Swimmer's Daily

  • Mona McSharry won her first gold medal at the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Indianapolis. We talked with the Irish girl about the pressure before the final and her visions for the future.

  • In this webisode of our exclusive series of athlete interviews, Team Singapore swimmer Roanne Ho shares with Gary Yang and Randall Wu what her favourite food and genre of music is amongst other interesting bits, and gives her personal shoutouts to the support team behind her success!

  • Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, said in an exclusive interview that the Games had welcomed several new sports that are popular with millennials, but on e-sports, despite their stellar rise, it would have to proceed with caution.

    “We want to promote non-discrimination, non-violence, and peace among people. This doesn’t match with video games, which are about violence, explosions and killing. And there we have to draw a clear line,” he said.

    E-sports that mirror those played in real life – like soccer or basketball – could be considered for the Olympics, but those that involve gratuitous violence and bloodshed went against “Olympic values”, Bach said.

    “So if ever somebody is competing at playing football virtually or playing other sports virtually, this is of high interest. We hope that, then, these players are really delivering sports performance. If [fans] at the end would even play the sports in the real world, we would even be more happy,” he said.

    The multibillion-dollar video gaming industry has already succeeded in gaining inclusion at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

    Read South China Morning Post

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  • Retired national swimmer Jeffrey Ong wants to see his 26-year-old national record of 15:23.61 seconds in the 1500m freestyle event to be bettered by rising star Welson Sim.

  • The 4-year-old boy was with his family when the incident occurred.

  • August 26, 2017 – Swim Across America St. Louis

    Swimmers from Oregon to Scottland make waves for cancer.

  • Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro Leak Reveals Swim Smartwatch – 4 days ago – @evleaks spots the leak of the Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro smart watch

    https://youtu.be/9WnXvr84SUk

  • Minority Leader Watson Duke is prepped and ready for his big swim on Monday.

    The swim is the Minority’s way of protesting the unreliable inter-island ferry service that has affected the economy of Tobago for several months.

    Duke said it’s time for someone to take a firm stance and he’s willing to go the extra mile to have Tobago’s voice heard.

    Patricia Nicholson has more.

  • Rescuers answered hundreds of desperate calls for help Sunday as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey climbed high enough to begin filling second-story homes and stranded families were urged to seek refuge on their rooftops.