Swimmer's Daily

  • Swimming instructor, lifeguard and adventurer Yane Petkov – Bulgariaโ€™s answer to Houdini and Michael Phelps combined – reclaimed on Tuesdayย the Guinness world record for swimming along with his hands and feet tied while fully wrapped inside a sack.

    Petkov, 64, swam 3,380 meters in Macedoniaโ€™s Lake Ohrid, beating the record of Indian fisherman Gopal Kharvi, who in 2013 swam 3,071 meters in the Indian Ocean – though not in a sack.

    The Bulgarian swimmer already had one entry in the Guinness Book of Records in 2013 with 2,030 meters, but he only held it for three months until he was overtaken by Kharvi.

    Before his latest attempt, Petkov said he had planned to swim 3.5 kilometers, and Guinness observers were present for his swim, organized by the Red Cross and the waters sports clubs of Ohrid and Petric.

    Petkov took around three hours to worm his way along through the water, face-up and feet first, before he emerged on the shore in the ancient town of Ohrid, a popular holiday resort.

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  • Watch day three heats of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.

    British Summer Championships 2018 โ€“ Day 3 Heats

  • A new robot designed to give you an extra set of eyes on your swimming pool could help save children from drowning.

    Lee Kambar is a father who says he was motivated to find a way to protect lives and give parents and first responders critical extra seconds to respond to possible emergencies.

    The Morningstar system is a drone device that floats in the middle of your pool,ย KPHO reports.

    Above the water’s surface, a camera with 360-degree rotation monitors movements around the pool. If someone approaches the water, a motion detector is triggered and you’ll get a notification. The camera can also recognize faces, Kambar says.

    A second camera underwater will send sound and live video to your device the moment someone enters the pool.

    “Say you miss that (first notification), then you get a second notification from the bottom camera showing you a live image inside the pool of your kid dealing with a crisis. From there you can push “emergency contact” and dispatch images and services to the address where Morningstar resides,” said Kambar.

    See ABC13

    Arizona Dad Creates Device He Believes Will Help Prevent Drowning Deaths

  • Watch day two finals of the British Summer Championships live from the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.

  • 3 World Champions Race

  • Nick and Colleen Anthony have spent summers at the pool, been on swim teams and even played underwater hockey in college. They have grown up swimming. Nick starting at age 9 and Colleen at age 6.

  • For decades, the Fairfax Swim Club has been an important part of Fairfax. But unless it can raise a lot of money, it will be gone in September.

    After 55 years, Fairfax Swim Club to close

  • 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte has been suspended from competitive swimming for violating an anti-doping rule. Lochte spoke about the suspension Monday, conceding that he broke the rules as an athlete, but was very clear the substance he took through an IV was not illegal. Dana Jacobson reports.

    Ryan Lochte suspended, says he broke rules, not laws

  • The four-time Olympian is raising awareness for water safety by providing free swimming lessons.

    Cullen Jones challenges โ€˜black people donโ€™t swimโ€™ stereotype