Swimmer's Daily

  • In September 2011, on a cold and gray week, the swimmer Marcelo Collet awaits permission from the Coast Guard to carry out the biggest challenge of his life. After two years of preparation, he’s going to try to swim the English Channel, considered the “Everest” of swimming in open waters. Due to the weather, his chances of getting in the water and facing the twelve hours that separate England and France are getting smaller and smaller. During the days of waiting, we learn about what this athlete has had to overcome, since at 17 he was run over during a cycling practice right after his first summons to be a part of the Brazilian Triathlon squad, losing a considerable amount of movement in his left leg. After being run over, Collet devoted himself heart and soul to swimming and competed in the Paralympic Games in Athens and Beijing. Today, at age 37, he has returned to triathlons and is preparing to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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  • Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego’s Mary Beth Moran discusses the importance of designating a “water watcher” when at a swimming pool or beach to ensure an adult is always watching children in the water.

  • While new parents have their hands full changing diapers and taking care of the new addition to their family, experts suggest they also consider Infant Self-Rescue swim lessons. The program teaches babies how to save themselves if they accidentally fall into a body of water.

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  • Michigan man to swim 20 miles to support breast cancer research

  • Women in Iran cannot swim in public in the presence of men, or compete internationally. In Jaber Ramezani’s play Swim Team, being staged in Toronto, the characters use their imagination to beat the boundaries. But can dreaming really set them free?

  • Swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker has had a golden year in the pool, with records as well as medals lighting up an incredible 2018!

  • A developing drama on YouTube …

    (I didn’t even realize that people kept hedgehogs as pets)

  • Sunday, September 2 marked 100 days to go until the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Hangzhou, China, December 11 – 16, 2018.

    Around 1000 elite athletes from 170 countries, thousands of visitors and spectators and many international media representatives will take part in this Championships, traveling from all over the world to join the most important FINA swimming meet of 2018.

    Read more in the press release from FINA

  • Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee was named the Olympic Council of Asia’s Most Valuable Player at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang by the OCA on Sunday.

    Ikee, 18, won six gold and two silver medals at the GBK Aquatic Centre in Jakarta to become the first female athlete in any sport to win six gold medals at a single Asian Games.

    With eight medals in total, Ikee equalled the record medal haul in a single Asian Games held by North Korean shooter So Gin-man at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, India.

    She also became the first female winner of the MVP award, which the OCA introduced at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

    Three swimmers had won the award previously: Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) in 2002, Park Tae-hwan (Republic of Korea) in 2006 and Kosuke Hagino (Japan) in 2014.

    The Chairman of the OCA MVP Award Selection Committee, Raja Randhir Singh, said: “The selection panel was unanimous in its decision to award the OCA MVP Trophy for the 18th Asian Games to the athlete Rikako Ikee of Japan.

    Read South China Morning Post