Swimmer's Daily

  • A newsmaker in the pool and outside of it at the Rio Olympics, Lilly King was outspoken with her opinion against performance enhancing drugs. The 19-year old took a public stand against her top competitor, putting additional pressure on herself in her first Olympics appearance. Undaunted, the Indiana University sophomore set off a celebration for clean sport by winning the 100m breaststroke with an Olympic record time of 1:04.93. It was Team USA’s first gold in that event since 2000.

  • This quick drill is to work on your body undulations in your underwater dolphin kicks and in your butterfly. Feel a chest press and then feel the wave travel through your body. You should get power out of the upwards and downwards kicks.

  • A wild duck plays with a Sumatran tiger for fun at Symbio Wildlife Park, Australia.

    The duck appears to be enjoying the pool in the tiger sanctuary far too much to be worried about Jular, the 126kg male tiger.

    Just when Jular thinks he’s in for a tasty meal, the duck dips under the surface adn swims away.

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  • A former swimmer at a university in southwestern Missouri says hazing that he and others endured during his freshman year left him with physical and mental injuries that ended his athletic career.

    The allegations from Evan Petrich, 20, were confirmed Monday night by Drury University director of athletics Mark Fisher, who said during a news conference that the school in Springfield has toughened its hazing policy, the Springfield News-Leader reported.

    Petrich said the abuse occurred during an “initiation week” in September 2015 when he and other freshmen swimmers were taken blindfolded to a home and held in a basement while being forced to drink alcohol until some vomited and others nearly blacked out.

    At other times, they were hit by dodgeballs while naked, forced to watch pornographic movies and were asked to “rank” female swimmers by their looks, Petrich said.

    He said he’s being treated for conversion disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the hazing.

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  • The Broomway is known as the most perilous path in Britain – and is a favourite walk of writer Robert Macfarlane, who describes it in this adaptation from his book The Old Ways.

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    Photo by Liz Henry

  • Age is truly just a number for Anthony Ervin, one he chooses to ignore. More important is the number on the board when he touches the wall, especially when it’s “1.” In winning the 50m freestyle sprint at the Rio Olympics by .01 seconds, Ervin became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal. It was 16 years ago he turned the same trick at the Sydney Games, the largest span between Olympic medals in history. It was a long road back after a seven-year hiatus from the sport.

  • Muslims girls in Switzerland must not be exempt from mixed swimming lessons, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has said, in a potentially groundbreaking ruling.

    The court in Strasbourg threw out an appeal that had been brought by a Muslim couple who said they should be allowed to let their daughters sit out swimming lessons with boys.

    It was not a violation of the pupils’ human rights to make them take part in mixed swimming lessons, the court ruled, adding that schools has a “special role” in integrating young children, especially those from foreign backgrounds.

    Read The Telegraph

    Photo by mikecogh

  • Under the icy cloak of the Canadian winter, Matthew Villegas finds himself in an aquatic wonderland as he free dives to the depths of Morrison quarry, in Quebec, Canada.