Swimmer's Daily

  • The head of last year’s Olympics and Paralympics deposited 16 gold bars in Switzerland, prosecutors claimed on Thursday, after he was arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged bribery scheme to bring the Games to Rio.

    Carlos Nuzman, the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and honorary International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, was held after federal police staged a dawn swoop on his home.

    That followed a raid last month in which £118,000 in cash was seized after being found in a closet, with Nuzman’s passport also confiscated before he was summoned for questioning.

    The headquarters of the COB was searched as well as part of an operation named ‘Unfair Play’.

    Nuzman was arrested on Thursday after being accused of having “clearly acted to obstruct the investigation” by altering his tax returns about two weeks after he was questioned.

    According to the arrest order, Nuzman – who chaired the Rio 2016 organising committee – added around $600,000 (£456,540) in income to his return in a way which “indicated it was illicit”.

    Investigators also said they had recovered from last month’s raid a key for a safe in Switzerland thought to contain 16 one-kilogram gold bars.

    Read The Telegraph

  • At Swim it Right, you’re never too young or old to start learning. Students learn through fun activities and technical drills, and lessons are designed with skill association and step-by-step progression in mind.

  • Olympic swimmers Chad le Clos and Aexander Popov take guesses at the following question: How many images per second can our ScanOVision photofinish.

    https://youtu.be/l9BdAd5H85c

  • Bayshore High’s Ryley Ober, a two-time defending state swimming champion, won the 100-yard freestyle and took second in the 100-yard backstroke. The latter event saw club teammate Anna Freed win. Ober discusses her friendship with Freed and how the Bradenton Christian swimmer pushes her in practice and at competitions. Video by Jason Dill.

  • The goal of this video is to capture the everyday rituals of a swimmer at Gustavus Adolphus College. A big thanks to Tanner Sonnek for being the main subject of the video!

  • ‘Official video report from the fifth stage of the X-Waters – an international open water swim series.’

  • Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers said on Wednesday that tests showed levels of E. Coli up to 20 times above the accepted limit and faecal coliform bacteria seven times higher than agreed at the planned venue for marathon swimming and triathlon.

    Organisers have vowed to improve the water quality to ensure the safety of athletes, including through installing underwater screens at Odaiba Marine Park to limit the amount of faecal coliform bactria flowing from offshore during rainy periods.

    They also said they would consider amending event dates and times during the Games in response to weather conditions.

    “We will take the best possible measures to make sure that the venue satisfies all relevant standards of international federations and that athletes can perform at their best feeling very safe,” Koji Murofushi, Tokyo 2020 sports director, told a news conference.

    Read The Economic Times

    Photo by Dick Thomas Johnson