Swimmer's Daily

  • Daniel Floryan, a doctoral student in mechanical and aerospace engineering, employs experimental and computational methods to better explain how fish swim most effectively, which could lead to applications in humanmade propulsion systems. (Video by Nick Barberio, Office of Communications)

  • A local restaurant is paying tribute to San Diego swimmer, Florence Chadwick.

    The restaurant just opened on Monday and KUSI’s Allie Wagner checked it out live on Good Morning San Diego.

    Some fun facts about the restaurant, the land it is on used to belong to the Chadwick family. Florence Chadwick was the first person ever to swim the English Channel, both ways!

    Lastly, it is right off of Ted Williams Parkway, and Florence was personal friends with Williams and many other famous athletes.

    See KUSI NEWS

  • I started swimming when I was about 18 months old, because my mom can’t swim. So, my parents put us in swimming. I joined a local swim team, and I was good, I wasn’t great, but I liked to win, I was very competitive, and I made it my goal to go to the Olympics.

    My name is Janet Evans. I was an Olympic swimmer in the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympics. Winning a gold medal was the ultimate dream for an athlete like myself. So, in my total career I broke seven world records. It was a combination of working hard and having great coaches and having a great family to support me.

    Water is my safe place, it’s my therapy, it’s my meditation. I’m happiest in the water. I have a curve in my back, I have scoliosis as I always have, and swimming really elongates that. It’s a non-impact sport, and it’s such a great sport for your body.

    I don’t have time to swim every day, which is kind of my physical therapy for my back. So, having a hot tub in our backyard is perfect for me, I can go get some hydrotherapy on my back. Because my back hurts at the end of the day and for me it’s like this peaceful soak in warm water. The water stretches me out, I can work on stretching my back out the jets in the hot tub, I can make them so they’re specifically on my back where I have pain at the end of the day.

    I wake up in the morning, my back feels better. It’s not as stiff, it’s a little more stretched out and linked and elongated.

  • Professional free diver Ant Williams broke the record for the deepest dive under ice, reaching a depth of 70 metres.

    See ABC

    https://youtu.be/9nHCDueIRvQ

     

  • It is important that children with autism learn how to swim. One organization has set out to do just that.

  • Kenneth King Him To (7 July 1992 – 18 March 2019) was a Hong Kong Australian swimmer who practiced individual medley, freestyle, butterfly and breaststroke. He won 6 medals at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, was the male overall winner of the 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup and was a World Championships silver medalist. He was the holder of 16 Hong Kong national swimming records.

    On 18 March 2019, To began to feel unwell in the locker room after a practice session in Florida, and was taken to a hospital, where he died. In a statement, Hong Kong Sports Institute described the 26-year-old as an exceptional person who was well loved by his teammates and competitors, and said his sudden passing is a huge loss to local sports. The Hong Kong Amateur Swimming Association, expressed sadness over To’s death, saying he is the Hong Kong record holder of various swimming events, and won glory for the SAR in many international events.

  • Our guide to mastering the crossover flip turn!

    The cross over flip turn is a form of a swimming flip turn that is primarily used in the Individual Medley (I.M.) when transitioning from backstroke to breaststroke.

  • An Indiana pool company is giving customers an experience like no other.

    Thursday Pools just unveiled plans to create the world’s first “sunken living room fiberglass” pool. Yes, you read that right.

    And you don’t just have the option to add a mini living/dining room — the press release says you can also purchase a fire pit, a swim-up bar, or an in-pool spa!

    See WSBT

  • Imagine swimming 460 kilometres. That’s right … 460 kilometres. Well, that’s the plan for adventurer Gaven Sinclair. He’s set to swim from the a small port town of Nacala, in Mozambique … all the way to Madagascar. Courtesy #DStv403