Swimmer's Daily

  • Duckworth memorial dock to become swim spot

  • Leaked WADA documents printed in The New York Times state that there is not enough evidence to pursue a case against all but one of a 96-strong group.

    WADA has been investigating individual athletes implicated in the doping scandal which has embroiled Russia.

    None of the 96 athletes – the first to be reviewed by WADA – have been named.

    “The available evidence was insufficient to support the assertion of an anti-doping rule violation against these 95 athletes,” said WADA director general Olivier Niggli in a report seen by The New York Times.

    The newspaper has also reported that WADA officials did not receive testimony from Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the Moscow Laboratory who turned whistleblower.

    His allegations led to investigations into Russian doping as well as two editions of the highly-critical McLaren Report.

    Read Inside the Games

    https://youtu.be/3hB_fPnzNJY

  • Sep 7, 2017, the next day of Ning Zetao’s 2nd win at the National Games of China, Coach Matt Brown was interviewed and shared his thoughts on Ning Zetao’s performances at the national games and Rio last year. He also discussed Ning’s potential to win medals again at the international competitions, and also his issues of returning to the national team.

    Swimming Coach Matt Brown on Chinese Star Swimmer Ning Zetao 2017

  • USA Swimming is partnered with Sigma Gamma Rho sorority in an effort to provide learn to swim opportunities in under served areas.

    Sigma Gamma Rho, Swim 1922 & USA Swimming

  • Virgin Active South Africa’s ‘Safe to Swim’ programme was started to ensure that all managers on duty at their health clubs would be prepared in case of an emergency in the pool.

    What was intended to ensure that their members would always be safe became an opportunity for staff to face their fears and learn a life-saving skill, have a watch of the video below as we explore the story of Jane Matala.

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    Safe to Swim Programme | Virgin Active South Africa

  • It’s not very often the most decorated Olympian of all time is in your baby’s swim class — but when he is, you pay attention.

    Michael Phelps, his wife Nicole and 1-year-old son Boomer came to New York City this summer to participate in a swim class put on by the Phelps Foundation and Huggies Little Swimmers — and somehow, my 1-year-old daughter and I were able to attend. (Phelps is a paid spokesperson for Huggies.) Taught by Phelps’ childhood swim coach Cathy Bennett, the class focused on how to teach young children to safely enjoy the water.

    Read more on Today

    https://youtu.be/A6K_Y7KB_cM

  • Olympic tickets usually sell pretty quickly, but when the country on your northern border makes regular threats about launching nuclear weapons, that can have a chilling effect on sales.

    South Korea’s learning that lesson, as domestic ticket sales for the PyeongChang games, which start in roughly five months, have been incredibly slow. Of the 750,000 seats organizers hope to sell to South Koreans, just 52,000have been sold so far.

    International sales have been a bit better, with half of the 320,000 allocated tickets sold.

    Read Fortune

    https://youtu.be/nOjKyIfCwKE

  • Weather impacted the third round of the Omega European Masters Saturday, but Michael Phelps had time to win a celebrity event and Scott Hend leads by two.

    Video from another event

  • When Brock Turner was convicted on three felony counts last summer (assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, sexual penetration of an intoxicated person and sexual penetration of an unconscious person), he was sentenced to only six months in prison, with the expectation (now fulfilled) that he would be released after three. To pretty much everyone except Turner’s direct relatives and fellow rapists, this was a huge blow to the hope of justice for sexual assault victims.

    But while Turner might be out of prison, here’s a bright spot we can revel in to our justice-seeking, schadenfreudic hearts’ content: in a new addition to a Criminal Justice 101 text, he is the literal textbook definition of rape.

    One student posted a picture of her textbook to Facebook:

    Read The Mary Sue