Swimmer's Daily

  • Bangladeshi Ironman, Mohammad Shamsuzzaman Arafat, races for disability inclusion!

    1 billion people across the world live with some form of disability. In Bangladesh, thousands of children lack access to disability inclusive services and support.

    Arafat is a triathlete, ultra distance runner and long distance swimmer. He is now racing to raise funds for BRAC’s neuro-developmental disability centres as he goes on to compete in Ironman Malaysia. Join our marathon for disability inclusion: http://www.brac.net/ironman/

    Learn more about our neurodevelopmental disability centres:
    http://blog.brac.net/a-mothers-love-and-a-special-classroom/

  • Lydia Cole has a gift.

    She is a talented swimmer — but that’s not the gift we’re talking about.

    “This is kind of a distraction,” she said with a laugh, gesturing toward the pool behind her. “It’s very helpful.”

    A junior at Thornapple Kellogg High School, she swims through a cooperative program with students from Delton Kellogg and Hastings.

    “Lydia is something special.  She works hard,” head coach Carl Schoessel said. “She’s never missed a practice.”

    Well, she has missed a few, but it wasn’t by choice.

    In May, doctors told Cole she had pancreatic cancer.

    See WOODTV

    Lydia’s gift: Swimmer with cancer thinks of others

  • Katie Ledecky is already one of the most accomplished swimmers of all time. But she isn’t satisfied. With hard work and smart recovery, there’s no limit to what she can achieve.

  • Crossing some of the most daunting bodies of water in the world, Vicki Keith set 16 world records and received over 41 awards and honours as a marathon swimmer.

  • Women first competed in swimming at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, taking part in two events: the 100m freestyle, which was won by Australia’s Fanny Durack, and the 4x100m relay, won by Great Britain’s Belle Moore, Jennie Fletcher, Annie Speirs and Irene Steers. At Antwerp 1920, a third event was introduced onto the programme: the 300m freestyle. Ethelda Bleibtrey, aged just 18 (she was born on 27 February 1902 in Waterford, New York State), raced in, and won, all three!

    Bleibtrey’s story is that of an emancipated woman who made a real difference for all female swimmers in her country. She first took up swimming in 1917 to help her recover from polio. At the time, social convention in the USA dictated that women had to cover up their legs – i.e. wear stockings – when they went swimming. In 1919, at Manhattan Beach, Bleibtrey removed her stockings before going swimming; this was considered a reprehensible act of “nudity” and Bleibtrey was arrested. Her arrest caused public outrage, however, to such an extent that not only was Bleibtrey not sanctioned, but it was also subsequently decided that women could go swimming without having to wear stockings! Bleibtrey was also one of the first women to wear a swimming cap.

    Read Olympic

  • See swimming.org.au

    https://youtu.be/2IhToFT1Ta8

  • “The MySwimPro app gives you all the guidance that any swimmer would really need. I’ve never seen anything like this.”

    Cody Miller Swims with MySwimPro | Apple Watch

  • After a tumultuous few years and a suspension from his sport, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has made some big changes in his life. Now, at age 35, he opens up to TODAY’s Craig Melvin about his struggle with drinking and the possibility of a comeback in Tokyo.

    Ryan Lochte Opens Up About His Struggles, Possible 5th Olympics | TODAY