Swimmer's Daily

  • Mark Spitz’s record-breaking run to his seventh gold medal had only one obstacle left: Australia’s Olympic champion Mike Wenden.

  • The Italian Swimming Federation herewith is communicating with deep regret and disappointment the cancellation of the swimming event Energy for Swim 2018 scheduled in Turin on 20 and 21 December next.

    The “Federation Internationale de Natation” (FINA) declared the event “non approved”, even though it was organized by the Italian Swimming Federation with the support of the City of Torino and already included in the Italian national calendar, threatening sanctions against the participating athletes.

    The Italian Swimming Federation is therefore forced to cancel the event to protect the athletes who, many of them, had already expressed with enthusiasm the desire to compete in a spectacular event designed to increase the interest of swimming, to further enhance the image of the participants and to generate deeper public interest and strong impact for the benefit of the entire swimming movement.

    The Italian Swimming Federation takes this opportunity to thank sincerely the City of Turin for its support and the sponsors who would have contributed to the success of the organization.

    Read federnuoto.it

  • He has just spent the last 157 days to become the first swimmer, to circumnavigate the whole of Great Britain, 1,791 miles, nearly 3000 kilometres, without touching land. Swimming for up to 12 hours a day, and consuming up to 15,000 calories per day.

    https://youtu.be/Uh4ySzmoe1k

  • A horse was found in a swimming pool after seeking refuge from the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA.

    When Jeff Hill of paradise, California returned to his evacuated neighborhood during the camp fire, he found a horse in a backyard swimming pool.

    He said in a Facebook post the horse was tangled in the pool cover after escaping the flames.

    He said, the pool cover prevented her from drowning. Hill says he scrambled to unhook the cover and guided the horse up the shallow end steps.

    Resources eventually came to escort the horse from the fire zone.

    See for instance ABC11 and WWLP

  • Singapore is calling! From 15th to 17th November, the final event of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 will take place in Singapore. Find out if Wladimir Morozow and Sarah Sjöström can keep their current top positions or if someone else will be crowned as the champion of 2018!

  • Henrico County announced Tuesday that it will build the Henrico Aquatics Center, a 20,000-square-foot indoor swimming facility.

    The facility will have a 25-yard pool with 8 lanes, a warm-water instructional pool with zero-depth entry, a waterslide, and a family spray area. There will also be family-friendly locker rooms, retractable spectator seating and parking. The facility will have means-based membership rates as well as daily rates.

    “The Henrico Aquatics Center will be a game changer for youth and families,” County Manager John Vithoulkas said. “In addition to family swim times, the facility will offer swimming lessons, host practices and meets for our high school swim teams and get plenty of use by Henrico’s youth summer camps and community groups like the Police Athletic League.”

    See WRIC

  • With November underway and men’s health awareness coming into focus, Kevin Love has launched his new web series, “Locker Room Talk,” in conjunction with Schick Hydro. In the first episode, Love can be seen discussing mental health with 23-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps, who revealed earlier this year that he considered committing suicide following the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    See wkyc3

    https://youtu.be/mgIvuXs4YdY

     

  • The longtime owner of Brainerd International Raceway (BIR) is dead following a boating mishap in Florida.

  • Some are brave enough to get wet in the seriously cold weather Tuesday morning for sport.