Swimmer's Daily

  • Emilia Bottas, who’s married to F1 driver Valtteri Bottas, has been labelled one of the most beautiful WAGs of F1.

    But what else do we know about the blonde swimmer who represented Finland in the Olympics?

    Read The Sun

  • When it comes to Audi, size doesn’t mean compromise. The new Audi A1. All the precision, technology and performance you’d expect from Audi.

    https://youtu.be/lFCZXqIqglQ

  • Currently the air temperatures in Vardø range from -15 to -5 Celcius, with the regular gale force winds it often adds up to a wind chill factor of -25. The sea holds about +1 Celcius. I start most days with a dip in the harbour. Rather refreshing!Other then that it has been another busy couple of weeks at the Biotope office. We did a tour of the Varanger fjord, visiting a series of Biotope desgined architecture project. Our collegue Ben from the Biotope UK office visited Vardø (and showed off some solid Yorkshireness in his arctic initiation). It is spring in Varanger. Arctic style 😬 ❄️

  • A domestic violence suspect attempted to evade law enforcement on Saturday afternoon. It didn’t work.

    According to the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of a domestic violence incident in the vicinity of Bacara Resort near Goleta around 1 p.m.

    The suspect, 47-year-old Michael Reardon, fled the area when deputies arrived and started a pursuit on foot.

    Reardon jumped into the ocean and swam away from deputies, authorities stated.

    “After the suspect continued for a length of time to evade deputies by swimming in the water, deputies became concerned for his safety due to the temperature of the water,” the press release stated.

    See KSBY

  • Four Wicklow athletes are among the 91 Irish team members who are competing at the Summer Games.

    Swimmer Aisling Beacom from Wicklow Town who helped to establish the Blue Dolphins Special Olympics Club.

    Bray man Paul Condren is part of the Irish football side.

    18-year-old Rukky Atiyota from Delgany. is at his first ever World Games playing basketball.

    Padraig Reilly from Hollywood is representing Team Ireland in Tenpin Bowling.

    Aisling spoke with Ryan Nugent from Independent.ie about competing in the open water contest

    See East Coast FM

    WATCH: Aisling Beacom on competing in Special Olympics open water contest

  • Photo by Adam Jones, Ph.D. – Global Photo Archive

  • A 58-year-old man is in serious, but stable condition this morning following a shark attack while swimming in the Kaiwi Channel, also known as Molokai Channel.

    The man was reportedly swimming between the west coast of Molokai and east coast of Oahu for about nine hours when a shark bit him in the abdomen, according to a Honolulu Emergency Medical Services report.

    He was brought to the boat ramp at Maunalua Bay, where paramedics performed advanced pre-hospital trauma life support on him. He was then transported to a hospital in serious, but stable condition.

    See Star Adviser and KHON2

    Cookiecutter shark attacks swimmer off Hawaii

    Man in serious condition from shark bite while swimming Kaiwi Channel

    Photo by JSUBiology

  • Highlights of Day 2 (1000meters in zero degree water) at the International Ice Swimming World Championships in the Arctic, Murmansk, Russia.

    ICE SWIMMING World Championships HIGHLIGHTS 2019

  • Post race interview with Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) after winning the 1000m ice swimming World Championships in the Arctic – Murmansk, Russia.

    Winning time 12mins 10 sec. water temperature 0 degrees.

    Interview with Men’s 1000m Ice Swimming Champion – Petar Stoychev