Swimmer's Daily

  • Lake Balaton was the scene of a gold rush by the French Open Water Swimmers at the #FINAWorlds 2017. Axel Reymond, Aurielle Muller, Marc-Antoine Olivier shined at the 25km Marathon, the Women’s 10km, the Men’s 5km and the Mixed 5km Relay. Vive la France ;-)

  • Swimming in Lilly Kings home town today. Visiting the Newburgh Sea Creatures! Part 1 !!

  • When multi Olympic medalist Cameron van der Burgh approached #Investec for sponsorship he was only 21 years old. Over almost a decade Cameron has broken two world records and become a South African swimming icon. This is a look at the man behind the medals.

  • After suffering with psoriatic arthritis for five years and being told strong medication was his only source for relief, Stig Pryds of Denmark turned to yoga and freediving to cope with his crippling ailment and nightmarish life.

    Pryds started meditating and changed his diet, and after a few weeks he was completely free of medication and walking without a cane for the first time in years. He was also on his way to becoming a professional freediver.

    Pryds discovered freediving by coincidence while taking swim classes for his condition and being introduced to breathing exercises.

    “As it turned out, I had a completely undiscovered potential and gift—a potential and gift that I probably would have never realized had it not been for that awful psoriatic arthritis,” he wrote on his website.

    In the video above, Pryds combines yoga with freediving as he successfully attempted to sink to the bottom of a 108-plus-foot pool in the lotus pose.

    “This dive took 2 minutes, but it took years to master the skills required,” the video related. “Not bad for a man who is supposed to be in a wheelchair.”

    See BNQT

  • Off-Season? What off-season!? Great athletes don’t take time off. If you want to compete at a high level and succeed in your sport, you have to skip your off-season and continue to train all year round. The fact is, your competition is working harder than you and trying to gain an edge over you, so you can’t afford to just sit around during the off-season. Not to mention, by continuing to train during the off-season, you give yourself the best possible foundation to start with in the upcoming season, something that can end up being the difference between succeeding or failing. So get out there, keep training, keep learning, and keep improving!

    Visit willjonathan.com

    https://youtu.be/jbncnUTW8g0

  • U.S. Olympian Jacob Pebley chatted with Digital Journal about his accomplished career in swimming, and he opened up about his future plans, and the digital transformation of aquatics.

    Pebley came in fifth place at the men’s 200 meter backstroke at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. “That was crazy,” Pebley admitted. “It was a dream come true to make the team, and to perform at that high level was pretty awesome.”

    Each day, Pebley is motivated by his love for competing. “Even in practice, I love competing. Whether I win or lose, I am just glad I had the opportunity to at least go for it. Obviously, I hate losing, but I am not afraid to fail, so that’s the best part about my swimming. I will go after anyone, whether it is a guaranteed win or not,” he said.

    On his plans for the future, Pebley said, “To continue swimming. I am training for Tokyo 2020. That’s the long term goal. At the moment, I am training for the Pan Pacific Championships this summer. The nationals are end of July. Also, I just got married, and my wife is in medical school.”

    Digital Journal

  • See SwimSwam

    U.S. National Team Swimmer Sanctioned for Anti-Doping Rules Violation

  • The California judge who was lambasted for issuing a light sentence to a former Stanford University swimmer for sexual assault defended himself Tuesday, comparing the ruling’s backlash to Brown v. Board of Education — the landmark Supreme Court case declaring racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

    Judge Aaron Persky, making his first public comments in nearly two years, argued Tuesday that judges facing difficult decisions should never be swayed by public opinion to defend his process in the case of Brock Turner, who was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault and served only three months behind bars.

    “We promise as judges to rule based on the facts and the law and not on public opinion,” Persky said, speaking to reporters from a supporter’s Palo Alto home.

    “When public opinion influences a juror’s opinion, or a judge’s opinion, it corrupts the rule of law,” he said.

    See for instance ABC News and NY Daily News

    https://youtu.be/MWIeCRS-klc

  • Cameron van der Burgh has been a consistent performer on the international stage since his teens, proving to be the epitome of longevity by remaining among the world’s greatest breaststroke swimmers even as he approaches his 30s.

    The South African swimming great proved that once again when he won his third straight 50m breaststroke title at last month’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

    The London 2012 Olympic Games champion produced one of his greatest performances in Australia, beating world record holder Adam Peaty in the sprint final.

    Out-touching Peaty was an impressive feat as the Briton has redefined breaststroke swimming since he burst onto the scene four years ago.

    Van der Burgh has shown no sign of slowing down and hopes to get even faster in order to show the young pretenders a thing or two at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

    See The Games