Swimmer's Daily

  • At the Olympic Games Sydney 2000 U.S. diver Laura Wilkinson completed a comeback for the ages, landing her atop the podium with a gold medal draped around her neck.

  • Police said 3-year-old twin brothers have died after they were pulled from a backyard swimming pool on Long Island, CBS New York reports.

    First responders arrived at the Melville home around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday.

    The incident began when the mother woke up and saw her 5-year-old son, but discovered her 3-year-old boys missing.

    The mother looked out the window and saw one of the children floating in the backyard swimming pool. She called 911 and administered CPR.

    See CBS News

    3-year-old twins drown in backyard swimming pool

  • The fifth and final session of the swimming competition at the FINA World Championships in Budapest was highlighted by the three titles of USA (Chase Kalisz, Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky) but also with the impressive and significant victories of Mireia Belmonte (ESP) and Etiene Medeiros (BRA).

    At the water polo Hungary beat Greece by 7:5 and Croatia caused a major upset in ending the reign of Serbia as the best team in the world by winning 11:12.

    Recap Day 14 #FINABudapest2017

  • More than 20 countries are represented in the high diving competitions at the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest. During the 3 days of competition men (27m) and women (20m) will compete in 4 rounds against each other. Don’t miss any action on https://www.finatv.live.

    High Divers are ready to fly! #FINABudapest2017

  • The Spanish Mireia Belmonte managed to confirm her 2016 Olympic title in the women’s 200m butterfly and defeated Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu in front of an ecstatic home crowd.

    Mireia Belmonte defeats Hosszu | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017

  • The 13th day of the 17th FINA World Championships in Budapest was full of tension! On day 4 of swimming there was a double gold for Italy and a double deception for Ledecky and Sun. In addition the USA and Spain qualified the women’s water polo final.

    Recap Day 13 #FINABudapest2017

  • After 12 “golden” races since Katie Ledecky first participation in 2013, the US star could not make the 13th consecutive success and lost her first event in the Worlds, the 200m free. The winner, Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, definitively became a legend in the pool, after getting her seventh consecutive medal in this event, since 2005!

    Pellegrini beats Ledecky in 200m free | Samsung Play of the Day | #FINABudapest2017

  • A swim coach was indicted in connection to the drowning death of a young Southlake swimmer last year.

    Swim Coach Indicted In Southlake Student's Drowning Death

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