Swimmer's Daily

  • The Australian Artistic Swimming team for Tokyo 2020 was announced at the Australian Institute of Sport, with four returning Olympians and four Olympic debutants named to the eight-strong team.

  • Athletes from the Swimming Australia women’s 100m freestyle and relay squad have come together for a training camp at the AIS as preparations continue for #Tokyo2020. Olympic gold medallist Cate Campbell talks about the camp and her personal aspirations ahead of her fourth Olympic Games.

  • There was a time when the exquisite blue-green waters of Martvili Canyon were only open to Georgian nobles, who would visit to bathe. Now, everyone is welcome to boat and swim here. The picturesque natural wonder is located in Samegrelo, a coastal region of Georgia known for being a historical center of the country’s cuisine and culture. The two-level canyon is thick with moss and other plant life and dotted with waterfalls and caves. And even on the hottest days of summer, the water that pools in the lower level of the canyon is refreshingly cool.

    This Great Big Story is by Georgia National Tourism Administration: https://georgia.travel/

    Explore Georgia’s Martvili Canyon

  • I was given the opportunity to take a trip to Malawi and coach a stroke correction clinic for the Stingrays Swim Club for the duration of 4 days. I have put together a short video highlighting my trip. It was an amazing experience, being able to work on an international level with 23 new swimmers. I enjoy stroke correction clinic as I often host them. Thank You Stingrays for this opportunity and for putting my name forward to hosting this clinic. Till next time. Enjoy the short video.

    Malawi Swim Coach Tour 2020 – Coach Cyndi Starr

  • Sky News host Chris Smith has said he is “extremely happy” to see the Court of Arbitration for Sport effectively end the career of Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, in a move which highlights “China’s arrogant” approach to world domination.

    The Olympic swimmer has been hit with an eight-year ban after the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) found the 28-year-old guilty of doping.

    “This is more than a bad sports story; this is a story about China’s arrogant and foul approach to world domination,” Mr Smith said.

    “Sun Yang deserves his punishment; but more than that, China deserves this humiliation”.

    Mr Smith also praised Australian swimmer Mack Horton, who has previously strongly criticised his Chinese opponent over doping issues.

    “If only our politicians had the guts to call out China, the way Horton did at just 22 years of age”.

    Banning of Chinese swimmer ‘represents a humiliation the communist country deserves’

  • A lawyer for Sun, a hugely popular figure in China, issued a fiery statement on Saturday reiterating that he will appeal, based on “a series of procedural errors”.

    “February 28, 2020 was a dark day. It shows the scene where evil defeats justice and power replaces self-evident truths,” Beijing lawyer Zhang Qihuai said in a statement.

    “On this day, CAS listened to prejudice, turned a blind eye to rules and procedures, turned a blind eye to facts and evidence, and accepted all lies and false evidence.”

    Read South China Morning Post

    https://youtu.be/eBny-O-MeJA

  • The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced yesterday, 28 February 2020, that China’s first male olympic gold medallist in the pool, Sun Yang, had been made ineligible for competition for the next 8 years. The CAS hearing related to an incident that occurred at Yang’s home in September 2018, when testing officials arrived at his home to perform an out of competition test. Ultimately, a sample was not provided and the FINA Doping Panel subsequently investigated the incident, but no sanctions were applied to Yang. WADA appealed that decision to CAS, with the hearing heard in November 2019 and their decision being publicised on 28 February 2020, being that Yang is banned for 8 years. This sanction was the maximum available to CAS, with their reasoning being that there were no mitigating circumstances and that this is Yang’s second anti doping rule violation.

    Sun Yang CAS SUSPENSION : Detailed Legal Analysis of Ban

     

  • ReachOut Director Jackie Hallan called for volunteers to join the swimming challenge Laps for Life to raise support for those living with mental health conditions.

    A reported one in four people in Australia aged between 14 and 25 live with a mental health condition and 70 per cent of this group do not receive the help they need.

    To combat these alarming statistics, over the month of March ReachOut is holding a four-week swimming event which aims to raise funds and awareness to prevent youth suicide.

    Ms Hallan said swimming helps to improve “mental health and wellbeing” and encouraged those suffering from a mental health condition to seek help and support.