Swimmer's Daily

  • FINA is pleased to reveal it has teamed up with China’s Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Credit Card Center (SPD Bank CCC), the fastest growing company in licensed credit card centres in China, which becomes an Official Partner of both the FINA Swimming World Cup 2018 and the upcoming FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2018.

    Shanghai-based SPD Bank CCC is venturing into sport for the first time with FINA aiming to enhance its global impact and the brand popularity. This new partnership will also assist FINA in promoting and spreading the universal values of swimming and elite competition to the Chinese market which are embodies in the company’s mission: “Supporting young people to enjoy life and pursue their dream”.

    FINA President Julio C. Maglione commented:

    “FINA is very pleased to add SPD Bank Credit Card Centre to its Official Partners list and to team up with one of the most respected banks in China which will tremendously help promote swimming within the Chinese market. SPD Banks Credit Card Centre’s support is of the utmost importance to achieve a successful strategy for those two major swimming competitions.”

    Under the agreement announced today, SPD Bank Credit Card Center will become the worldwide exclusive FINA Partner for Banking and Credit Card Services. SPD Bank Credit Card Center will further explore its business initiative “Consumer Finance + Sports” to provide more products and services to the young consumers.

    See press release from FINA

    Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. Photo by Dan Lundberg

     

  • Pee-ple taking bathroom breaks in pools is not good.

  • Enjoy this wonderful Synchronised Swimming performance by Japan’s Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui to a medley of music from Kamelot (ft. Karma, The Spell and Ghost Opera).

  • You swam and you conquered 2018 Great Scottish Swim!

  • The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has received a complaint from South Korea against a Chinese athlete for kicking swimmer Kim Hye-jin during training at the Asian Games, the governing body said on Saturday.

    The Korean Olympic and Sport Committee (KSOC) said Kim had accidentally hit the female Chinese swimmer while they were training in the pool on Thursday.

    The Chinese swimmer could not understand Kim’s apology and later kicked her at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Center, the KSOC said, prompting coaches from both sides to step in and separate them.

    OCA international director Vinod Tiwari declined to dwell on the incident in Friday’s news conference but a spokesman confirmed receiving the complaint without elaborating on the procedure.

    Read Reuters

    https://youtu.be/v3HCvMsxxa4

  • This is quite simply the best thing I have ever spent my money on, obviously Rebekah didn’t agree!

    https://youtu.be/hPIFa6wM8CA

  • Photographer Paul Nicklen receives an unexpected gift … free food from a major predator.

  • SURFACE, a ROAM Original, is the story of how award-winning photographer Ben Thouard invented a new perspective of our world—shot underwater from inside a wave looking back at the landscape as never seen before. His love of the ocean, surfing, and windsurfing brought him to the small village of Teahupoo, Tahiti, where he can see the legendary surf break from his backyard. From the crystal clear waters of French Polynesia, his creative vision and desire to do something original took hold. After 15 years of trial and error, failure and success, he persevered to discover his own signature photographic style, as seen in his stunning new book, SURFACE. He hopes this new vision of our oceans, in their most pristine form, will inspire others to protect them. “Through this work, I hope people can realize that we need to take care of our garbage and recycle all of the plastic,” says Ben.