Swimmer's Daily

  • A high school swimmer with one leg has inspired her mother to write about her success despite difficulties in a new book.

  • On September 19, 2015 a thousand swimmers will meet at Belmar Beach , NJ to honor the memory of a fellow swimmer, The College of New Jersey’s Michael Heaney and support victims of Traumatic Brain Injury by swimming 1500 Meters for Mike.

  • Jason Smith and Tina Hill swam from Santa Cruz Island to Oxnard Beach

  • This TV interview was from a while ago after Kazan World Championship. I felt I should make subtitles for this one as well so more people could know the fact about everything going on with Sun Yang.

  • A Wisconsin woman suffering from late-stage breast cancer is using her remaining time to educate people about cancer and raise money for research.

  • Mustafa Jassim Mohammed is one of thousands of Iraqis planning to leave Iraq for Europe. But before the journey, he needs to learn to swim. Baghdad’s passport authorities say requests for passports have increased significantly in recent weeks.

  • Turns out, Sony’s “waterproof” Xperia devices might not be so waterproof after all.

    After talking up the waterproof capabilities of its Xperia devices for years — even running marketing campaigns showing people happily using its devices underwater — Sony now says that they should not be submerged. As XperiaBlogfirst reported, Sony recently revised its support page on water and dust protection to warn people against taking a swim with their gadgets.

    “Remember not to use the device underwater,” the site says.

    Read PC Mag

    https://youtu.be/x9aDM9XIcu4

  • The fifth edition of the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in Singapore (SIN) from August 25-30, 2015, established 17 World Junior Records and consecrated many talent in the iconic Singapore Sports Hub complex. In addition, 40 Championship Records fell during the six-day competition.

  • Martin Strel swims with a knife strapped to his right leg — in case he encounters sharks, “vampire” fish and other deadly marine life in the world’s wildest waters.

    On Thursday, the 60-year-old marathon swimmer announced the toughest feat of his life: A 10,000-mile, around-the-world voyage on water to draw public attention to increasing aquatic pollution.

    “And for peace and love,” Strel added in his native Slovenian language.

    He aims to circle the globe in about 450 days, starting in Long Beach, California, on March 22 and passing through oceans, rivers, canals and other bodies of water in more than 100 countries. He’ll swim about 5 to 12 hours each day, depending on the weather and changing currents. An escort boat will offer emergency support and space for small breaks.

    But first, Strel took a demonstration 2.2-mile dip in a choppy, rain-swept New York Harbor on Thursday, taking 63 minutes from the Statue of Liberty to a marina near the World Trade Center.

    On the eve of the 9/11 terror attack anniversary, still in his wet suit, he bowed his head for a moment of silence to remember those who died in the complex that’s now rising again.

    Since 2000, Strel has swum the entire length of five rivers — the piranha-infested Amazon, the Danube in Eastern Europe, China’s Yangtze, the Parana in South America, and the Mississippi.

    Those daring forays have earned him the nickname “Big River Man.”

    Read AP

    https://youtu.be/nLrOC0zUcy4