One important aspect of Youth Month is celebrating amazing young individuals who are doing big things through their sheer hard work and determination. South Africa continues to produce fantastic swimmers who excel in international level competition and one of those rising stars is Reuben Schoeman.
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How To Survive An Ironman Open Water Swim Start with Dave Erickson, Wendy Mader
Here’s How To Survive An Ironman Open Water Swim Start
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Bear takes a swim in family’s backyard pool
A bear took a dip on Father’s Day in the backyard pool of a Mendham, N.J. family.
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Change your perspective | Keri-anne Payne | Great Swim
Olympic Silver Medallist, Double World Champion and Great Swim ambassador Keri-anne Payne asks you to change your perspective and enter a Great Swim event in 2016.
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Alleged doping by Chinese, Russian swim teams investigated
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said it has started investigating allegations of doping by the Russian and Chinese swimming teams.
At a conference on Monday, WADA President Craig Reedie said it has “started inquiries into the suggestion of doping” by Russian and Chinese swimmers in conjunction with FINA.
Reedie noted “a wave of new troubling allegations” about doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including the systemic manipulation of urine and blood samples.
He said WADA fully backed the decision last week to ban Russia’s athletics team from international competition.
Read The News Tribune
https://youtu.be/kvrNCF0UkxY
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Twin Toddlers Die In Drowning Accident
In Easley, South Carolina two 3 year old twin boys fell into a backyard swimming pool and drowned. Emergency officials were called around 2:30 p.m. after the twins were discovered. According to a source, the second twin boy died shortly after the first.
https://youtu.be/j9f5-reBGEo
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Michael Phelps Finishes His Probation
Michael Phelps is onto a whole new chapter in his life. A little over a month after welcoming his first child , Boomer Phelps , into the world, the Olympic swimmer got more good news: he has officially completed his probation stemming from his 2014 DUI arrest . The Maryland Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services confirms to E! News that he finished his probation on Sunday. “He is free,” a spokesperson told us. “He followed the orders requested and is now free.”
https://youtu.be/aO4cfa7yh08
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Josh Schneider working to make Olympic team
A local swimmer who came close to making the U.S. Olympic Team in 2012 is giving it another shot.
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Arthur Guérin-Boëri, The First Person To 300m
Frenchman Arthur Guerin-Boeri recently competed in the 9th CMAS Apnea Indoor World Championships in Lignano Sabbiadoro in Italy and set Freediving history with an amazing 300m / 984ft Dynamic Apnea swim.
To put that in perspective that is six lengths of a 50m Olympic sized swimming pool – it can only be described as epic!
Read interview here on DeeperBlue.com