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  • Swimming with wild dolphins is something most can only dream of, and jumping into pools with captive animals has become increasingly controversial with environmentalists condemning it as cruel.

    But a Dutch nonprofit believes it has found a way to bring people, especially the disabled community, closer to such a joyful experience through the technological, immersive advances offered by virtual reality.

    The Dolphin Swim Club is the realization of a more than two-decade journey by artist Marijke Sjollema, who had her first chance encounter with a dolphin in 1993 while snorkeling off the coast of Mexico.

    “I saw this gray shadow under the water and my first thought was, ‘This is the end.’ I thought it was a shark,” she told AFP.

    She tried to stay calm “but this shadow was following me. And then there was this split-second that [I] realized that it wasn’t a shark. It was a dolphin.”

    “I didn’t know anything about dolphins, but I instinctively knew, ‘Oh a dolphin, I’m fine. This is a good thing.’”

    Read PRI and see The Dolphin Swim Club

  • With the retirement of Michael Phelps and established stars like Missy Franklin and Ryan Lochte absent, the U.S. swim team arrived in Budapest, Hungary, for the 2017 FINA World Championships with an opening for a new star to emerge.

    By the time the competition was over, Caeleb Dressel did just that, winning seven gold medals, tying a record set by Phelps in 2007. Meanwhile, Katie Ledecky hardly needed an opening to continue her dominance as she came home with six medals, five of them gold.

    For their performances, Dressel and Ledecky were named male and female Athlete of the Year on Sunday night at the USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards in Los Angeles.

    Read Team USA

  • It was the deepest freedive I had ever attempted. Looming beneath me was the deep abyss of Dean’s Blue Hole that plunged to a depth of 200m. I slowed my breathing and checked my heart rate.

    The head judge signalled me over as my name and target depth was announced by the commentator. As I clipped on to the competition line, I knew there was no room for fear.

    Read The Daily Telegraph

  • A leisurely Sunday afternoon Sail on the 12th November 2017 off Mollymook NSW, Australia, became so much more for all of us on board a Sail we survived and one we will never forget! I decided to video the Whales in the distance on the way home to Harbour and then!!!!

  • Our favorite holiday gift ideas from SwimOutlet.com for the the swimmer on your list!

  • Joe Keery had a major part of his Stranger Things role cut from the series!

    The 25-year-old actor says that his character Steve was originally going to be a competitive swimmer during the first season – and he prepped for six weeks!

    “They were saying, ‘He’s going to be kinda like this jock character, and he’s like a swimmer,’” Joe said on Late Night With Seth Meyers.

    He added, “So, for the first, I don’t know, six weeks prior to shooting, I was training, doing all this swimming prep. I thought I was going to be in, like, a Speedo…And on the first day I showed up and they were like ‘Oh, no, we cut that!’”

    See Just Jared

  • Russia’s hopes of competing at the Winter Olympic Games in February were dealt a blow as the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said the country remained non-compliant with its code.

    Last year, an independent report commissioned by Wada found evidence of state-sponsored doping in the country.

    Wada told Russia earlier this month the “best solution” is to “work with them” following new intelligence.

    Kuwait, Equatorial Guinea and Mauritius were also found non-compliant.

    Russia’s anti-doping agency (Rusada) has been suspended since an initial Wada report in 2015, but the country’s authorities deny there was a state-backed programme.

    Rusada has pledged to follow international recommendations to get the suspension lifted, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) making the ultimate decision on the country’s participation in the Winter Games.

    The IOC has said it will make its decision at its next board meeting, which takes place from 5-7 December.

    The Games take place from 9-25 February in South Korea.

    Read BBC

    Photo by Risager

  • REAL insight into an Olympians diet. Gold Medalist Swimmer Cody Miller explains his diet. Vlogging everything he eats on a normal day of training.

  • Nothing is more embarrassing than a swim parent. They always want to prove that they are the best parent out of all the other parents in your swim team.

    From shouting at you poolside, telling your coach what they should do, to just being a plain old pain in the bum to well everyone!

    So join me Shaun from simply swim as I break down ‘5 cringe worthy swim parents.’