Swimming is a common form of cross-training for runners. But we’re left with a lot of questions:
- How beneficial is it compared to cycling, pool running, or the elliptical?
- When is it best used in a training cycle?
- When should you prioritize other forms of cross-training?
Peruvian swimmer Mauricio Fiol announced on Thursday he has pulled out of the 2019 Pan American Games due to a positive doping test, multiple sources have reported. Fiol won the silver medal in the 2015 Pan American Games for Peru but was disqualified for testing positive for stanozolol, the same substance that Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson famously tested positive for in the 1988 Olympic Games.
Fiol had been suspended four years and was hoping to make his return to competition at a home Pan American Games in Lima next week. But Fiol tested positive for the same substance again, ending his chances at competing next week. He was set to swim all three relays for Peru.
https://youtu.be/wyz_ZuJNpfU
Dr. Charlie Farrell is helping to distance dementia patients from the prison they often live in, one stroke at a time.
Ben Lecomte is swimming from Hawaii to San Francisco to better understand how plastic is affecting our oceans.…
Suspended Australian swimmer Shayna Jack says she will continue to fight to clear her name, after wrapping a lengthy meeting today with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) in Brisbane.
https://youtu.be/R7kZA5EtnDc
In 1939 at the World’s Fair in the New York City borough of Queens, Olympic gold medalist swimmer Eleanor Holm (on the right in the opening shot), a native of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is among the performers at the Aquacade attraction
https://youtu.be/jmOUNuuH1Rc
