Swimmer's Daily

  • Sixty-four percent of African-American children don’t know how to swim. World Champion Simone Manuel is changing that statistic.

    “I am often referred to as “The Black Swimmer.”

    While I one day hope to be known as an “Olympic champion” swimmer without that qualifier, I know that I can’t ignore the significance of being an African-American female in the sport.

    When I’m referred to as an African-American Olympic swimmer, it makes it seem as though it’s not supposed to be done, which isn’t true. I work just as hard as anybody, I love the sport and I want to win just like everybody else.

    I played basketball, volleyball, soccer and danced growing up, but I just had more fun when I was swimming. There were times when it was a challenge to fit in and it wasn’t always easy not having many swimmers who looked like me. But I enjoyed it and wanted to keep swimming and get stronger and faster.

    As I kept going in the sport, I asked my mom why there weren’t more African-American swimmers, so we did our research, learning about Olympic medalists Maritza McClendon and Cullen Jones, and Sabir Muhammad and Byron Davis. I looked up to Maritza and Cullen because they shared a common experience and they helped me through some of those hardships with being the ‘only one.’”

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    https://youtu.be/kgtcRpmjri4

  • A look at this years Swim Safe event that took place in Peel, where a free programme of outdoor swimming and water safety sessions for children was held.

  • Join Stanford alumnus Antonio Argüelles on his quest to swim across the North Channel and become the oldest person ever to complete the fabled Oceans Seven. Read more: https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/…

    Swimming Across the Sea, and into History with Antonio Argüelles

  • Michael Phelps and his family are simply the cutest!

    The 32-year-old Olympic gold medalist woke up bright and early to join his wife Nicole their son Boomer, 14 months, at a special Huggies Little Swimmers Swim Class with The Phelps Foundation on Monday (August 21) in New York City.

    Some of the best memories of my life have been in the water – and none more special than the days I spend swimming with Boomer,” Michael said in statement. “I’m not teaching Boomer to master the butterfly just yet, but #Trainingfor2032 includes safe water play that helps build comfort and confidence in the water. I’m partnering with Huggies Little Swimmers because I want to all babies to be the best swimmers they can be.”

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    https://youtu.be/-zWQ8Kobqks

  • “No one usually stands ahead of Michael on the podium,” Joseph Schooling said, wryly aware of the large dollop of understatement contained within that phrase.

    The 22-year-old is looking back at one of the most exciting races of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the Michael he is talking about is Phelps, the USA’s 23-time Olympic swimming gold medallist. The Olympic Games’ most decorated athlete of all-time was going for his fourth consecutive gold in the men’s 100m butterfly. There was also the small matter of 2013 and 2015 100m butterfly world champion Chad Le Clos and 2015 200m butterfly World Championship gold medallist Laszlo Cseh on the blocks.

    “All I remember is walking out. It was an exciting feeling. I was very nervous, everything was at a high, all my senses were at a high,” Schooling recalled.

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    Joseph Schooling wins Singapore's first ever gold medal

  • Ian Thorpe and his boyfriend are hoping to get as many Australians as possible to vote in favour of same-sex marriage.

    Politicians in Australia’s Senate have repeatedly shot down attempts to hold a referendum on equal marriage. In 2016, the Liberal Party was re-elected with a promise that they would let voters decide on same-sex marriage through a popular vote.

    However, the vote was blocked, and the result could have technically been ignored by lawmakers anyway. The government is now going to hold a plebiscite to gauge public opinion on the issue.

    Ian Thorpe – a five-time gold medal winning swimmer – has unveiled a new video with his boyfriend, model Ryan Channing, in a bid to get people to update their electoral details so they can show their support for same-sex marriage.

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    Ian Thorpe Enrol Video

  • Swimming sensation Welson Sim clinched the first gold medal for Malaysia in the swimming event at the 29th SEA Games with a splashing display in the men’s 400m freestyle.

    Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle | Games Record | 29th SEA Games 2017

    Malaysian swimmer Welson Sim sets new SEA Games record

  • Swimming Men’s 50m butterfly of 29th SEA Games 2017 on 21 August 2017

    Swimming Men's 50m butterfly | Games record | 29th SEA Games 2017

  • Daniel & Gyurta Gergely: brothers to remember – 29th Summer Universiade 2017, Taipei, Chinese Taipei