Swimmer's Daily

  • An orphanage of Haiti children are learning to swim thanks to an Olympic swimmer.

    For the last two days, Olympic swimmer Naomy Grand’ Pierre has been spending time in the pool with these kids. This group is traveling the country singing with the organization “Love Him, Love Them” to raise money to help with improvements in their country.

    When not busy helping others, these kids are fascinated by the pool. But none of them know how to swim, statistics show drowning is the number one cause of death in Haiti where less than one percent of the population knows how to swim.

    That’s where Grand’ Pierre comes in, teaching people to swim is a cause near and dear to her heart because she’s lost three family members to drownings.

    See WSPA

    Olympic swimmer teaches Haitian orphans to swim in NE GA

    First Female Olympic Swimmer For Haiti Learned To Swim After Cousins Drowned

  • Freediving is cool. Some people are way into it. But would they be as into it if they were from Iceland? Or had to do it in freezing-cold water? Meet Kiki Bosch, a cold water freediver who plies her trade in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. “When you’re in the cold, your mind shuts off,” she says. “You go back to experiencing the moment you’re in.”

    The water where Bosch works is around two degrees Celsius, or 34 degrees Fahrenheit, just above freezing. And she hardly wears anything. She just uses her mind. Which is one of the most powerful tools we have.

  • The Tokyo summer heat is almost unbearable. That’s why it’s no surprise that Japan takes full advantage of sweltering summers by flocking to beaches, pools, and basically anywhere there’s water. Japanese youngsters have recently been attending Night Pool events, which are pretty self-explanatory – they’re pools that you can use at night. What’s special about them is that they often have light-ups, electronic dance music, and other shiny, noisy things to attract a vibrant youth culture.

    What might shock you is that there are a fair number of Japanese youth that attend these events for the sake of social media, with many saying things like, “I came here to upload it on Instagram.” The number of people who actually swim in the pool is close to zero.

    That’s where Japanese YouTubers 6 Men Station come in. They decided to crash one of these Night Pool events and do the unspeakable: actually swim.

    See Sora News 24

  • Katie Ledecky anchors and helps Team USA come from behind to defeat Australia and win gold in the women’s 4x200m relay.

    Team USA | Remembering Rio | Women's 4x200m Freestyle

  • Relive from the 17th World Masters Championships in Budapest:
    Day 1 of Open Water Swimming – Competition

    https://youtu.be/tyGT-aj7x9c

  • German professor, Dr. Andreas Fath, is swimming hundreds of miles this summer, analyzing the entire Tennessee River.

    German Professor, Dr. Andreas Fath, Swimming Tennessee River For Science

  • Discover Speedo On, Speedo’s new swim training platform and app. Join for free: http://bit.ly/SpeedoOnYT

    Log your swims on Speedo On to help you track, improve and share your swimming performance. The online swim coach includes online support, technique recommendations and tips for all types of swimmers, from beginners to experts!

    https://youtu.be/jqfKcoWqMig

  • Swim lessons teach children how to react during emergencies

    Swim lessons teach children how to react during emergencies

  • A teenager freediving at Noosa Heads has described the terrifying moment a humpback whale calf clipped his leg and sucked him underwater.

    Connor Lyons, 19, was diving with two friends about 1km off the coast of Double Island Point north of Noosa in Queensland at midday yesterday.

    Wearing just a snorkel and fins, Mr Lyons said he and his friends were about to head back to shore when they spotted an adult whale and its calf.

    “Billy was back in the boat and me and my other mate Rheagan were still diving when he told us they were coming,” Mr Lyons said.

    “We said he had better steer away from them because whales can be unpredictable when they have calves with them.

    “We didn’t see them for a while and then all of a sudden they were right in front of us.”

    See 9NEWS

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