Swimmer's Daily

  • When it comes to boys’ high school swimming in Colorado, there is no one faster in the 100-yard backstroke than Jack Thorne.

    He just racked up his third consecutive state championship for Thompson Valley High School in Loveland. He did it by breaking his own state record in the process.

    But what makes his story even more special isn’t for what he did competing in the pool last weekend.

    It’s what he did last summer, and the role model he has become as a result.

    See FOX31

  • Jonathan Sunnex is part of a small group of elite freedivers who plunge hundreds of feet underwater, all on a single breath of air.

    See CNN

    https://youtu.be/axz0cudHZTc

  • A naked man had to be rescued by firefighters in Florida after the drawbridge he was walking across began to rise.

    The swimmer was walking along the Florida East Coast Railway railroad bridge in Fort Lauderdale on Friday morning when it was raised up 100 feet and he got stuck at the top, Firehouse reports.

    He had been swimming the New River.

    See AOL

    https://youtu.be/1B3-9OZkWAY

  • The Baku Aquatics Center took a step into the future, as 20 young swimmers from Baku took part in the first training session in the main competition pool.

  • A man from Brighton training to break a cross-Channel swimming record has found himself involved in the dramatic rescue of another swimmer.

    Simon Cooke is aiming to complete the earliest and coldest Channel swim next week for local charity Amaze.

    He helped lifeguards tow a man to safety who had been spotted drifting with the strong current.

    See BBC

  • Many pools are opening in time for the Memorial Day weekend and that means its time to remember the important swim safety tips provided to Five on 2 by the Dayton Area Red Cross.

    Nick Gill is a swim instructor who helped walk us through the 5 things all swimmers and parents should keep in mind during the summer season. They include:

    1. Swim in a designated area supervised by lifeguards.
    2. Maintain constant supervision. Never leave a child unattended near water-not even for a minute. It takes less time than that to drown. And do not trust a child’s life to another child. Also, teach children to always ask permission to go near water.
    3. Make sure everyone in your family can swim well. Enroll them in Red Cross swim lessons.
    4. Have the appropriate equipment at your pool to be able to reach or throw in case of an emergency. Have a cell phone, first aid kit and life jacket available. Also, learn CPR and resuscitation breathing, and download the Red Cross emergency and first aid apps.
    5. Have young children or inexperienced swimmers wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved life jacket around water, but do not rely on life jackets alone.

    See wdtn

  • David Burns and Maghnus Collins have been undertaking adventures for the past eight years, but they are about to embark upon what looks like being their biggest challenge yet.

    With assistance from Phillip Hatton (Expedition Lead) and Leish McPartland (In-water Support), on 1 June near Dalkey, weather permitting, they will begin the 360 Swim — effectively a 1600km round Ireland swim, which has never before been completed.

    This arduous journey is expected to take between 90 and 120 days, with the duo set to be backed by a land-based and water-based support team.

    Read the42 and see Costcutter Swim 360°

  • Eleven people, including eight children, were hospitalized Friday following a chlorine leak at a swimming facility in Naperville, according to emergency and hospital officials.

    The people experienced symptoms ranging from nausea and vomiting to chest pain and shortness of breath at the Goldfish Swim School in the 1600 block of Quincy Avenue, according to George Hyland, Naperville fire bureau training chief.

    Read Chicago Tribune and see Daily Herald

  • Scientists in scuba gear rarely get up close and personal with marine animals, because their noisy breathing scares the creatures away.

    But professional freediver Christian Redl, 39, who has plunged to depths of 95m just by holding his breath, has managed to get nose to snout with a grey reef shark, and looked a humpback whale in the eye.

    These magical moments have prompted the Austrian to support a number of marine conservation projects around the world, and are what spur him to continue the sport of freediving.

    “Freediving is like flying underwater. You are light, and everything is silent,” said Mr Redl, who can hold his breath for seven minutes. “And with freediving, I can go almost 100m underwater. In scuba diving, the maximum is only about 30m.”

    He has been diving without breathing equipment for almost 20 years, pushing himself to extremes.
    Last month, Mr Redl claimed a world record – his ninth – for being the first person to freedive in the frigid waters of the North Pole. He was accompanied only by polar expedition leader and professional photographer Marcus Fillinger.

    Mr Redl plunged 30m under ice cover 1.8m thick, and lasted a minute and four seconds in the relatively warm -2 deg C waters. Above ground, the temperature was -30 deg C, freezing on the spot the tears of joy Mr Redl shed at fulfilling a lifelong dream.

    Read asiaone

    https://youtu.be/5mDgXoceyYQ