  • When former pool swimmer and Olympic gold medalist, Shane Gould, moved from mainland Australia to Bicheno, Tasmania in 2007, she noticed that no one in the local community was swimming in the ocean. In an effort to change that, she initiated a 5k swim from Waubs Bay to Diamond Island and back, which sparked an ocean swimming movement that advocates for the necessity of human engagement with nature and the un-regimented wandering that the vast Great Southern Reef provides.

    Renowned as one of the world’s greatest female swimmers, Gould swam at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and is still the only woman ever to win five individual medals. A year later she retired from competitive swimming and stepped out of the spotlight. She cultivated a unique private family life for 22 years living a sustainable lifestyle on a farm in southwestern Australia where she taught surfing and horse-back riding, while always maintaining a close connection to the coast.

    Gould holds two Masters degrees and recently completed her PhD from Victoria University in Melbourne where she used her position in Australian sporting history to complete an academic study of swimming and how it is represented in Australia. She maintains a strong belief that daily experiences with nature are vital for human development and wellbeing — a belief that is reflected through her robust level of fitness and daily morning swims, be it in summer or winter temperatures.

    #GreatSouthernReef
    www.greatsouthernreef.com

  • SwimOutlet.com, the web’s most popular swim shop, unveiled its eighth annual 2020 Tech Suit Review this week, the most widely-read swim tech suit review in the swimming marketplace. This year’s review features an all-star list of four reviewers including two Olympians, multiple NCAA champions and two world championship medalists. Five brands are featured among the seven suits, and for the first-time short video summaries of each suit have been added to the reviews for customers to watch.

    As part of the Tech Suit Review debut, SwimOutlet.com also announced the launch of its new tech suit category filtering system that enables visitors and customers to search and filter suits by compression and tier: Elite Tech Suits, Mid-Tier Tech Suits, Entry-Level Tech Suits.

    With several of the suits expected to be worn on deck at Tokyo 2020 having been unveiled last year already, this year’s review features new suits from arena and Mizuno while Speedo, TYR have updated reviews to feature videos and new color options. The newly-updated Funkita and Funky Trunks APEX Predator suit will have its review released next month.

    First published in 2013, the annual SwimOutlet Tech Suit Review has become SwimOutlet.com’s most popular product comparison test and is the go-to destination for customers and swimmers around the world to read independent opinions and reviews from experts about new racing suits from the top manufacturers.

    “Every year we add new elements to our Tech Suit Review along with other new site features and functionality to help customers make more informed choices in their tech suit purchases,” said Elaina Cuoci, Director of Merchandising for SwimOutlet. “This year, we’re pleased to have assembled a new all-star crew of reviewers, to highlight the reviewer’s wear-test feedback on video and to complement that with our new filtering interface in the Tech Suit category on the SwimOutlet.com storefront.”

    The independent reviews and product testing were completed over the past month by Olympic Trials/NCAA finalist Julie Stupp (Los Angeles, CA), 2016 Olympian and world silver medalist Cammile Adams (Houston, TX), NCAA Champion from University of Texas John Shebat (Austin, TX) and 4-time NCAA relay champion and 2016 Olympian Dylan Carter (La Jolla, CA).

    The reviewers each received product briefings on the new suits, met with product experts from the brands and then tested them over multiple sessions assessing the suits for size/fit, material/construction and overall performance in the water.

    The product highlights from the 2020 Tech Suit Review include:

    • Two new suits from arena, the compressive Carbon Core FX, the successor to the popular Flex suit, and the more flexible Carbon Glide, available in February.

    • The latest iteration of the Mizuno GX-Sonic line with the debut of the GX-Sonic V ST & MR for both men and women, available in early February.

    • An update to the two top-of the line performance suits launched by legendary swim brand Speedo last year – the maximum compression LZR Pure Intent, worn by Caeleb Dressel, and the more flexible LZR Pure Valor.

    • The TYR Venzo in the X-Ray colorway, the suit of choice for the world’s most dominant female swimmer, Katie Ledecky.

    • Plus a review of the updated version of the APEX Predator suit from Australian-based Funkita + Funky Trunks, which will be published in February.

    Along with the 2020 Tech Suit Review text and videos, SwimOutlet.com encourages swimmers to also review product and brand information, sizing charts, customer comments and feedback from peers and coaches when making their purchasing decision.

    Read the 2020 Tech Suit Review

  • On the day of shocks, the world champion and the Olympic champion fall in the quarters

    The Olympic champion and title-holder Serbian team’s quest for a record-tying fifth straight gold was halted by 2018 runner-up Spain as they avenged their defeat two years ago by beating the Serbs in a penalty shootout. Earlier Montenegro staged a great performance to oust world champion Italy and keep its Olympic qualification campaign alive. They will face host Hungary in the semis, which overcame minor struggles and with a fine second-half downed the Russians. Croatia came up with a brilliant first two quarters against Greece and they just cruised in the second half to set-up a re-match with Spain after their memorable battle in the semis at the Worlds last summer.

    Hungary Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Hungary (white caps) Vs. Russia (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    11 SVK KOLARIK Martin Slovakia, 7 FRA CROUSILLAT Ugo France Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Slovakia (white caps) Vs. France (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    1 FRA GARSAU Remi France Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Slovakia (white caps) Vs. France (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    1 GER SCHENKEL Moritz Germany Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Germany (white caps) Vs. Romania (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    4 ROU GHEORGHE Mihnea Andrei Roumania Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Germany (white caps) Vs. Romania (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    1 HUN NAGY Viktor Hungary Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Hungary (white caps) Vs. Russia(blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    3 HUN MANHERCZ Krisztian Peter Hungary Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Hungary (white caps) Vs. Russia(blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    7 HUN POHL Zoltan Hungary Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Hungary (white caps) Vs. Russia (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    2 HUN ANGYAL Daniel Hungary, 10 RUS KISELEV Konstantin Russia Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Hungary (white caps) Vs. Russia (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    10 SRB FILIPOVIC Filip Serbia, 2 ESP MUNARRIZ EGANA Alberto Spain Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Serbia (white caps) Vs. Spain (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Pasquale Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    9 SONMEZ Nadir TUR Turkey 8 BAGATURIA Mikheil GEO Georgia Semifinals 9th -12th Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena TUR – Turkey (white caps) Vs. GEO – Georgia (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Pasquale Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    Head Coach CHOMAKHIDZE Revaz GEO georgia Semifinals 9th -12th Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena TUR – Turkey (white caps) Vs. GEO – Georgia (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Pasquale Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    11 KAHRAMAN Ege TUR Turkey Semifinals 9th -12th Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena TUR – Turkey (white caps) Vs. GEO – Georgia (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Pasquale Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    10 PERRONE F. (C) ESP Spain 2 MANDIC Dusan SRB Serbia Quarter-finals Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena SRB – Serbia (white caps) Vs. ESP – Spain (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Pasquale Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    Team ESP Spain Quarter-finals Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena SRB – Serbia (white caps) Vs. ESP – Spain (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Pasquale Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    Head Coach SAVIC Dejan SRB Serbia Head Coach MARTIN David ESP Spain Quarter-finals Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena SRB – Serbia (white caps) Vs. ESP – Spain (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Pasquale Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    7 VUKICEVIC Ante Croatia, 4 KAPOTSIS Marios Greece Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena CROATIA (white caps) Vs. GREECE (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    5 JOKOVIC Maro Croatia celebrates Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena CROATIA (white caps) Vs. GREECE (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    8 BUSLJE Andro Croatia Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena CROATIA (white caps) Vs. GREECE (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    TUCAK Ivica coach of Croatia and players celebrate Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena CROATIA (white caps) Vs. GREECE (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    9 MULLER Harmen Netherlands, 3 GALEA Andreas Malta Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena MALTA (white caps) Vs. NETHERLANDS (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    13 BORG COLE Alan Malta Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena MALTA (white caps) Vs. NETHERLANDS (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    3 LUONGO Stefano Italy Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena ITALY (white caps) Vs. MONTENEGRO (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    12 PJESIVAC Stefan Montenegro celebrates Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena ITALY (white caps) Vs. MONTENEGRO (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    Celebration Montenegro. GOJKOVIC Vladimir coach of Montenegro Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena ITALY (white caps) Vs. MONTENEGRO (blue caps) Men Quarter finals XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo © Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    11 DRASKOVIC Dragan Montenegro, 4 FIGLIOLI Pietro Italy Budapest 22/01/2020 Duna Arena Italy (white caps) Vs. Montenegro (blue caps) Men XXXIV LEN European Water Polo Championships 2020 Photo ©Andrea Staccioli / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto

    Men’s quarter-finals: Italy v Montenegro 8-10, Serbia v Spain 6-6 (penalties: 3-4), Hungary v Russia 14-10, Croatia v Greece 14-11
    For places 9-12th: Turkey v Georgia 6-12, Germany v Romania 15-10. For places 13-14th: Slovakia v France 6-9. For places 15-16th: Malta v the Netherlands 9-19

    Fixtures for Friday:
    Semi-finals: Montenegro v Hungary, Spain v Croatia. For places 5-8th: Italy v Russia, Serbia v Greece. For places 9-10th: Georgia v Germany. For places 11-12th: Turkey v Romania.

    The quarters kicked off in the most stunning way possible as Montenegro ousted the world champion Italian team. In the first period, the Montenegrins took the lead thrice but Italy could equalize every time and then went ahead three times in the second but the Montenegrins also had the answers. It was a thrilling first half, capped with a great blast from Dragan Draskovic who gave back the lead to his team for halftime (6-7).

    Things started changing in the third, though the Italians managed to go even they began to miss their man-ups in succession while their rivals netted two 6 on 5s to build a 7-9 lead before the last break. The trends didn’t change in the fourth, the world champions were unable to put away any of their 6 on 5 (they closed the match with 1 for 15) – while Aleksandar Ivovic buried a penalty for 7-10. Though Nicolo Figari pulled one back from the action with 3:36 to go, they couldn’t add any more (after 6-5 there was a 15-minute long period when Montenegro had a 1-5 rush). This means Italy will miss the quarters for the second time in the last six editions – the previous loss also occurred in a January edition, in 2016, guess to whom: Montenegro (7-10).

    The series of shocks didn’t end here, in the next game the title-holder and Olympic champion Serbs were also gone. In recent years Spain found the tools to match them, in the final of the previous Europeans they played a draw and lost only in the shootout. Last summer they beat them in the World Championships quarters, though that was a young Serb side – but this time they managed to oust the ‘mighty boys’.

    The game followed almost the same pattern as the final in Barcelona: though the Serbs took a 3-1 lead, Spain went ahead with four connecting goals to 3-5 (three came in a span of 101 seconds). The champions came back here too as in 2018: after the Spaniards missed a crucial man-up to go 7-4 up, they netted one for 6-5 before the third. Then Dusan Mandic buried a 6 on 5, his third in the game, to break even with 5:51 remaining. And the defenses worked well, especially Dani Lopez, who had 11 saves, so the decision was left to the shootout once more.

    Serbia entered the same five players who converted all five penalties in 2018, Spain changed one, Francisco Fernandez, who had missed the crucial shot which cost them the title. This time the outcome was different since two of the ‘safest hands’ made a miss on the Serbian side, Prlainovic and Mandic. Even though Munarriz was also denied, Alvaro Granados netted the fifth attempt (with a brave heart after he had been 1/7 in the game). This also ended the Serbians’ dreams to tie Hungary’s ancient record (1926-1938) of winning five back-to-back titles – their run was halted at four here – and it’s also going to be the first time since 1999 that they don’t reach the semis.

    Hungary then reset the ‘paper-form’ button – and regained some pride to defeat Russia, the team which had beaten them in Barcelona on the last day to push the Magyars to the 8th place, their second-worst performance ever. This time it was a different team and a different story, though Russia did a fine job as they managed to stay close in the first half (6-5) and didn’t collapse when the home side rushed to a 10-6 lead in the third. They came back to 10-8 and a penalty save by Vitaly Statsenko kept their hope alive. But Hungary opened the fourth in the same devastating mood as the third, netted three connecting goals in 1:54 minutes and there was no way back for the Russians after 13-8.

    Croatia joined the semi-final party with perhaps the most convincing win in the four QFs. They could score from almost all distances and angles in the opening period while Greece missed many fine chances as the Croats took a 6-3 lead. In the second they could add two to go 8-3 up and from that point they just did a brilliant job in maintaining the gap. Greece could never come closer than three as the Croats, led by Maro Jokovic with 4 goals (playing in Greece for Olympiakos in the club season), managed to score whenever it was needed and Marko Bijac also contributed a lot with 13 saves (while Greece’s first goalie had to be substituted after the first half since Emmanouil Zerdevas had only 3 saves on 13 shots).

    This sets up exciting semi-finals for Friday when Hungary will face Montenegro (like in Belgrade 2016 semis) and Spain is to meet Croatia (like in Gwangju 2019 semis). Among the four teams, only Spain has secured its place at the Olympics so the other three will make a hell of an effort to grab the quota available here.

    For more details, detailed statistics, play-by-play descriptions and video clips of each goal, visit:
    http://wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com

    Press release from LEN, images courtesy of Deepbluemedia

  • The Central swimming team is back in the pool after districts, hoping to continue their momentum into regionals.