Swimmer's Daily

  • GQ invited me to Cape town this weekend for a photoshoot and Interview.

  • Loads of swim gear belonging to U.S. soldiers have been stolen from a military compound on Hawaii’s Big Island.

    West Hawaii Today reports the soldiers woke up last week to find two kayaks, 10 to 20 snorkel sets, all of their fishing poles, two tackle boxes and two paddleboards stolen from the military compound. Food, a ukulele and a guitar were also stolen.

    Read Hawaii News Now

  • Former Rio de Janeiro State Governor Sérgio Cabral has been sentenced to 14 years in prison today after being found guilty of corruption and money laundering charges.

    Some of the allegations involve construction projects connected with Brazil’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and then the Olympic and Paralympic Games two years later.

    This includes alleged embezzlement of funds from the renovation work in the Maracanã Stadium used for the FIFA World Cup final and all Rio 2016 ceremonies.

    The 54-year-old served as Governor of Rio between 2007 and 2014.

    He was heavily involved in preparations for the Olympics before and after the city was awarded the Games in 2009.

    Read Inside the Games

  • It’s a lifeguard’s job to keep swimmers safe at the beach or pool, but they don’t usually have to save people on their first day at work! Meet Jack Viglianco, 15.

    This teenage lifeguard put his life-saving skills to the test, just 20 minutes into his first shift at the Foster Pool in Lakewood, Ohio. Jack got his first job as a lifeguard, after completing his training last week. On the first day, he saw a young child, flailing in the water, screaming out for help.

    “I’m glad that I knew what I was doing, up on that chair,” he said.

    If he hadn’t, a 4-year-old child may have died. Jack quickly jumped into action before the child went underwater. He said his adrenaline was pumping, and his hands were shaking.

    “I mean, it was my first day,” said Jack, “I mean, my heart was racing.”

    See ABC2

    https://youtu.be/j8z8bvaYhyI

  • Right, as a friend of his pointed out, there is this adventurer called Tomba, now well into swimming the 400 km coast of Albania, and vlogging pretty impressively all the way.

    He originally planned to swim a 1200 km route across some Indonesian islands but had to change plans because of strong seasonal currents in the area.

    https://youtu.be/N7-tKWXc1OU

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  • A day of surprises

    Great Britain’s Lois Toulson stunned many by winning the women’s platform title and few would have guessed that the Italian pair of Elena Bertocchi and Maicol Verzotto would claim the gold medal in the mixed 3m synchro.

    TOULSON Lois GBR Gold Medal Platform Women – Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day02 13-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    10 m. platform W. Podium Lois Tolson GBR Gold medal 10 m. platform women LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day02 13-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Bertocchi, Verzotto ITA 3m. springboard synchro mixed LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day02 13-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    BERTOCCHI Elena ITA, VERZOTTO Maicol ITA 3m Synchro Mixed – Final LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day02 13-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    10 m. platform W. Podium (L to R) Anna Chuinyshena RUS Silver Medal; Lois Tolson GBR Gold medal; Iuliia Timoshinina RUS Bronze medal 10 m. platform women LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day02 13-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    3m. Synchro Mix Podium (L to R)Kesar, Olyferchyk UKR silver medal, Bertocchi, Verzotto ITA gold medal, Punzel, Massemberg GER bronze medal 3m springboard synchronised mixed LEN European Diving Championships 2017 Sport Center LIKO, Kiev UKR Jun 12 – 18, 2017 Day02 13-06-2017 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • NSWIS swimmer James Magnussen is off to Europe in a bid to be ready for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in 2018.

  • Berlin police say a 20-year-old American tourist has drowned after trying to swim across a river in the heart of the German capital.

    Police spokeswoman Valeska Jakubowski says the man from Texas had jumped into the Spree river early Sunday with a 21-year-old friend.

    The older man managed to swim the short distance across the river but the Texan failed to reach the shore.

    Two passers-by, including a Danish lifeguard, tried unsuccessfully to save the man. He was recovered by firefighters but later died in hospital.

    Jakubowski said Monday that the deceased man is believed to have consumed alcohol and drugs before jumping into the river.

    Read CBS News

    Photo by Pascal Volk