Swimmer's Daily

  • 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.

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  • “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.”

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  • 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.

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  • Gold medalist Ryan Lochte recounts how his love for swimming took him to the University of Florida and then to the Olympics.

  • There’s more to Ellen Keane than tough training and hard work.

  • Sophomore from Central Valley High School, Sarah Nicholls has qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials! Matt Rogers interviewed her on Matt’s Action Cam on Good Day Spokane.

  • Grant Hackett explains the fallout from his drunken flightAustralian swimming legend Grant Hackett has been accused of tweaking a passenger’s nipple ‘quite forcefully’ on a flight after the man reclined his chair, according to reports.

    https://youtu.be/xmkPT5L7O-o

  • The swimming test event held this month at the Water Stadium Rio 2016 Games, the Olympic Park Bar, received an illustrious visit. Arthur, a former student of a Gym Experimental Olympic (GEO) and today professional swimmer, had the taste of what will be the official competition. At this meeting, sport and excitement mingle and show the true meaning of the Olympic legacy.