Scottish Swimming and QTV Sports present coverage from the final session of day 1 from the Scottish National Swimming Championships 2016 at Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow.
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Olympic swimmer promises crazy celebration if Iceland win the Euros
Note, Fox Soccer, he is not Icelandic.
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Swim for Haiti 2016
Annual Open Water Swim Event on the Côte des Arcadins, Haiti.
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How No Swimmers Noticed Toddler Drowning At Crowded Water Park Wave Pool
A heroic, eagle-eyed lifeguard came to the rescue of a 3-year-old swimmer that was drowning – and no one around the child even noticed what was happening. At Whirlin’ Waters Adventure Park, a wave pool in North Charleston, South Carolina, a little girl was struggling and a lifeguard sprung to action. In a video of the rescue, people were swimming next to the girl, but don’t appear to notice what’s happening to her.
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UChicago Swimmer of Haitian Descent Chases Olympic Dream
UChicago varsity swimmer Naomy Grand’Pierre is training for a chance to represent Haiti at the 2016 Olympics. If she can shave a second off her time in the 50-meter freestyle, she’ll head to Brazil in August to compete in the Summer Games.
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Comfort dogs help ease the stress of Olympic swim trial competition
As exciting as the swim trials can be for fans, it can also be an extremely stressful time for the competitors themselves.
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Olympic Swimming Trials | Maya DiRado Wins 200IM, Headed To Rio
Courtesy of Team USA
https://youtu.be/OwDaZd5r2JY
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Complaints over ‘racist’ swimming safety poster
The American Red Cross has apologised after a poster it produced featuring safety advice for public swimming pools drew complaints that it was racist.
The poster, headed “Be Cool, Follow the Rules,” depicts several children playing around a pool, with labels identifying their behaviour as “cool†or “not cool.â€
The poster became the subject of ire on social media after one mother noted that it was predominantly white children in the poster labelled as “coolâ€, and non-white children labelled “not cool.â€
Read The Telegraph
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Palestinian swimmer Mary Al-Atrash cannot wait to make a splash at the Rio Olympics
Atrash will be one of six Palestinians competing in Rio and the delegation will be the largest Palestine has sent to the Games since its first participation in the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. Five competitors appeared in London in 2012.
“I am so happy, representing Palestine in competitions is a dream for any Palestinian athlete, especially the Olympics,” Atrash told Reuters.
The 22-year-old university graduate’s preparations have been hampered because she does not have an Olympic-sized pool to train in. There are none in the Palestinian territories and she has to settle for a 25-meter pool.
She also has no training partners and relies only on her coach, Musa Nawawra, with occasional travel to competitions abroad.
“Preparations are going well, and considering the resources we have… we are able to achieve our best and set goals and ambitions,” Atrash said.
Nawawra was also upbeat, despite the lack of adequate training conditions.
“I am very happy that there is someone from Palestine who will represent us in the Olympics. This is something to be proud of, especially with the limited resources we have,” he said.
Read Reuters