Swimmer's Daily

  • A month ago, Tsunekazu Takeda was warmly applauded by 1,400 Olympic dignitaries as he spoke alongside International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Tokyo.

    A month later, the powerful IOC member and head of the Japanese Olympic Committee is fighting a corruption investigation, suspected by French investigators of authorizing the payment of bribes to help land the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when IOC members voted in 2013.

    In a Japanese Olympic Committee statement on Friday, Takeda denied any wrongdoing.

    Read The Washington Post

  • Join me as I give in the irresistible urge to swim in the snow! This is Episode 3 of my Vlog: Adventures with Jeff Grant. In today’s episode, I swim on a snowy day in January in the Zürisee (Lake Zurich), in the village where I live near Zurich. The water temp is 6C /43F, with an air temp of -2C / 28F.

  • A Delta Police officer finishes a 12-hour swim for a great cause.

  • This week’s Op-Doc is “The Diver,” by Esteban Arrangoiz. Part four in “A Moment in Mexico,” our special six-part series of Op-Docs by Mexican directors, “The Diver” profiles a man who has found long lasting contentment in a dirty job: diving into the sewers and water treatment plants of Mexico City to clear blockages and reduce the risk of floods.

    As Arrangoiz writes, “Mexico is undergoing multiple crises: humanitarian, corruption, garbage. This film shows us how through his work, a human being is capable of finding beauty, pleasure and the essence of his humanity inside the detritus. This moves me, gives me hope and compels me to make movies. I think Mexico needs stories like these.”

  • Junior swimmer Katie Taylor has earned the MVC swimmer of the week honor twice this season. Since she was a freshman, Katie has been winning races and breaking records. Brad Wells looks at what brought her to UNI.

  • I’m Will Jonathan, the mental coach for the Florida State University Swim team. In this video, I want to share with you 3 mental tips and advice for those of you who plan on swimming in college in the future that will help you to succeed and be your best in your first year.

    https://youtu.be/GV2N_nM4eBY

  • A couple were struggling in a rip current at Rodeo Beach in Marin County when a pair of good Samaritan surfers sprang into action. Emily Turner reports. (1/7/19)

  • Delta PD Const. Kelly Seib is raising money and awareness for a good cause.

  • A Roanoke Valley swim school has had to cancel classes until the partial government shutdown ends.

    Aquatic Adventures Swim School, which serves more than 200 students, decided to replace its pool over Christmas break so it wouldn’t affect classes. The new pool, which was shipped from Korea, made it to customs Dec. 19, 2018, but now it’s stuck there. Officials say they can’t release the pool until the shutdown is over because Homeland Security is operating on a smaller staff.

    Now, Aquatic Adventures has had to cancel its classes and put contractors on hold.

    “We are doing everything we can to get up and get swimming as soon as possible. My instructors are being in the water. We’re missing seeing the kids,” said Mary Kerr, owner of Aquatic Adventures.

    See WSLS