Swimmer's Daily

  • Hungary’s “Iron Lady” Katinka Hosszu and Cameron Van Der Burgh of South Africa remain the provisional overall leaders of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015 circuit. At the fifth meet of the event in Singapore (SIN) on October 3-4, Hosszu kept consistent by winning the longest events, the 400m free and medley. These two wins largely contributed to her 45 points collected in Singapore, the best among women in front of Emily Seebohm (AUS, 36 points) and Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN, 30 points).

  • “Unbelievable, unbelievable…”

    It was one of the iconic moments of the London 2012 Olympic Games when the father of Chad Le Clos, Bert, gave an emotional interview to the BBC following his son’s shock gold medal victory over Michael Phelps in the 200 metre butterfly.

    Three years on, the Le Clos family are attempting to make waves in a different sport.

    Here, Le Clos junior talks about his new passion and his new racehorse, Unbelievable Chad. He couldn’t have been called anything else.

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  • Courtesy of Dominik Meichtry

  • December 18, 1975: This is no casual swim: astronauts Carolyn Griner, Ann Whitaker, and Mary-Helen Johnston train in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator to help design new experiments to conduct in the challenging environment of space.

    Unlike many early space agency programs composed of all-women teams, the program had nothing to do with testing the suitability or limitations of women in spaceflight. Instead, it relied entirely on their knowledge and expertise to solve problems, not their biological characteristics as test subjects.

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    Scientists in Training

  • After chasing for so long the gold medal, Gary Hunt (GBR) finally got the world title in Kazan (RUS), winning the men’s High Diving competition, with a total of 629.30 points. The British star (31 years old) had been second in both the 2013 Worlds in Barcelona (ESP) and last year, also at the Kazanka venue, during the first edition of the FINA High Diving World Cup. On both occasions, Hunt finished second to Orlando Duque, from Colombia, who made some mistakes in Russia and could not enter the podium (he was sixth) Normally praised for his consistency, Duque was quite regular in the last two rounds of the competition, but was not so solid in the inaugural three dives on Day 1. This time, Hunt did everything almost perfect and successfully allied solid execution with very high degrees of difficulty in his combinations.

  • Costs were raised across the board last month as part of an annual pricing review with an off-peak casual swim now costing £4.95 for an adult – a rise of £1.45.

    A group exercise session, which includes pilates, yoga or water workouts, has risen by £5 to £12 a session for those paying as they go – a hike of 71pc.

    A spokeswoman for the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), which helps run the centre and consulted on the price rise, said the move was to help support running costs and said prices were still lower than in other Newham pools.

    But the hike has already hit some families hard.

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    Photo by Images George Rex

  • Aussie swimmer Cam McEvoy is the fifth fastest 100m freestyle swimmer in history. We meet the Commonwealth Games gold medallist away from the pool to chat sports, cartoons and lifesaving on the Gold Coast, in this Team Speedo video Q&A.

  • “It’s like a heavyweight title fight”, that’s how defending Olympic 200 metre butterfly champion Chad Le Clos has described his showdown with Michael Phelps in Rio next year. The South African pipped Phelps to gold in London by 0.05 seconds, but Phelps has recorded the fastest time of 2015, so how does he feel about his great rivals recent form.

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  • A quick internet search for ‘girl dives with sharks’ will throw up the name Ocean Ramsey. This will surely contain videos of her swimming alongside great white sharks, as well as images showing her close interactions with marine life.

    But there’s more to this girl than that – a life spent in the ocean has led her to become a professional freediver, scuba instructor, marine biologist and model.

    She’s also keen to share her passion for shark conservation, and this is where her amazing imagery and internet prowess are put to good use.

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