Swimmer's Daily

  • Italian former Olympic swimming champion Federica Pellegrini accidentally left her address and mobile phone number for all to see when she posted a photograph on Twitter on Friday.

    The 27-year-old Pellegrini, whose Twitter account @mafaldina88 has 455 000 followers, tweeted on Friday morning that she had been subjected to a random doping test and posted a photo of documents relating to the control.

    The slight problem was that her number and address were clearly visible on the documents.

    Almost immediately, she received numerous tweets urging her to hide the number, although others asked if they could add her on messaging app, WhatsApp.

    After a few hours, Pellegrini deleted the tweet and added a new message.

    “Good. I have done it..thank-you for your messages of encouragement and congratulations. But obviously I have now changed my number,” she wrote.

    Read Sport24 and The Local

    Photo by br1dotcom

  • The eel swam in his own, otherwise empty tank at the FairPrice Ultra supermarket in the Changi Business Park in Singapore. He noticed that the neighboring tank had tasty prawns, so he slipped over the barrier and had a snack.

    YouTube user itedaniel recorded the eel then returning to his own tank.

    See Neatorama

  • Bernard wants to relax in the pool but Lloyd has other plans. He wants to teach Bernard how to become a good swimmer – or at least how not to drown.

  • Alicia knows the cost of the War on Cancer. She wants to obliterate it. Will you help? 1/3 of cancers can be prevented by a healthy lifestyle. This March, push yourself 1/3 FURTHER/FASTER/HARDER and let’s obliterate cancer once and for all.

    See Alicia’s story now at: http://www.themarchcharge.com.au/

    https://youtu.be/erllyCC2oAo

  • Steve Backshall has an amazing experience as he swims with two whales who interact with him.

  • Goofy learns to swim – more or less – in this classic Disney cartoon short.

  • Married life is bliss for dual Olympian Alicia Coutts but she is not quite ready to let go of her first love – swimming.

    Coutts, 28, admitted it was very tempting to walk away from the pool for good after tying the knot in September.

    A chronic shoulder injury that refused to go away provided another pretty good excuse for the five-time Olympic medallist.

    Coutts has confirmed she will hang up the togs – but only after one last hurrah.

    Read ESPN

  • Take a look at 5 of the most dangerous places to swim in the world, courtesy of Simply Swim

    Often we talk about the best places to swim, whether that be in open water, or our favourite water parks. But today we’re going to be counting down the top five places NOT to swim!

    Photo by sidibousaid60

  • The International Olympic Committee has reportedly identified 43 potential refugee athletes to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. As many as 10 will be selected to compete on a team as “a message of hope” at this summer’s Games.

    According to IOC President Thomas Bach, the 10 athletes selected will compete on “Team Refugee Olympic Athletes”. The selection depends on the specific sports’ qualification criteria.

    “We have all been touched by the magnitude of this refugee crisis,” Bach told reporters. “By welcoming this team of refugee athletes to Rio, we want to send a message of hope for all refugees of the world.”

    Among the 43 potential athletes is a 17-year-old swimmer named Yusra Mardini, who fled Syria with her family. Along with a group of 20 other refugees, she used an inflatable boat to travel to Turkey. When the boat began deflating, she and her sister pushed it to shore by kicking in the water for three and a half hours. All passengers on the boat — none of whom were swimmers — arrived safely.

    Mardini, who now lives in Germany, is one of several athletes to have received funding from a $2 million IOC scholarship fund for refugees.

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    https://youtu.be/5b9d5vEN6v8