Swimmer's Daily

  • Natalie Coughlin, the most decorated U.S. female Olympian, will appear on “Undeniable” a sports talk show with Joe Buck on Tuesday and will discuss many topics with the sportscaster, including the issues of emotional abuse and body shaming.

    Several clips of the interview were released ahead of the show’s airing on the AT&T Audience Network, most notably issues Coughlin had with coach Ray Mitchell early in her career.

    Body shaming is something that has always been an issue in for a sport in which swimsuits are the uniform. It is easy for swimmers to compare their bodies with their peers, even easier when a coach or parent points out those differences.

    Coughlin, now 35 and pregnant with her first child, said Mitchell did that to her and her teammates and it was a “toxic environment.”

    Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

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  • Rescuers in northern Thailand on Tuesday raced against time and an ominous monsoon season to extricate a youth soccer team trapped in partially flooded cave ahead of heavy rains forecast later this week.

    Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda said some of the players can’t swim, further complicating the arduous task of a rescue. He said the kids, ages 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach might need to don scuba gear for parts of their escape.

    The Thai rainy season is peaking, and long periods of persistent downpours can be expected into November. Water levels in the cave complex are expected to rise.

    “The evacuation must speed up,” Anupong told the Bangkok Post. “Diving gear will be used. If the water rises, the task will be difficult. We must bring the kids out before then.”

    See USA Today

    https://youtu.be/lWJWlmCsbsQ

  • On the last day of the Sette Colli meet in Rome, Italy, it was Andriy Govorov of Ukraine who smashed the World Record in the 50 fly final with a 22.27.

    Govorov blasted the record of 22.43 held by Spain’s Rafael Munoz from April 2009, according to Swimming World.

    He narrowly missed the World Record at the Mare Nostrum earlier this summer.

    Govorov, 26, was third in Budapest last summer in the 50 fly. He is also the first Ukrainian swimmer to hold a World Record since Yana Klochkova had the 400 IM record from 2000-2007.

    Govorov won the final ahead of reigning World Champion Ben Proud (22.93) of Great Britain and Mathys Goosen (23.55) of the Netherlands.

    Read more on UNIAN 

  • A 14-year-old boy was arrested last week, after sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl at a public swimming pool in the Uptown neighborhood, police said.

    According to a police report, the boy followed the girl into the locker room at the Uplift Community High School swimming pool around 6 p.m. Thursday. Police said he made “inappropriate contact” with the girl, causing minor injuries.

    The girl was treated at a hospital.

    The boy was charged as a juvenile with criminal sexual abuse.

    See CBS Local

  • A 20-year-old man died after becoming tangled in some vegetation while swimming at Stony Creek Metro Park in Shelby Township about 8 p.m. Sunday, June 30.

    Macomb County sheriff’s officials say Rayven Elia of Sterling Heights and another 20-year-old man from Warren were swimming near the Winter Cove picnic area when they began to struggle.

    “It is believed that both males became tangled in some heavy vegetation while swimming, which caused them to have difficulties swimming,” the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “Neither male was wearing a life jacket.”

    Read Michigan Live

  • If you’re a parent, you’ll most likely attend plays, pantomimes, ballet recitals, and swimming lessons of your children.

    They might not be the most riveting things to watch but they’re a big deal to kids.

    One swimming teacher who noticed that her students were left feeling dejected after lessons had a message for the parents.

    Cat Owens, an instructor from Queensland, Australia, said she’s had enough of seeing parents tap away on their phones while their kids were learning to swim for the first time.

    ‘You need to put your phone down and watch your child’s swimming lesson’ she wrote on her blog.

    ‘It makes the kids sad. They’re trying to make their parents proud of them.’

    Cat said she and other teachers were particularly upset after one incident. ‘A little boy swam the length of the pool, looked up at his dad for praise, and said, “why won’t Daddy watch me? He’s always playing on his phone”‘.

    ‘This particular boy had put in so much effort. He had listened well to the teacher, he had tried his hardest, and he just wanted his dad to be proud of him.’

    Read Metro

    Photo by JD Hancock

  • Diver Bartolomeo Bove filmed wild tiger sharks at a scarily close distance during a dive off the coast of Jupiter, Florida. He described the fish as being “not shy at all.” Tiger sharks are some of the largest predatory sharks, growing to lengths of potentially five meters.

  • Up to 90 pupils and staff from schools across West Dunbartonshire took part in open water swimming activities at Loch Lomond, which ultimately helped teach the participants about being safe in and around open water, ahead of the summer holidays.