Swimmer's Daily

  •  A car and its two occupants ended up eight feet underwater after a parking mishap led to the driver accelerating up a grassy berm, through a fence, and into a nearby swimming pool.

    According to the Indianapolis Fire Department, the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Saturday near Anglican Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, located at 8263 Northbrook Court on Indy’s north side.

    Firefighters were able to determine that the car’s occupants had been attempting to park in one of the church’s parking spaces when the driver may have hit the gas pedal, sending the car lurching up the berm and over a tree stump before crashing through a neighboring fence and into the swimming pool of a residence adjacent to the church.

    The car is believed to have traveled 12 to 15 feet, altogether, from parking lot to pool.

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  • It’s called swimmer’s shoulder, and it’s an overuse injury that three-quarters of teen swimmers suffer from, new research shows.

    The study authors also found that many young swimmers with shoulder pain believe it’s just part of being competitive and successful.

    For the study, researchers surveyed 150 high school and youth club competitive swimmers, aged 13 to 18, and found that nearly 77% of them said they’d had shoulder pain within the last 12 months.

    There was a clear connection between amount of swimming and risk of shoulder pain, the investigators found.

    Median distances per practice ranged from 1,568 to 3,513 yards among those without shoulder pain, compared with between 2,001 and 6,322 yards among those with shoulder pain.

    The study also found that 66% of the swimmers believe that “mild shoulder pain should be tolerated” if they want to become successful swimmers, and 61% said that “taking time off from swimming is not ideal.”

    Half of the swimmers said they know a competitor who used pain medication.

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  • The annual Sun City Swim is back to kick start the 2019-2020 open-water swimming season in South Africa.

    More than three thousand swimmers participated in the event.

  • Michael Phelps, 34, took time from his the third year of retirement from competitive swimming and to speak out about issues that affect the playing field. The most decorated Olympian of all time told CNN that the issue of doping in sport “needs to change.”

    Phelps, whose wife Nicole gave birth to their third son in September, has won 28 Olympic medals, including 23 golds. He thinks he’s “never competed in a clean field once.”

    Doping controversies have taken a worldwide hold on athletic competitions, from the Olympics to the Tour de France and more. Russia was banned from the 2018 Olympics after a probe into doping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by saying that every country was guilty of doping.

    “If you test positive once you should never be allowed to compete again,” Phelps said. In addition to speaking out about doping, Phelps has been an advocate for mental health, water safety for children, and water conservation.

    Read Yahoo! News and see CNN

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  • There are several military swimming-related tests most military members must be able to pass. Usually, these tests are either performed at the various military indoctrination training programs throughout the branches or in advanced training such as that performed in special forces.

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  • Former Paralympian swimmer Victoria Arlen is hosting a fundraiser in Portsmouth for her foundation that supports people with disabilities.

  • Shams Aalam, the first paraplegic swimmer from Bihar to qualify for Asian Para Games inspires to defy all the odds to achieve heights in life. Before, his fight against a tumour in spinal cord, Shams Alam was a record holder black belt Karate champion. Tumour could take away his ability to walk, but not the sportsperson in him. Hence, encouraged by former champion swimmer, he took up swimming and rose up to a stage where he now passionately promotes inclusion of differently abled at all places. He strongly believes in use of education as a tool to have an inclusive society. Shams Aalam completed his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering & MBA in HR and operations. He is a paraplegic person , who has overcome all the odds to become world record holder for longest open sea swimming by paraplegic person. He is an international gold medalist para swimmer and was awarded best emerging leader in disability sports and sports diplomacy by U.S. department of state global sports mentoring program 2018.