James Savage doesn’t have a criminal record, but he’s headed to Alacatraz.
The 9-year-old is looking to break a world record, preparing to swim three miles to perform a touch-and-go to Alcatraz Island. Right now, that record is held by a 10-year-old.
See wwlp.com
Wu Minxia was elected the FINA female diver of the year 2012 and 2012. She is the first Chinese athlete with three consecutive olympic golds.
Shi Tingmao won the FINA female diver of the year award in 2015 and was a world champion in 2011 and 2015. Together they earned even more titles, but see for yourself!
It’s an open secret in the black community – blacks can’t swim. And the generalization doesn’t end there.
The stereotyping as to why seems less important than the life threatening data: 70 percent of black children don’t know how to float, tread water or even splash in the shallow end of the pool.
Atlanta rapper and avid swimmer Ludacris is changing that statistic by shining a light on the problem. And he’s using the resources of his namesake foundation to work towards a solution.
See kmov.com
A style of swimwear has caused an uproar at a public pool in Germany, but the culprit isn’t a revealing bikini. Instead, it’s the ‘burqini’ that’s been banned – the modest swimsuit worn by some Muslim women.
When the indoor pool in Neutraubling, Germany, held a women-only day, one of the swimmers opted to wear a burqini while swimming and participating in water aerobics.
However, her attire led to complaints from other women at the pool, Mittelbayerische newspaper reported.
The move was also criticized by the town’s mayor, Heinz Kiechle.
“Why the burqini as a full-body suit would be necessary to wear during a women’s swim day is for me incomprehensible,â€Â he said, as quoted by The Local.
Read RT
https://youtu.be/HPvkTLIXyug
The FINA Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament – in Setubal (POR) – on June 11-12 – will be live streamed worldwide, free of charge, on FINA YOUTUBE.
Please follow the two different links to watch the women’s on Saturday and the men’s race on Sunday:
Sunday 12/06/2016
Badger Swim Club is one of the most successful clubs in the United States, training many of the worlds greatest swimmers and coaches. World Sport sat down with head coach John Collins and Puerto Rican Swim Team member, Eric Culver, as they discuss the perfect backstroke.
A horror story that will make you think twice about urinating in the river, as one man recounts his experience of a Candiru fish swimming up his urine stream and into his penis. Jeremy meets with him to look at images of the medical procedure to remove the fish, and then reunites him with the actual fish!
M’Baye Niang has only recently regained full fitness after a prolonged spell out of the game due to injury.
So when the AC Milan forward posted footage of his balcony antics on social media it didn’t go down too well.
Read Daily Star
https://youtu.be/X-oxpDn4xfk
Shawn Torres is a swimmer who still swims in the absence of his right leg. In spite of his situation, he continues to strive for success.
https://youtu.be/GOXMBX-dB4U
