Swimmer's Daily

  • Professor Stephen Hawking gives his support to London City Swim, and his thanks to all those that are taking part #SwimforMND

    Professor Stephen Hawking's personal message to London City Swimmers

  • It’s Labor Day! And if you’re enjoying a BBQ, or swim party, it’s a good time to remind folks about watching kids around water. Even the best little swimmers need supervision. We’re at Hubbard Family Swim School learning some of those crucial safety reminders, and we’re learning how they use fun pool games to teach young swimmers some serious skills. For more info: HubbardSwim.com

  • Slip and fly with Marshall Miller and friends as they find a brand new way to beat the heat while BASE jumping in the Utah desert.

    https://youtu.be/DdLNoIB-t5U

  • In the midst of Italy’s hot summers—when the beaches are full of swimmers—the lifeguards keeping everyone safe bring in some much-needed, four-legged assistance. We’re talking about water rescue dogs. Dogs make ideal lifeguard partners as they remain calm under pressure and instinctively choose the safest path through the water currents back to shore. They can even stay afloat while paddling multiple swimmers to safety. Through his Italian School for Lifeguard Dogs, Ferruccio Pilenga has trained more than 350 volunteer pups to execute water rescues. Now THAT’s a good dog!

  • In China, we noticed that many people can’t swim. Asians and people in Asia tend to possess the natural skill of swimming, just like everyone else, so why is it that if you travel to China, you will notice that many people don’t know how to, or claim to not know how to swim?

    As expats in China, we head to the beach, are not allowed to swim, and then discuss the topic. Enjoy!

    Why MOST People in CHINA Can't Swim

  • Camden Fire Department Rescue Swimmers Assistant Chief Andrew Lowe and Matt Heath assured safety for the Lobster Crate racers. Chief Chris Farley along with Lieutenant Earle Holt, Firefighter Isaiah Backiel and Firefighter Jonathon Heath provided further assistance on the docks.

  • In 100 days, the European Swimming Championships will be staged in spectacular Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

    The countdown for the 19th edition of LEN European Short Course Championships has begun. In 100 days, the Danish capital of Copenhagen will be ready to receive the top swimmers of Europe in beautiful state-of-the-art surroundings.

    The five-day championships are to be staged in Royal Arena, where the European swimming elite will race in a temporary pool in front of a crowd of up to 6.000 spectators. The brand-new arena has already hosted great music acts like Metallica, Drake, The Weeknd and Bruno Mars, but come December the Danish national swimming team will be led by equally international names like Olympic medallists Pernille Blume, Rikke Møller Pedersen and Mie Ø. Nielsen, accompanied by Olympic finalist Viktor Bromer and a huge Danish national team.

    This is the second time Denmark hosts the Len European Short Course Championships, taking on the heritage from Herning 2013. This time, the Danish Swimming Federation partners with Sport Event Denmark, Wonderful Copenhagen, the Municipality of Copenhagen, The Capital Region and Hovedstadens Swimming Club.

    Pernille Blume. Photo: Das Büro for DIF and Team Danmark

    Pernille Blume: The home crowd will be special

    Pernille Blume herself is thrilled to be competing at home ground:

    – I can’t wait to compete at the LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships on home ground in Copenhagen. It’s going to be a thrilling experience for me and the rest of the Danish team. We rarely get to have a Danish crowd on the stands cheering for us, so it’s going to be very special for us. I also can’t wait to swim in the brand new Royal Arena, and I’m sure it will be both intense and spectacular this December, says Pernille Blume.

    High performance manager: We can’t wait to welcome Europe

    The LEN European Short Course Championships have already sold more than 10.000 tickets to swimming fans and families from 18 different countries. More than 300 volunteers have signed up to help stage and be a part of the great event.

    – We are looking very much forward to hosting the LEN European Short Course Championships in Copenhagen. It will be an absolutely amazing sporting event for everyone taking part in it, and we can’t wait to welcome swimming fans from all over Europe. It will also be a great opportunity to showcase our ability to host a sporting event of international scale. This is the second time Denmark hosts these championships and I am sure Copenhagen will take on the legacy of Herning 2013 with great success, says Danish Swimming Federation high performance manager, Lars Green Bach.

    More information

    The LEN European Short Course Championships will be the first sporting event in Royal Arena. Partners of the LEN European Short Course Championships 2017: Danish Swimming Federation, Sport Event Denmark, the City of Copenhagen, Wonderful Copenhagen, the Capital Region, and the largest swimming club of Copenhagen.

    Buy tickets here: www.ticketmaster.dk/swim
    Visit the event website here: www.euroswim2017.dk
    Visit the event Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/euroswim2017

  • The IRONMAN Germany GmbH, with the support of The IRONMAN Foundation, made possible for more than 50 kids to attend swimming classes, who haven’t had the opportunity to do so in the past due to financial or social difficulties. A special thanks goes to the local clubs “Hamburger Turnerschaft von 1816 r.V.” and “ParkSportInsel e.V.” for implementing this charity project.

  • Olympic swimmer, Cameron McEvoy reflects on what greatness means to him as he pushes to set a new world record. Discover another kind of greatness in the new C-Class Sport Edition here: http://www.mercedes-benz.com.au/sport…

    Greatness is rare. Behind the scenes with Cameron McEvoy.