Swimmer's Daily

  • Most public pools are closed due to COVID-19 but a city pool in Martinsville is now being used by Olympians.

    Pro swimming training at Martinsville city pool

  • MySwimPro Ambassador Michelle Rogalski shares her tips for open water swimming in cold temperatures!

  • Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, conduct diver propulsion vehicle training on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. The DPV reduces the diver’s effort and increases the range and speed of the operator while conducting amphibious operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Esgar Rojas).

  • Relive the moment when Michael Phelps succeeded for the first time to stop the clock under 1:55.00 in a 200m Individual Medley event in the 2007 edition of the FINA World Championships in Melbourne. With this performance he set a new World Record and claimed another Gold Medal for his prestigious FINA World Championships medal collection.

    Michael Phelps Breaks World Record with Gold at 2007 Melbourne FINA

  • A North Carolina firefighter is still missing after going for a swim in a North Carolina river over the weekend.

    The firefighter, whose name has not been released, was boating with other firefighters on the Tar River in Greenville while off duty on Sunday evening, according to a Facebook post from The Red Oak Community Rural Fire Department, where the missing firefighter volunteers.

    He and another went swimming near the bridge at the Greenville Boulevard and 10th Street intersection.

    But he “didn’t make it to shore,” the Facebook post says, and he is believed to have drowned.

    Read The News & Observer

    https://youtu.be/7fUMfSKuzrM

  • Video: News crew rescues stranded swimmer

  • Bill Babcock and Nick Shelton from Michigan Pool News with recent information about opening swimming pools to the public after COVID-19.

  • Swim Dem Crew are an inner city, London based, swim club that believe in the power of community. Founded by Nathaniel Cole and Peigh Asante in 2013; their mission has always been to get more people swimming, make the sport more inclusive, less solitary, and a lot more social.

    Beyond The Blue explores personal development and self-affirmation, using swimming as a tool to empower people.