Swimmer's Daily

  • Jessica Lee, a Santa Rosa Junior College freshman who competed at Windsor High School, was named Big 8 Swimmer of the Year after finishing first in the 200 free, 500 free and mile free. She and her fellow Bear Cubs head to East Los Angeles College Tuesday for the state meet.

  • We gave U.S. Olympian Missy Franklin the stage to share her story – and she put the spotlight on her parents. Because every family is faced with unique challenges and triumphs, and the pressure is enough to make parents ask themselves, “Am I doing enough?”

    https://youtu.be/epTw_Q7lPpI

  • Born near the end of World War I to German immigrants who settled in Chicago’s Albany Park, Kiefer was the fifth of eight children. Consoling him after a swimming loss, his father Otto predicted swimming heroics. “Sonny Boy,” he said, “you’re going to be the greatest swimmer in the world.”

  • Water skiing wakeboarding and fishing were things Kelsey McClain lived for.

    “Pretty much anything to do with the outdoors, she loved,” said McClain’s mother, Jennifer McClain.

    But she also died by the outdoors.

    In August 2015, McClain celebrated her 24th birthday at Fisher’s Landing, a resort along the Colorado River. She felt fine when she got back home to El Cajon, California, but that changed a few days later.

    “With what she described as a pounding headache,” her mother said.

    Prescription painkillers hardly helped. McClain woke up the next morning unable to speak or move her head. Doctors admitted her, suspecting bacterial meningitis.

    “It was apparent to everyone this was progressing,” Jennifer said.

    Multiple antibiotics failed, and McClain’s condition worsened.

    “She had a full grand mal seizure,” Jennifer said.

    Eight days after she got back from celebrating her birthday, McClain was brain dead.

    See theindychannel.com

  • Banned swimmer Park Tae-hwan got on his knees and begged the Korean Olympic Committee to let him compete at the Rio Games.

    A 400-metre freestyle gold medallist at the 2008 Games in Beijing, Park was given an 18-month ban back in 2014 by swimming’s governing body FINA after testing positive for testosterone.

    That suspension expired in March, but under KOC rules Park must wait three years before he can be considered for selection again.

    Park competed in the national trials last week, winning the 100m, 200m, 400m and 1,500m freestyle events, but the KOC remains unmoved in its stance.

    “As a swimmer, I feel it is most important to speak through records and results in the pool,” said Park, who got down on his hands and knees during a media conference in Incheon on Monday.

    “I hope that I am given a chance so that I can deliver a good performance for the people and contribute to the nation.”

    Read Pulse

  • The teenager, from Jarrow, was due to compete in the final of the IPC European Championships S8 100m freestyle, tonight, after making it through the first heat.

    However, the 19-year-old, who has cerebral palsy, was disqualified from the event after failing to cover up a part of his tattoo, on the left side of his chest, featuring the Olympic rings.

    Josef, was catapulted into the sporting spotlight at the age of 15 after smashing two world records on his way to the top of the podium in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.

    Since then, the City of Sunderland swimmer, has gone on to break a number of world records and win medals in competitions across the world.

    Josef who is competing at the championships in Funchal, Madeira, was unavailable for comment today.

    He will still be eligible to compete tomorrow in the S8 400m freestyle.

    The Olympic rings are the exclusive property of the International Olympic Committee. They are marked protected around the world and can not be used without the IOC’s prior consent.

    The IPC rules state: ‘Body advertisements are not allowed in any way whatsoever (this includes tattoos and symbols)’.

    The blow comes just days after Josef achieved a qualifying time for the Paralympic Games in Rio. He is currently waiting to see if he makes the team.

    Read The Shield Gazette and BBC

  • “At the end of the day it all comes down to drinking”

  • Hackett said his biggest regret was not listening to warning signs 12 months ago when he successfully launched a comeback after six years out of the pool.

    The triple Olympic gold medallist was the feel good story of Australian swimming when he remarkably made the 2015 world titles team at 35 after just months back in the water.

    But Hackett was not happy back in the public eye and admitted he should have ended his comeback after making the world titles team.

    “I came back for the love of it and the love was taken away when the attention came on board,” he said.

    “A lot of the focus on my personal life and history came up.

    “It created pressure and unhealed scars, stuff I was trying to move forward from.

    “Emotionally it put me back in the eye of the storm.

    “In hindsight that was where the wheels started falling off.

    “I really should have pulled myself out of the team.”

    Read ninemsn

    https://youtu.be/c5sZDjf7YTs

  • New Zealander William Trubridge has broken his own freediving world record by swimming to a depth of 122 metres in the Bahamas.

    The world record is the 16th of Trubridge’s career, and surpasses the record he already held of 121 metres.

    Read Newshub