Swimmer's Daily

  • A British woman fell from the deck of a cruise ship and spent a harrowing 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Croatia before being rescued on Saturday.

  • Here’s what pet owners need to know to keep their dogs safe.

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  • Applying sunscreen on your body may be good for your skin, but not so much for the fish, a new study has revealed.

    Scientists have found that sunscreen from the body of bathers releases significant quantities of polluting titanium dioxide (TiO2) into the sea, which has the potential to harm marine life.

    TiO2 is one of the main ingredients of sunscreen and acts as a protective agent against harmful UV rays. Most major regulatory bodies consider it safe for human use at the concentrations used in sunscreens, however, concentrated TiO2 or long-term exposure could be toxic to a variety of fish and other aquatic organisms.

    Read ANI

  • Philippine Consul General Henry Bensurto, Jr. made the trip from San Francisco to Salinas to personally present Salinas swimmer Clark Kent, aka Superman, with a special honor.

  • Sajan Prakash finished a creditable fifth in the men’s 200m butterfly at the 18th Asian Games taking place in Indonesia. Prakash made a historic swimming final for India after 32 years but is not able to share the news with his family which is stuck in Kerala floods.

    Starting in lane 3, Prakash clocked 1:57.75 seconds to set a national record in the 200m butterfly final with Japan’s Seto Daiya winning it comfortably with a timing of 1:54.53 seconds. Prakash had qualified as third fastest swimmer in the heats.

    Speaking to Times of India after setting national record, Prakash said, “I still have no clue as to where they are and how they are. All I know is that they are being taken to some safe place. I pray for their safety.”

    Read The Indian Express

  • The latest event of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series takes place in the heart of the Danish capital of Copenhagen on 25 August 2018. The men’s 27m platform is mounted on the cantilevered roof of the Opera House, with the Amalienborg Palace as the regal backdrop.

  • One person died and another person is in critical condition after they got caught in a rip current in Seabrook.

  • China’s Olympic champion Sun Yang showed a softer side to his gnarly public image on Sunday by lavishing compliments on rival Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino at the Asian Games.

    The towering Chinese topped the time sheets in the morning’s 200 metres freestyle heats in Jakarta in a leisurely one minute, 47.58 seconds before being reminded about an unseemly diplomatic row he sparked at the last Asian Games in 2014.

    Furious after being ambushed by Hagino in the 200m free in Incheon, Sun branded Japan’s national anthem “ugly” — not the first time the three-time Olympic gold medallist has become involved in a war of words.

    “Look, I think Hagino is a good guy,” Sun told reporters. “The way he swims the individual medley is an inspiration to me. We should be working together to raise the level of Asian swimming.

    Read The New Indian Express

  • Two years after clinching a historic gold for Singapore at the Rio Olympic Games, national swimmer Joseph Schooling has given himself six years to make his mark as a professional swimmer before he hangs up his swimming trunks and goggles.

    Revealing this in an interview on Saturday (Aug 18), this is the first time the 23-year-old has indicated that he plans to stop swimming in 2024.

    The six-year deadline will give Schooling another two shots at Olympic glory in Tokyo 2020, and Paris in 2024.

    While his thrilling 50.39sec race to the finish against American great Michael Phelps in the men’s 100m butterfly in Brazil may have catapulted him to international fame – and cemented his status as a Singaporean hero – Schooling is ready to move on from the past, and achieve greater success in his career.

    “Rio changed my life, but I like to live in the present… I want to swim until 2024, I don’t think I want to swim past 2024 right now,” said the swimmer ahead of the Asian Games opening ceremony in Jakarta on Saturday.

    Read TODAY