Swimmer's Daily

  • American swimming legend Michael Phelps won five gold medals at the Olympic Games in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro last summer, and he had a chance at winning a sixth in the 100-meter butterfly sprint. It’s an event that Phelps had dominated, winning gold at each of the three prior Olympics, but in the final individual race of his career Phelps famously finished in a three-way tie for second place. And in first place, standing atop the podium ahead of the sport’s elites? None other than Singapore’s Joseph Schooling.

    Just 21 years old at the time, Schooling not only took home gold but he also set an Olympic record, breaking the benchmark set by Phelps eight years earlier. Looking back, Schooling says he doesn’t even remember the race itself: “I kind of blacked out for a couple minutes there. You’re so in the zone that you can’t really remember what happens during the race,” says Schooling.

    “I just remember, after that race, all of the emotions,” he adds, “It was a roller-coaster ride.”

    See Forbes

  • Raw moments from my week: creating an ice bath challenge for recovery from a big week of training, shooting some Instagram photos in a creepy forest and international meetings

    https://youtu.be/lkv3GlE8kiA

  • If you’re going for a swim in New Zealand’s oceans, watch out for the
    “Swim Reaper.”

  • Demi and Sara do some diving in crystal clear Ginnie Springs with Jiggin’ with Jordan.

  • Tune in to episode two of The Edition Interviews as Natalie Githuku sits down with the multi-talented Kenyan Olympic Swimmer, Stanford MBA Candidate and Aspiring Entrepreneur Jason Dunford.

  • Wednesday November 8thwas signing day, and a number of area high school athletes committed to playing another four years at a higher level. Another area swimmer has joined those signings by committing to Mankato.

  • A Montreal-area town has decided to forbid all nudity in the locker rooms of its municipal pools — a level of discretion that has one man wondering if it doesn’t go too far.

    Brossard advised residents in its newsletter this month it wouldn’t allow men or women to walk around naked in their respective locker room and showers.

    For now, the penalty is a simple warning. The city says it had to act after being inundated with complaints about nudity in what it considers a public space.

    Longtime resident Roland Berard, 67, says he finds the new rule “regressive.”

    “I don’t agree with having to cover up in the men’s locker room when I’m changing and when I’m taking a shower,” he said. “I agree to be discreet.”

    See CTV News

  • ‘A very special coach challenge comes from Chemnitz.’

  • Swimming is a sport for all and a sport for life. We are passionate about ensuring Everyone Can Swim and strongly believe that: Swimming is keeping the nation active, fit and healthy Swimming is helping to raise attainment levels, create successful learners and develop confident invidividuals Swimming clubs play a key role in supporting well-being and resilience in communities. Follow the discussion across social media using the hashtag #everyonecanswim