Swimmer's Daily

  • Will the Apple Watch survive 25 minutes in the pool while lap swimming 1,000m? Let’s find out!

  • Hundreds gathered to remember Canadian swim coach Randy Bennett, who lost his battle with cancer last month at the age of 51.

    Bennett was considered an innovator and was a firm believer in Canada’s potential to produce swimming champions, which he proved through his work with Ryan Cochrane.

    Together they won nine world and Olympic medals. Cochrane will compete on the international stage for the first time following Bennett’s death when the Pan Am Games begin in July.

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  • What makes swim moms so special? Five Olympic swimmers share why they love and appreciate their moms on Mother’s Day! Want to learn tips and tricks for swim moms?

  • The 2015 edition of the FINA Swimming World Cup will be highlighted by a main novelty: all the eight meets of the competition will be held in 50m-pools. Traditionally held in short-course, this change is aimed at increasing the participation of National Federations and athletes to the FINA Swimming World Cup. Moreover, each of the 2015 Series meets will be a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (BRA).

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  • Press release from the Danish Swimming Federation

    Denmark bids for the LEN Short Course Championships 2017 with an impressive bid based upon a solid success in 2013 where Denmark played host to the event. In 2017 Copenhagen will stage the event in a brand new, state of art Multi Arena. Members of the LEN Executive have just visited Copenhagen and are very positive about the bid.

    – What we have seen these last days fully assures us that Denmark once again aims at raising the bar in terms of hosting the LEN Short Course Championships, says Paulo Frischknecht, member of the LEN Executive upon his visit to Copenhagen, where he discussed the Danish bid and inspected the venues etc.

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  • A snorkeler who thought he had found human remains in the Colorado River actually came across fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs.

    One skeleton was holding a sign that indicated they were placed there in August 2014 in an area of the Cienega Springs boat launch in La Paz County.

    Sheriff’s deputies met with members of the Buckskin Fire Department, who sent one of their divers down to investigate near a loading dock near Park, AZ.

    The diver who located the bogus remains described the scene as “an underwater tea party.”

    “Someone went to a lot of trouble to make sure they didn’t go floating away,” La Paz County Sheriff Lt. Curt Bagby said.

    See Fox8

  • More than most public figures, elite athletes capture the limelight for better or worse. With constant media attention personal issues become public affairs and can damage or ruin careers. In a recent episode ofSCI TV, industry expert Katharine Nohr discusses how to approach risk management in sports, covering high profile athletes Justin Gatlin and Michael Phelps.

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  • Council instead voted to increase drought emergency from stage two to three

  • The South African Masters Swimming Championships took place recently in Johannesburg. Several world records were broken, but one of the most amazing accomplishments at the event was that of the oldest competitor, 90 year-old Kascha Kloos.