Swimmer's Daily

  • It’s humpback whale season AND whale shark season in Los Cabos! In this week’s video, we go whale-watching in Cabo San Lucas and we swim with the sharks in La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur.

  • If it wasn’t already obvious our Finnish CEO Kristian is crazy (about pizza) then check out this video of him and his (awesome) Mum doing very Finnish things back in his homeland. Brrrrrr… 🥶

  • 1500 swimmers on a good day – a day in the life of a lifeguard.

  • Kim Chambers set a world record as part of open water swimmers who became the first to swim across the Dead Sea. In this clip, Chambers talks about the challenges and mission behind this historic swim. Chambers is the first and only woman to ever swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge.

  • Former World Swimmer of the Year Adam Peaty will be the main attraction at next month’s annual Dave McCullagh International meet in Bangor Aurora.

    World and Olympic champion Peaty has been the king of breaststroke for the past five years and is favourite to land a clean sweep at this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.

    Former Irish and Ulster president Betty Beattie hailed the entry of Peaty as “a real coup” for the event (February 20-23), which will also see the best local swimmers going up against Olympic silver medallists Duncan Scott and Siobhan Marie O’Connor and World medallists Hannah Miley, Ross Murdoch and James Wilby.

    The McCullagh International will mirror Tokyo 2020 timings with evening heats and morning finals as some of the best in the world count down to their bid for Olympic qualification.

    Irish swimming stalwart Beattie added: “We’ve had some of the best swimmers come here on and off throughout the years. I remember Mark Foster coming to compete when the Lisburn pool was first opened – that was about 20 years ago. To have Adam Peaty coming is terrific, a real coup.

    “It will be great for the young swimmers to have a chance to see someone like him who’s at the very top of the sport.”

    Read Belfast Telegraph

  • Laverne Austin was afraid she’d walk into the Lakeland Family YMCA and see snacks and balloons.

    Sure enough, she did.

    “(They) knew how old I was,” she said.

    Laverne posed for photos in a glittery pink birthday hat. She even wore it in the pool for her water aerobics class. At 98, all eyes tend to find an energetic senior.

  • Federica Pellegrini allegedly received the Leone del Veneto (Lion of Venice) award at the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista held in Venice, Italy on January 11th. Well, Pellegrini is the first woman to receive Lion of Venice award, which is given out by the regional council to a Venitian citizen who have distinguished themselves in professional or humanitarian endeavors. This award was established in the year 1999, which was most recently awarded to Federico Faggin for his role in creating the first microprocessor.

    Pellegrini, has been nicknamed the Lioness of Verona, because she was trained in Verona but she hailed from Venice, where the Lion of St. Mark is in the city Coat of Arms.

    Read Blackbird News

  • Around 60 swimmers of all ages took to the water off Eden Rock Sunday afternoon to support the conservation of the popular George Town dive and snorkel site.

    Led by organizer Rory Joe McDonough those who participated in the Eden Rock Solidarity Swim swam roughly 150 meters from the shoreline and back to show their love for the spot.