Swimmer's Daily

  • The scale of the problem facing the world’s oceans first struck Boyan Slat during a summer holiday to Greece when he was 16.

    Instead of colourful fish in azure waters, his abiding memory of the trip is of plastic debris on beaches and in the waves.

    Now 21, the Dutch entrepreneur is planning to deploy a pilot device off southern Japan that will, if all goes according to plan, gather and capture some of the millions of tons of plastic that is clogging up the world’s oceans.

    And if the small-scale Ocean Cleanup Array can be demonstrated to work off the island of Tsushima from next year, a larger version could be sited halfway between Hawaii and California in 2020 as the most ambitious effort to rid the Pacific of plastic rubbish to date.

    “This is truly a global problem”, Mr Slat told The Telegraph from his organisation’s offices in the Dutch city of Delft.

    “An estimated 8 million tons of plastic enters the world’s oceans every year, which is the equivalent volume of two Empire State Buildings every week”.

    Read The Telegraph

    https://youtu.be/6IjaZ2g-21E

  • A blend of Into The Wild and The Wave, ONE BREATH is about the life and death of America’s greatest freediver, and an in depth look at the extreme and elegant sport of competetive freediving. It’s about seeking adventure and authenticity, pushing limits and finding love. This video is just a sneak peek. Log on to onebreathbook.com or adamskolnick.com for information.

  • After failing to reach an agreement with the Hungarian Swimming Federation, Hungarian competitive swimmer Katinka Hosszú today tore up her contract with the federation and announced at a press conference that she would train privately on her own, according to reports.

    The contract Hosszú tore apart today valued at approximately HUF 12 million, was offered to her for promoting the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, the swimmer claims. She reportedly said she does not need the money, and that the federation should keep it and use it to establish “appropriate conditions” for Hungarian swimmers.

    Read Budapest Business Journal and see Hungary Today

  • World champions highlight the winners’ list of the 2015 LEN Awards. European athletes were dominant at last year’s showcase in Kazan, in most disciplines it was a hard call to choose among the best performers.

    The winners in swimming came from the same nation: Laszlo Cseh and Katinka Hosszu both represent Hungary. Earlier only the Germans could achieve this double when Paul Biedermann and Britta Steffen won the awards in 2009.

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  • This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a device that will heat a pool with the heat produced by an air conditioner.

  • Canadian Olympic swimmer Ryan Cochrane kicks off the New Year by giving his students a lesson on perseverance. He highlights how failure is never a reason to give up, how perseverance shows up in many forms, and how important it is to practice resilience.

    https://youtu.be/ZCwVV3niXxo

  • From the gym to the pool – stage two of the RAF Regiment Pre Gunner Selection Course sees candidates tackle the swim. Do you have what it takes in the pool?

    https://youtu.be/zLmla2nuPyM

  • German athletes who test positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs could now face prison after the country’s controversial new anti-doping law officially came into force.

    The legislation, passed by Germany’s Lower House, the Bundestag, and the second chamber, the Bundesrat, in November, passed into the statute books after it was signed into law by President Joachim Gauck.

    Under the law, sportsmen and women who test positive for drugs or are found guilty of possession of banned substance can face prison terms of up to three years.

    Those who provide them with the substances, including doctors and coaches, can be jailed for up to 10 years.

    Read Inside The Games

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  • It is that time of the year again