Swimmer's Daily

  • John Martin of USA Swimming discusses the best types of content to get your club noticed on Instagram.

  • Hotels in Budapest during the two weeks of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships this July 14-30 had occupancy rates over 90% and average room prices were double the usual, according to state news wire MTI.

    Around 485,000 spectators viewed sports events at five locations in Budapest and Balatonfüred as part of the 17th FINA World Aquatics Championships which concluded on Sunday, Minister of National Development Miklós Seszták said on Monday. The fan zones at Margaret Island and the Danube Arena in Budapest had more than 400,000 visitors, he added.

    In a separate report, MTI quoted Julio Maglione, president of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), as acknowledging Hungaryʼs government, the local councils of Budapest and Balatonfüred, the organizers and thousands of volunteers for contributing to the “best ever” FINA World Aquatics Championships at the eventʼs closing ceremony on Sunday.

    Read Budapest Business Journal

  • Before he got in the water on Saturday, Lewis Pugh was terrified.

    Mr. Pugh, 47, is a British endurance swimmer who has conquered a gantlet of extraordinary swims in the last 30 years, from a dip in a glacial lake in Mt. Everest to a full circuit around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, where he was raised. He has no problem with swimming, per se.

    But on Saturday, he was set to dive into an ocean that was 31 degrees Fahrenheit (-0.5 degrees Celsius), situated along the edge of an Arctic ice pack. Had it been fresh water, it would have already been frozen.

    “You just don’t know how your body’s going to respond to this type of thing because no human’s ever done it before,” Mr. Pugh said in an interview on Tuesday. “All the fear is on your shoulders.”

    Read The New York Times

  • It’s summertime in California and boy is it hot.

    What better way to cool off in our beautiful state’s nature than a hike to a rare swimming hole? Don’t know of any?

    Well, somebody wrote a book about all the state’s best swimming holes.

    Tim Joyce penned the “Swimming Holes of California.” He’s not only written about the dozens of the best swimming holes in our state, but he’s hiked to all of them. And jumped in.

    “Everybody asks me the question, ‘Where are the best swimming holes,’ well, what do you want,” Joyce asked. “A beach? Do you want cliffs? There’s something for everyone.”

    See ABC 10

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  • Joseph Schooling admitted that he has paid the price for his post-Olympic hangover after his dream of a World Championships gold medal was sunk at the Danube Arena.

    The Olympic champion in the 100m butterfly could not deliver on his promise to add the world title in yesterday’s final in Hungary though he still produced a stirring swim to claim a bronze medal.

    He finished in 50.83 seconds, behind American Caeleb Dressel (49.86 sec) and Hungary’s Kristof Milak (50.62) and in a tie with Britain’s James Guy.

    Read The Straits Times

  • Former Team USA Olympic swimming coach, Jack Bauerle shares exclusive tips for improving your swimming technique in the different strokes.

  • At this swimming pool, young pupils are doing remarkable things for their age.

  • If you are a swimmer then you know that shoulder problems can come with the territory. So what is swimmer’s shoulder? Find out why swimmers get shoulder issues & what they are caused by in this video.