Swimmer's Daily

  • Falling through ice on a frozen lake can be terrifying, but if you keep calm you can save your own life. This video demonstrates what happens to your body when you fall into freezing water and how to climb back out onto the ice.

    Read Lifehacker

  • When two young dads meet, what do they talk about? Their kids, of course — even when the two dads in question are Prince William and gold medal Olympian Michael Phelps.

    After Phelps cemented his title as history’s greatest Olympian this year, collecting five more gold medals (for a grand total of 23!) in Rio, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year event in Birmingham, England.

    Presenting the honor was none other than Prince William and fellow swimmer Ian Thorpe. On stage, the royal lauded Phelps’s accomplishments in the pool.

    Read PEOPLE

  • An Iraqi refugee convicted of raping a 10-year-old boy at a Vienna swimming pool has had his sentence increased from six to seven years in prison as the result of a retrial.

    A Vienna court slapped 21-year-old Amir A. with the longer prison sentence on Tuesday, after finding him guilty of serious sexual assault and rape of a minor.

    The retrial came after a previous sentence of six years was overturned in October after a defense lawyer argued that the lower court had not done enough to determine whether the rapist had realized that the boy was saying no.

    Read RT

  • According to Princeton University, the season for the school’s men’s swimming and diving team has been suspended. The decision stems from alleged misogynistic and racist content that appeared on the team’s listserv.

    Read CBS Philly and The Daily Pennsylvanian

    Photo by Harshil.Shah

  • Next to the whole race action at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Windsor, we also had some backstage chatter in a very relaxed atmosphere with Chad Le Clos, Katinka Hosszu, Mitch Larkin, Taehwan Park and much more!

  • High in the mountains of southern Africa, 15 swimmers compete in one of the most extreme—and chilling—races on earth. With no wet suits or protection, they swim one kilometer in water that is cold enough to kill them. For these athletes, it’s not just a battle to the finish, every stroke is a battle to stay alive.

  • In exactly one year, the LEN European Short Course Championships will be staged in the brand new multi-purpose arena, Royal Arena in Copenhagen. The championships will be the first sporting event of the arena, which will serve as home ground for Olympic gold medal-winner Pernille Blume.

    – It does not get any bigger than this. To have the opportunity to jump in the pool right here in Royal Arena at the European Championships, says Olympic champion Pernille Blume. Along with the Danish World Championship squad, she participated in Danish Swimming Federation’s kick off-event right in the middle of the arena, which during the coming years will host a range of concerts and sporting events.

    The Danish Swimming Federation marked the countdown along with partners of the event, Sport Event Denmark, Wonderful Copenhagen, the City of Copenhagen, the Capital Region and the largest swimming club of Copenhagen.

    Read Sport Event Denmark

    Tickets on sale at http://euroswim2017.com

  • We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the dangers of head trauma in sports, especially football, soccer and ice hockey.

    But swimming?

    You wouldn’t think so, but just ask avid swimmers Kate and Maria (who asked that their last names or other identifying details not be used to protect their privacy), both of whom suffered concussions recently at a Washington area pool, each apparently the result of inappropriate behavior by other swimmers. Maria’s injury was so serious that she missed nearly three weeks of work. “I’ve had headaches and I am sensitive to sound,” she says, and, even after several months, “I’m still not back to my usual routine.”

    People who swim regularly know the protocol when doing laps. If you enter a lane that already has a swimmer in it, for example, you’re expected to alert that person that you are coming in. Typically, when two share a lane, each swimmer takes a single side and sticks to it. With three or more swimmers, you’re supposed to “circle swim,” which means that everyone stays to the right. If you must pass, you should do it carefully and not try to overtake someone who is approaching an end of the lane.

    That’s how Kate got hurt. She was one of three swimmers circling. When she reached the wall, she turned “and suddenly felt a crashing blow to my head,” she says, colliding with the swimmer behind her. “I held my head and realized that the hit was hard,” she recalls. “I’m not sure which body part hit me. . . . Startled and a bit dazed, I stood up and asked, ‘What was that?’ “

    Read Chicago Tribune

  • Pools for All is a FINA Project that offers standardized tools for the worldwide design, construction and operation of a complete range of sustainable aquatic facilities compliant with the regulations of its different aquatic disciplines.

    The project suggests five categories of Aquatic Centres, able to host events, competitions and championships at different levels and age groups in accordance with FINA and National Federation requirements, while at the same time being capable of other purposes also.

    A very interesting project, presented at the 2016 FINA World Aquatics Convention

    See http://fina-poolsforall.com/ and PoolsForAll_Brochure.pdf