Swimmer's Daily

  • Sunday 3 May, 2015 marks the 30 year anniversary of IRONMAN Australia in Port Macquarie. Check out the swim highlights from Hastings River with the weir crossing. Pro Results out of the water:

    Male:
    1. Graham O’Grady (44:55)
    2. Luke Bell (44:57)
    3. Pete Jacobs (44:58)

    Female:
    1. Lisa Marangon (51:58)
    2. Michelle Gailey (52:53)
    3. Christie Sym (53:00)

  • Matt Biondi talks about training philosophy

  • It won’t be long before the pools, lakes, and beach waters are filled with kids and adults. Knowing how to swim can be the difference between life and death.

    So at what age should you start thinking about swim lessons? The folks at the YMCA in Montgomery recommend you start with a class for parents and toddlers if your child is under the age of three.

    “That acclimates the parent and the toddler to the water and the aquatic environment,” said YMCA Aquatic Director Daniel Blazer. “It also allows parents to learn some techniques to get them ready for the next stage of stroke development.”

    While this stage is more about getting comfortable in the water, the “real” swim lessons can start by the age of three. And the more advance lessons can start at the age of six. Swim teachers say the more exposure your little one has to the water the more they will like it.

    “The lesson not only teaches stroke development, it also teaches water safety, how to have fun in the water, and some emergency rescues skills if they’re ever needed,” Blazer said.

    And when it comes to swim lessons there is no age limit. They start with babies and go all the way up to adults of any age. Instructors say it is a little tougher for most adults to pick it up, but they eventually get the hang of it. It can truly be a life saver and open up a whole new world of fun.

    See WSFA

    WSFA.com Montgomery Alabama news.

  • In 1968, Mark Spitz promised his fans that he would bring home no fewer than six gold medals from the Mexico City Olympics. Instead, the swashbuckling swimmer took silver in the 100-meter butterfly, bronze in the 100-meter freestyle and two gold medals in his team relay events.

    Meanwhile, he came in last in the 200-meter butterfly and didn’t win any solo race.

    His take? He could do better.

    “I considered myself a failure,” Spitz, now 65, told IBD from his home in Los Angeles.

    Still, he knew that worrying about drowned dreams was a waste of time. So he focused his goggles on 1972 and the Munich Games.

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    Photo by Doha Stadium Plus

  • There are big plans for Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the sailing events will take place. But with a year and a half until the games, criticism is falling on planners and authorities for not taking the necessary steps to clean up the notoriously polluted bay. Few observers have hope of improvement.

    That’s why André Correa, Brazil’s environmental secretary, jumped into the bay on live TV on Globo’s Fantástico, a week after the program reported on the extent of water pollution in Rio. Critics are concerned polluted water could be harmful to Olympians health, and floating trash could interfere with the competition.

    Olympic sailors have referred to the bay as an “open sewer.”

    “You can swim here just like in Ipanema or Barra,” Correa says as he treads water. Both of the beaches he is referring to are popular among tourists.

    The show emphasized that the secretary chose a spot near the mouth of the bay, where there is more inflow of ocean water, as well as a time with a high tide, when more clean ocean water is coming in.

    See Mashable

    https://youtu.be/k1deG8W3BQE

  • She’s won a hoard of fans for her straight-talking YouTube videos, which her son promotes on her hugely popular Facebook page.

    But Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe wasn’t very impressed when 78-year-old Nonna Paola tried to approach him on the Logies red carpet in Melbourne on Sunday for a quick chin wag.

    Reporting from the event on behalf of KIIS FM’s Matt Tilley and Jane Hall, the quick-witted grandma held her own against everyone from Dannii Minogue – who she scolded for having tattoos – to Eurovision heavyweight Conchita Wurst.

    However when the Italian-born Melbourne-convert chatted to Thorpey, his response was far from enthusiastic.“A swimmer! You’re the best, you’re awesome,” Nonna Paola beamed.

    “Thank you… Ok, thank you,” Ian, 32, stuttered.

    See Woman’s Day

    https://youtu.be/R7RA8wP3pBA

  • Interview of Vladimir Leonov Minister for Youth and Sport Republic of Tatarstan – Kazan 2015 venues and preparations update

  • Jump in on some practice time with the House of Dancing Water as they rehearse for their upcoming show in Macau.