Swimmer's Daily

  • A parents meeting is set for Wednesday night at the YMCA in Biddeford to discuss plans moving forward after a popular swimming coach was abruptly fired.

  • Fun times with the Australian Dolphins Swim Team

  • We caught up with Three-time World Champion Adam Peaty just two weeks away from the British Swimming Championships 2016.
    Hear what he had to say and what he hopes he can do this year.

  • See swimopenstockholm.se and mastersskapssidan.se

    See livetiming.se for program & start lists, live timing and results

  • USA TODAY Sports columnist Nancy Armour hosts with special guest and USAT Sports reporter Nicole Auerbach, who spent a day at the pool with American swimmer Ryan Lochte. The 11-time Olympic medalist teaches Nicole the fundamentals of the freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke. See the video in its entirety at www.usatoday.com/videos/sports/ol…6/03/29/82373064.

    Then Nancy and Nicole talk about the talented crop of American swimmers for this year’s Games, including the experience of Lochte and Michael Phelps, and the emergence of Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, from whom Nicole expects major things in Rio de Janeiro this summer.

    See USA Today

    https://youtu.be/Tp2vJ02mvQg

  • Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte teaches USA TODAY Sports’ Nicole Auerbach how to master the individual medley.

    https://youtu.be/Tp2vJ02mvQg

  • The Chinese Swimming Association has announced it will be issuing a “warning penalty” to swimmers Wang Lizhuo and An Jiabao after they tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol.

    According to a terse statement posted online late on Monday, the CSA said it would be also be warning and fining Wang’s Chinese Navy team and An’s Tianjin club as well as fining their coaches.

    Wang and An’s identities were revealed when the CSA announced last week that six Chinese swimmers had failed doping tests during the 2015-16 season.

    It identified a third swimming as Chinese Navy’s Zhao Ying, who also tested positive for Clenbuterol in an out-of-competition test but has not yet been punished.

    Read Reuters

  • A British holidaymaker has been rescued from the sea after reportedly attempting to swim after a cruise ship which she thought her husband had boarded without her.

    Susan Brown, 65, allegedly told hospital staff she jumped into the water and tried to catch up with the liner ‘Marco Polo’ because she mistakenly believed her partner was on it.

    After four hours in the water she was rescued by Portuguese fishermen who heard her screaming “help me, help me” and was taken to hospital in a confused state and with advanced hypothermia.

    Read ITV

  • Anushka Purandare’s first ever Solo Swim gave her a reward to believe that she is First & Only girl swimmer to swim across Gate Way of India to Belapur although two of her teammate boys have already swum this distance and others 2 or 3 swimmers from reverse side.

    This 17 years old 11th standard swimmer completed the 24 K stretch in 4.59 hrs. When asked, she reacted.”I was tensed, I have done few races in the sea and river but this was solo, I was all alone in the sea,” She laughed. “I also missed Sunk Rock Race due to my tonsillitis operation”.

    Purandare

    Her 10 K Swim in Goa and Porbandar helped her to cope up with the waves. We chose 2nd biggest tide of the year on 12th March for the swim. However, Anushka’s final exams started from that day. “I was worried, I didn’t want to let go this opportunity, but my College Principle permitted me within no time, that was sigh of relief” Tejas Shankaran, an experienced marathon swimmer paced her in last zone.

    Just 200 mts before finish, water had heavy current under Belapur Bridge. “I was frightened there; I got drifted away from Tejas in just a second. She looked comfortable and I was struggling, I thought something went very wrong”. But Anushka managed to cross that current and touched Jetty in fashion, by doing Butterfly Strokes for last 30-40 mts.

    Anushka is very dedicated girl. She has shown great interest in Open Water Swimming. She had good marks in Board exam but chose Bachelor of Art side so that she can pursue her swimming career.

    Dr. Snehal Purandare, proud mother of Anushka was thrilled with the swim. “I attended so many treks, but this was a different voyage, a unique experience” Anushka is now training to gain some more speed to swim much faster, much longer.

    Story and image courtesy of Jitendra Khasnis, Swimming Coach, India