Swimmer's Daily

  • The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating a case of suspected primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in a critically ill child. Health officials determined 14-year-old Hunter Boutain developed the infection after swimming at Lake Minnewaska, just south of Alexandria, Minn.

    Boutain, of Alexandria, Minn., is being treated for the infection at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. His family said he is currently in a coma and needs help breathing.

    “As of this afternoon (7/8/15) Hunter is still in the hospital and remains in critical condition,” Bryan Boutain, Hunter’s uncle, said. “This is a difficult time for our family. We are grateful for the support we’ve received, and welcome everyone’s continued prayers.”

    See myfoxchicago.com

    FOX 32 News Chicago

  • Zylane Lee who recently won gold in the SEA games’ duet routine, takes us through her journey as a national synchronised swimmer.

  • If you are a beginner in swimming in open water, we give some valuable tips if your plan is to start to compete.

    1. Take it easy in the start, no rush.
    2. Drafting is important, makes your swim a lot more easy
    3. What to do if someone swims to close and tickles your feet?

  • Hugh takes to the water to find out whether his veg only diet can hold up under strenuous exercise. Then he cooks up a carbo-loaded delicious pesto dish. This Classic extract from River Cottage is taken from the Veg series in 2011.

  • Having a stable head position when swimming backstroke helps with body rotation. If my head is stable, I can turn my shoulders and hips with more ease. Finding a point of focus for my eyes helps steady my head.

    See leilavaziri.com for more videos.

  • At the Danish nationals in Copenhagen this week, national head coach Nick Juba announced a new program called Olympic Hopefuls, aimed at those ‘genuine Olympic contenders’ that have made the Danish qualification times for Rio 2016, or are very close to making them.

    See the qualifying time standards here on svoem.org. Swimmers representing Denmark (or in Pál Joensen’s case Faroe Islands) at the Kazan 2015 World Championships are automatically selected, while others can qualify by making the time standard established from the Danish Olympic Qualifying Times for Rio 2016 plus 1.5%.

    At the moment, the hopefuls consists of the 7 Danish swimmers selected for Kazan who are based in Denmark, plus Pál Joensen the Copenhagen-based Faroese swimmer who can compete for Denmark at the Olympics. In addition to these, Julie Kepp Jensen made the time standard at the Baku 2015 European Games, while Anton Ørskov Ipsen made the time standard during the just finished Danish nationals. 4 US-based swimmers are apparently not included in the program.

    They are as of now planning to take a selection of the hopefuls to a kick-off camp in Cyprus in September, and a warm-weather camp in Bermuda in January-February 2016. After April 2016 they will probably run a couple of alternatives, so that different people can do different things.

    See also the video interview with Danish national coach Nick Juba on svoem.dk.

  • This short documentary shows Canada’s top swimmers in training for the 1964 Olympic Games. Under the critical eye of coach Ed Healy, they practice long hours in the gym and in the pool to build strength and stamina.

    https://youtu.be/RseUXgeR1nM

  • A 28-year-old Texas man taking a late-night swim was attacked and killed by an alligator. Hear an eyewitness recount the attack.

  • https://youtu.be/xuswQuxhbUQ