Swimmer's Daily

  • Medal hopeful Paddy Barnes started boxing at age 11 and, despite losing his first 15 fights, never took a backward step. Rower, Sinead Lynch (nee Jennings), began her rowing journey at 23 years of age, and despite becoming a doctor and having three children in the meantime, is realising her dream of becoming an Olympian at 39.

    Gymnast, Kieran Behan, was told twice that he’d never walk again, yet never gave up hope. Swimmer, Fiona Doyle, takes inspiration from her identical twin sister who had to give up swimming due to a back injury. When Fiona is standing alone on the blocks, she is swimming not only for herself but for her sister and her entire family who have helped her get to where she is now.

    Each and every member of Team Ireland have reached within themselves to unearth The Power Within. Electric Ireland, proud sponsor of Team Ireland wants to inspire the Irish public with these powerful stories and encourage people to look within themselves to find out what drives them. Whether it’s the strength to plough through the final kilometre of a 10km run or to find the courage to go for that job promotion, we can all use The Power Within to realise our dreams.

  • Graduates and women’s rights activist took a stand against injustice during the 2016 Stanford University Commencement. Graduates used the graduation as an platform to broadcast their anger over the light 6-month prison sentence that former Stanford University swimmer received after raping a unconscious female student. During the schools “Wacky Walk”, a procession of graduates dressed in eccentric outfits and costumes that takes place before the ceremony, a group of students held signs up in protest.

    https://youtu.be/bAPtI25eBVw

    https://youtu.be/NHsevbShjNY

  • A fast moving mango, weighing 454 grams, fell into a Calgary family’s backyard on Tuesday afternoon. It narrowly missed Lisa Egan while she was rolling up the cover on the family’s pool.

    “All of a sudden, out of nowhere, something hits the top of the blanket – approximately in the centre – (it was) extremely loud, it scared me,” she said.

    Egan noticed a gaping hole in the plastic cover before spotting the mango floating in the pool, under the cover.

    See Global News

  • It’s pool season, the grandest of all seasons, or so you might think. Sure, days are longer, clothing is skimpier, and the beer is colder, but with pool season comes high risk, especially if there’s poop in the water. Which, it turns out, there is. A lot of it.

    According to the CDC, every year thousands of water-associated outbreaks get reported, all stemming from poop-related bacteria. And poop in the pool can cause several diseases, all of which you can very realistically catch. The good news: despite what that ignorant guy at your office says, herpes and HIV are two diseases you CANNOT catch in a pool.

    Read Thrillist, via Neatorama

  • Mathijs takes one gulp of air before diving into a magical world of sardines in Moalboal, Philippines.

    Captured and submitted by GoPro Awards recipient Mathijs van den Bosch.

  • An East Bay high school football player is paralyzed after a swim accident the day before his graduation. Cate Cauguiran talked to his family now hoping for any signs of recovery.

    See CBS SFBayArea

  • This is the moment a diver narrowly misses being impaled by a swordfish in the deep sea off the coast of Brazil.

    Frightening underwater footage shows the menacing fish charging at the scuba diver before piercing through his equipment, and narrowly missing his body.

    The video shows the 1.5 metre fish thrashing about in attempt to free itself.

    See 7 News

    https://youtu.be/5VnEPNV9Ajs

  • Plymouth Leander Swimming’s Ruta Meilutyte is the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 100 breaststroke, representing Lithuania. She is an amazing swimmer with an incredible story to tell. We chatted with Ruta before the 2016 Plymouth Leander National Qualifiers at the Plymouth Life Centre.

  • In California, efforts are underway to remove a judge from the bench after he sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. More with Carter Evans.

    https://youtu.be/qkg1DjXSsQk