Swimmer's Daily

  • Italian swimmer Filippo Magnini, a two-time world 100m freestyle champion, is being probed by the Italian National Doping Organisation (NADO) for “use or attempted use of doping products”, according to Italian media reports.

    Magnini and another Italian swimmer, Michele Santucci will appear before investigators in the coming days as part of a NADO probe into the work of nutritionist and doctor Guido Porcellini.

    La Gazzetta dello Sport claimed that an investigation into Magnini had previously been ditched due to lack of evidence.

    He was being investigated in the Porcellini affair, according to La Gazzetta, because some doping products allegedly acquired by Porcellini were reportedly destined for Magnini, but according to investigators he never used or even received them.

    Porcellini, meanwhile, will appear before a court in Pesaro, Magnini’s home town in the centre of Italy, on November 7.

    Magnini took to Twitter immediately to play down the announcement. “I believe that the NADO probe is an obligation linked to the criminal investigation into Porcellini. Investigators have already established that I had nothing to do with this case. Let’s be clear, thanks,” he wrote.

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  • U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes and staff who traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Games did not become infected with Zika virus but did test positive for other tropical, mosquito-borne viral infections, including West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever and Chikungunya. Results from the University of Utah Health-led study will be reported at IDWeek, a national infectious disease conference being held in San Diego.

    None of the infected travelers became seriously ill, say the study’s investigators. But the findings are a reminder that amidst the frenzy over Zika, travelers were also susceptible to other, long-standing public health risks that did not receive the same level of scrutiny.

    “Everyone was concentrating on Zika and ignoring that there could be other infections caused by mosquito bites. We did not expect to find so many with these other infections,” says U of U Health infectious disease specialist Krow Ampofo, MBCHB., who will be presenting the study’s results on Oct. 7. “That is one of the reasons why we think that being vigilant about monitoring for infectious diseases after travel to at-risk areas is so important.”

    Read ScienceDaily

  • Meet senior swimmer Colleen McCormack, at Benet Academy! She has some major goals for her future and is working to achieve them while still in school.

  • https://youtu.be/5oYhAWjCiOM

  • The new Range Rover Sport faces a true test of performance and capability. Watch as the new Range Rover Sport wades through the rising tide and waves of up to 850mm taking on open water swimmers crossing from Bigbury Beach to Burgh Island in south Devon, UK.

    https://youtu.be/OB9dAh7MJnE

  • Well, the goal was simple . . . I wanted to join the list of swimmers who have swum from Europe to Africa across the Gibraltar Straits, joining the ranks of such renowned swimmers as Colin Hill (founder of Chillswim), Simon Murie (founder of Swimtrek) and, of course, Total Immersion founder, Terry Laughlin, who completed the swim with two TI compadres—Lennart Larsson of Sweden and Tommi Patilla of Finland—in October 2013.

    See Total Immersion

  • Barry Berhoff interviews Mr. Tucker Rolle about the history of Compass Cay. Find out about this great island retreat, swimming with the nurse sharks and more…

  • The biggest swimming race in Greece, now gets even bigger! Don’t miss it!

    See XTERRA Greece

  • When you get to Fort Polk and go through in-processing you will be required to complete the swim test. Due to potential flooding from Louisiana low areas it’s good to know all Soldiers are capable of swimming.

    https://youtu.be/S0MktSjzMyI