Swimmer's Daily

  • Four-time Olympic Medalist, Cullen Jones, discusses what it means being a role model and an Olympic champion in the African-American community despite the misconceptions and stereotypes that swimmers of color face. He shares his thoughts on swimming becoming a more inclusive sport and how he one day will pass on the torch to the younger generation.

  • In the second of our ‘Moments in Time’ series we focus on the extraordinary story of Eric Moussambani at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

    We talk to Eric about his unique preparations to represent Equatorial Guinea for the Games, his training facilities and schedule as well as his experience with swimming. The Men’s 100m Freestyle race he was to be involved in became one of the most memorable moments in Olympic history.

  • For the person who gets a sinking feeling every time they set foot inside a museum, at last the perfect destination.

    Accessible only to snorkelers, divers and sea life, Europe’s first underwater museum is opening in waters off the Spanish island of Lanzarote.

    The Atlantic Museum, based on the seafloor of Las Coloradas bay, has begun installing a set of sculptures by international artist Jason deCaires Taylor inspired by “the defense of the ocean.”

    See CNN

    https://youtu.be/dqHWh6RT0hc

  • What do you think is the best way to swim through a group of alligators?

    If you said there isn’t a ‘best way’ to do such a crazy thing then you’re right.

    But Charles Wieand doesn’t roll like that and he decided to take a dip with the creatures using an inflatable crocodile lilo.

    A YouTube video, from Outdoor Adventure channel, showed the 34-year-old slaloming through eight foot alligators at Florida’s Everglades Outpost.

    ‘It’s definitely one of the craziest ideas I’ve ever had,’ the comedian (he would have to be) said.

    See Metro

  • There were unfortunately a lot of no-shows at the FINA World Aquatics Gala “Soirée des Etoiles”, especially between the swimmers. But that just made 2015 best male diver He Chao rule even more.

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  • The International Swimming Federation has named Australia’s Mitch Larkin and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu as its best swimmers of 2015.

    FINA also named China’s He Chao the best male diver and his compatriot Shi Tingmao best female diver at its Sunday gala event in Budapest with Serbia considered the best male water polo team and the United States best female team.

    Other winners included American Jordan Wilimovsky and Brazilian Ana Marcela Cunha in open water swimming, while Svetlana Romashina from Russia was best in women’s synchronized swimming. Bill May from the U.S. and Russia’s Alexandr Maltsev shared the honors as best male synchronized swimmers.

    Britain’s Gary Hunt won the men’s high diving category, while Rachelle Simpson from Britain repeated as the best female high diver.

    Read AP

  • Michael Phelps — male stripper??

    The folks at Chippendales hope so … ’cause they were so impressed with the Olympian’s Speedo stunt at the ASU basketball game last week, they want him to shake it onstage!

    We spoke with a rep for the legendary male review who tells us they’ve already reached out to Michael’s rep in the hopes he’ll be a special celeb guest host at their show at the Rio in Vegas.

    “We know Michael will add a touch of gold to our already stellar, internationally acclaimed flagship production in the $10 million Chippendales Theatre at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.”

    See TMZ

  • The Mexican Swimming Federation has hit out at the sports world governing body FINA after being handed a multi-million dollar fine.

    The fine is a result of last year’s decision by Mexico to pull out of hosting the 2017 world championships in Guadalajara.

    FINA has also suspended all Mexican swimmers from competition.

    President of the Mexican Swimming federation Kiril Todorov said: “(FINA) know that we cannot pay this amount. What do they gain from suspending us? Nothing. We cannot pay it. They are putting pressure on the Mexican government through Mexican athletes, this is what FINA is doing.”

    See Euronews