Swimmer's Daily

  • Michael Phelps Swim School in association with Gameday Arts launched their excellence programme here on Wednesday as India became the first international venture for the programme.

    Hilary Phelps, the eldest sister of the legendary Michael Phelps, said the programme was specifically designed for children with an intention to provide swimmers of all skill levels with the most proven technique to learn swimming.

    The training methods are the same that helped Phelps win 18 Olympic, 26 World and 16 Pan-Pacific championships medals, she said.

    Hilary Phelps, the creative director of Michael Phelps Swim School, interacted with the children and answered all their questions on what Michael had to do to become a record-breaking Olympic swimmer.

    “This country has so much potential to excel in every sport in existence and swimming is no different. The reason we chose Bangalore as the venue for our swim clinics is because of its rich history of nurturing young swimming talent and a vibrant swimming culture.

    “We want to give Indians the opportunity to learn to swim and later become a competitive force in the sport of swimming. We (Michael Phelps Swim School) are very excited to work together to bring our programme to India, especially Bangalore,” said Hillary.

    Read NDTV

    https://youtu.be/5fsx89uLC7c

  • “CBS This Morning” is kicking off a new series, “Pushing the Limits,” where we profile seemingly ordinary people doing remarkable things. Katie Ledecky is called “the best swimmer on the planet.” She started building her legacy at age 15, winning her first gold medal at the London Olympics. She’s broken 10 world records, one of them, almost by accident. Norah O’Donnell spoke to Ledecky on how she sets — and beats — her personal bests.

  • This video is about Carol Pence aka Penny Taylor

  • The fifth leg of the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2015- in Singapore (SIN) – on October 3-4 will be live streamed free of charge on FINAtv.

    Saturday October 3, 2015
    Finals: 18:00 (GMT+8)

    Saturday October 4, 2015
    Finals: 18:00 (GMT+8)

    See start lists and results here on omegatiming.com

    More details about the competition can be found at: http://bit.ly/1M3hqk8

  • This weekend in Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands Swimming Association will host the 2015 Nordic Open Masters Championships, featuring 318 swimmers from 8 countries, ranging from 25 to 93 years of age. See nom2015.org and livetiming.se (more…)

  • A man who was free diving with spear fishermen off the South Australian coast was “swallowed whole” by a great white shark.

    During an inquest hearing into the death of 28-year-old teacher Sam Kellett, witnesses described the February 2014 shark attack that ended his life.

    “It made me turn around back out to sea and as I turned around I saw the tail of a shark come out of the water and it was thrashing around,” Aaron Whitaker said at the hearing, according to ITV. “I put my face under the water to see the shark but I could not see it. All of a sudden a white pointer shark came out of the murky water vertically towards the surface behind me and almost launched itself out of the water.”

    Witness Nicholas Carson said at the hearing he saw the 16-foot-long shark jump out of the water during the attack.

    “I saw the whole body of a shark surface out of the water and dive down again into the water,” he said, according to Adelaide Now. “It looked like a great white shark. It happened so fast.”

    See CBS Tampa Bay

    Photo by African Budget Safaris

  • A man says his $26,000 Rolex wristwatch was stolen from a hotel swimming pool locker room while he went for a dip.

    The incident happened at around 11:30 a.m. on July 17 on the 27th floor of the Eaton Chelsea Hotel on Gerrard Street in downtown Toronto.

    The victim told police he placed his personal items, including the Rolex, into a changeroom locker and went for a swim. Police believe someone opened the locker between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and took the watch.

    The watch is a Rolex Sea-Dweller 1665. Anyone who may have come to possess that type of watch is asked to contact police at 416-808-5200, or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477 (TIPS).

    See CP24

    Photo by hypo.physe

  • We catch up with former Olympic swimmer Rebecca and get the latest on her baby girl, Summer

    https://youtu.be/s0ZaMxKb168

  • At the Sept. 29 Montgomery County Council meeting, Councilmember Nancy Floreen recognized Jim Clifford for swimming the English Channel.