Swimmer's Daily

  • Magic of the mermaids

    Russia doubled up synchro golds and Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina produced a women’s duet which was truly a class above the rest. In diving, Tania Cagnotto clinched her 18th European title and the 7th in the 1m, while Tom Daley and Grace Reid delivered the first gold for the hosts in the historic first mixed 3m event.

    Grace REID Thomas DALEY GBR Great Britain Gold Medal 3M Synchro Mixed Final London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Diving Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    CAGNOTTO Tania ITA gold medal BERTOCCHI Elena ITA silver medal London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Diving Women’s 1m springboard final Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    CAGNOTTO Tania ITA gold medal London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Diving Women’s 1m springboard final Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    MINISINI Giorgio PERRUPATO Mariangela ITA silver medal London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Synchro Duet free final Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    MALTSEV Aleksandr KALANCHA Mikhaela RUS gold medal London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Synchro Mixed duet free final Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Maicol VERZOTTO Tania CAGNOTTO ITA Silver Medal Thomas DALEY Grace REID GBR Gold Medal Nadezhda BAZHINA Nikita SHLEIKHER RUS Bronze Medal 3M Synchro Mixed Final London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Diving Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Natalia ISHCHENKO Svetlana ROMASHINA RUS Gold Medal Duet Free Final London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Synchronized Swimming Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Lolita AFANASOVA Anna VOLOSHYNA UKR Ukraine Silver Medal Natalia ISHCHENKO Svetlana ROMASHINA RUS Gold Medal Linda CERRUTI Costanza FERRO ITA Italy Bronze Medal Duet Free Final London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Synchronized Swimming Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Giorgio MINISINI Mariangela PERRUPATO ITA ITALY Silver Medal Aleksandr MALTSEV Mikhaela KALANCHA RUS Gold Medal Pau RIBES Berta FERRERAS ESP SPAIN Bronze Medal Mixed Duet Free Final London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Synchronized Swimming Day 03 11-05-2016 Photo Andrea Staccioli/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • With the Olympics set to begin in less than three months in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s most successful soccer players has a surprisingly ominous message for international visitors: Stay away.

    Brazil is getting “more ugly,” said Rivaldo, who was on the country’s 2002 World Cup-winning squad, forming part of a lethal attacking trio with Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

    Rivaldo warned people on social media about the violence plaguing the city, citing the killing of a 17-year-old girl over the weekend.
    The message is likely to frustrate the country’s leaders, who have been trying to dispel the notion that Brazil is not ready for the games and Rio is not safe for tourists.

    See video on CNN

    https://youtu.be/1H7azzJJCY0

  • You don’t need other people to swim, but a Microsoft Research project can spice up your swimming routine by putting you in or pitting you against virtual teams. Redmond’s research division is working with a team of researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to develop SwimTrain. It’s a system consisting of an app, a waterproof case for your smartphone and a pair of underwater headphones that provides sensory/auditory feedback. SwimTrain puts you in a team of three swimmers — if you’re competing, it tells you how you’re doing against your two virtual opponents. If you’re in the same team, it helps you maintain your strokes so you can keep up with your virtual teammates.

    See Engadget

  • Ischenko’s reign goes on, Kvasha and the Germans shine in the diving pool

    Natalia Ishchenko proved that she is still the queen of synchro, pulling out a clean win once more in the solo free. The first non-Russian gold in London went to Ukraine’s Illya Kvasha, who clinched the 1m title in diving, while Germany’s Maria Kurjo and My Phan won the women’s 10m synchro amidst dramatic circumstances.

    (L to R) Giovanni TOCCI ITA silver; Ilya Kvasha UKR gold; Kostantin BLAHA AUT bronze London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships DIVING 1M. SPRINGBOARD MEN FINAL Day 02 10-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    (L to R) Ukraina UKR KRASNOSHLYK – TATSENKO silver ; Germany GER KURJO – PHAN Gold ; HUN Hungary KORMOS – REISINGER bronze London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships DIVING 10M. Synchro Platform Women FINAL Day 02 10-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    ISCHENKO Natalia RUS gold medal, VOLOSHYNA Anna UKR silver medal, CERRUTI Linda ITA bronze medal London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Synchro Solo free final Day 02 10-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    ISCHENKO Natalia RUS gold medal London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Synchro Solo free final Day 02 10-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    KVASHA Ilyia UKR London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Diving Men’s 1m springboard final Day 02 10-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    KVASHA Ilyia UKR London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Diving Men’s 1m springboard final Day 02 10-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    Team GER KURJO Maria PHAN My gold medal London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Diving Women’s 10m synchronised platform final Day 02 10-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    TOCCI Giovanni ITA silver medal London, Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park Pool LEN 2016 European Aquatics Elite Championships Diving Men’s 1m springboard final Day 02 10-05-2016 Photo Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

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  • Fiona Doyle is a swimmer from Limerick, who lives, works and trains on a Sports scholarship at the University of Calgary. Travelling across the globe in pursuit of the Olympic qualifying time isn’t easy, but it is even tougher for Fiona, as she is to live so far from her family.

  • Eighty-one-year-old swimmer Bill Lauer races against professor Dave Bassett’s kinesiology students at the UT student aquatic center Tuesday, May 10, 2016.

  • Four refugees staying in Souda, one of three camps on the island of Chios, attempted to swim to Turkey on Monday after giving up on the near-static asylum process. Get the full story: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/…

    Read for instance ekathimerini.com

  • Olympic medalist Cullen Jones educates parents and children on the importance of learning to swim. CNN’s Coy Wire reports.