Swimmer's Daily

  • The Daily Camera reported that it happened at the Arapahoe YMCA pool.

  • FINA is pleased to announce that next year’s FINA Champions Swim Series will comprise two legs in January 2020. The first event will take place in Shenzen (CHN) on January 14-15, while Beijing (CHN) will stage the second meet of the Series on January 18-19. Olympic and World Championships medallists, World Cup stars, World Records holders and top-ranked athletes in the world ranking will be invited to the competition, successfully launched by FINA in 2019.

    Following the very positive feedback from athletes and coaches, the programme of the Series will include 28 individual events and two relays (mixed 4x100m free and 4x100m medley) over two days of exciting competition. Maintaining also the popular 2019 formula, only finals will be held, with four athletes per race. The competition will be staged in 50m-pool.

    The sport performances will be completed by an attractive entertainment show, both for spectators on site and fans around the globe.

    The allocation of prize money will continue distributing US$ 10,000 for the first in each race, US$ 8,000 for the second best, US$ 6,000 for the third-ranked swimmer and US$ 5,000 to the fourth in the final. Prize money will also be available for relay events. Moreover, appearance fee will be provided to all invited athletes, who will have their travel, accommodation and local meals also covered.

    The main goals of this new international gathering are to give high-level swimmers increased attention and additional occasions to compete, thus generating stronger international TV, digital and media interest, and creating another world-class platform for Swimming on a yearly basis.

    The 2019 edition included three meets in Guangzhou (CHN, April 27-28), Budapest (HUN, May 11-12) and Indianapolis (USA; May 31-June 1). 110 swimmers from 25 nations took part in this inaugural edition.

    Press release from FINA

  • In this episode, The Social Kick Podcast goes through the rules of the International Swim League (ISL). We discuss the aspects we’re excited about and which areas we feel need clarity and improvement. Although we feel there are more kinks to be worked out, we urge all swim fans to support the sport of swimming, most importantly, the swimmers with the ISL!

  • Want to know how and why we use the pool in horse training? Join John Price and Racing Manager Sam as they show you just how and why trainers swim their horses.

    https://youtu.be/5f4M4-ECuBw

  • Samples of beach water collected at these locations had higher than acceptable levels of enterococci bacteria.

  • The Rowdy Gaines Masters Classic is back for another year.

  • A British freediving team has become the first to dive the 52m-deep wreck of the WW2 submarine HMS Perseus, off the Greek island of Kefalonia.

    The Perseus hit an Italian mine in 1941 but the wreck remained undiscovered until 1997. The story of the seemingly miraculous ascent of the sole survivor has since made the wreck famous.

    The UK-based NTX Extreme Location Freediving Team dived the Perseus on 28 September.

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  • The International Swimming League is a global professional swimming competition launching in 2019 with teams in both Europe (Italy-based Aqua Centurions, France-based Energy Standard, Hungary-based Iron, and London Roar) and the United States (Cali Condors, DC Trident, LA Current, NY Breakers). The inaugural season will include matches in Indianapolis IN, Naples ITA, Lewisville TX, Budapest HUN, College Park MD, London GBR, and the championship finale at the 12,000-seat Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV.

    The ISL aims to create groundbreaking projects, in both form and content, exploring the full potential of competitive swimming while securing sustainable commercial growth in the sport.

    For more information head to www.isl.global