Swimmer's Daily

  • Twin Cam – a camera that avoids refraction – allows athletes and coaches to observe movement in and out of the water in one single image.

    The camera technology bringing Synchronised Swimming to another level | The Tech Race

  • Head coach of the United States’ women’s swimming team for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, swim coach Jack Bauerle offers instruction on the fundamentals of the turn to maximize speed.

    How To Improve Your Swimming Turns ft. Coach Jack Bauerle | Olympians' Tips

  • Colin Hill (Chillswim), catches up with Peter Stoychev in Bulgaria.

  • Ashleigh’s dream of becoming a professional freediver almost ended before it was even a thought. Battling an auto-immune disorder left her physically inactive for most of her childhood.

    Join Ashleigh as she overcomes a traumatic childhood and puts her Architecture career on hold to pursue her dream of becoming a professional freediver. She now experiences another world some rarely get to see, and gains incredible accomplishments along the way.

    Ashleigh Baird – Freedive Against All Odds (Take the Waters)

  • Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini, a Syrian who fled across the Mediterranean, was today appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and pledged to work harder to inspire refugees around the world.

    Mardini, 19, who competed in last summer’s games in Rio de Janeiro as a member of the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team, said she was honoured to work with UNHCR and would dedicate her voice to speak up for people who have been forced to flee their homes.

    “I could not be more proud to be part of the UNHCR family and #TeamRefugees,” Mardini told journalists at the Palais des Nations, the Geneva headquarters of the United Nations. “I want to encourage all refugees to continue with education and not stop at one point in their lives.”

    See UNHCR

  • In 2012, Alan Corcoran raised €15,000 by running 35 marathons in 35 consecutive days around the Irish coastline.

    He donated the proceeds to the Irish Heart Foundation, after Alan’s father Milo, a former FAI president, suffered a stroke in 2011.

    Milo Corcoran passed away from cancer last year, and one month after Alan got into the water and started training.

    Alan is swimming 500km around the Irish coastline.

    He is going to swim up to ten hours a day and cover more distance than an Olympic Marathon in each swim until the 500km is completed.

    “It’ll be a kilometre at a time until I get home,” he said.

    Visit marathonman.co to find out more or make a donation.

    Read Irish Examiner

    Alan Corcoran | 500Km Charity Swim

  • Modpools are modern efficient shipping container swimming pools that can be set up and ready to go in minutes and relocated when you move. A divider can be installed to allow you to quickly change your pool into a hot tub spa and back again with ease. Modpools also allow you to control the temperature, jets, and mood lighting right from your phone or tablet.

    Modpools’ patent pending pool utiluzes the structural rigidity of a modified shipping container to provide end users with a relocatable hot pool. Set up your pool in minutes and take advantage of Modpools’ built in spa.

    Enjoy your pool all year round, Modpools’ efficient heater can increase water temperature at 86°f/hour in 14°f weather.

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    Shipping Container Pool – Modpools

  • FINA HIGH DIVING WORLD CUP 2017

    36 athletes (23 men and 13 women), representing 17 nations, are ready to compete in the fourth edition of the FINA High Diving World Cup, taking place in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on April 28-29, 2017. It is the second consecutive time this competition is visiting the capital of the United Arab Emirates, after a 2016 edition was successfully held in this Middle East country.

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