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  • Swim.com, the world’s most advanced swim workout and training platform, launched its mobile app today, allowing swimmers to access advanced feedback and analytics for their swims without needing to access a computer.

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    With the new Swim.com app, swimmers will be able to instantly view workouts they have swum with compatible wearable devices from manufacturers such as Garmin and that have automatically synced to the Swim.com platform. It will also allow Pebble smartwatch users to swim with the waterproof Pebble, sync and view their workouts through a single app, right from the pool deck.

    “The biggest feedback we’ve gotten from users during our beta-phase is that they want instant feedback about their workout,” said Davis Wuolle, VP, Product for Swim.com. “Swimmers are busy, highly driven athletes. They want feedback in the water and on the pool deck, and not just when they get the chance sit down in front of a computer.”

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    The Swim.com app, on mobile devices and on the web, allows users to easily track distance, pace, times, strokes, efficiency and other key swim workout information. With the mobile app, that data access is now seamless and quick. The app is completely free and available now on both iOS and Android smartphones.

    “In just six short months, Swim.com for Pebble has become the most downloaded swimming app for smartwatches,” added Wuolle. “This is the next step in the evolution and development of Swim.com, as users increasingly look for mobile-first solutions.”

    Last year, Swim.com became the first-ever swim activity platform compatible with all the major swim wearables including Garmin, FINIS, Swimovate and Pebble – the first smartwatch to feature smart swimming functionality. More product enhancements and smartwatch compatibility for Swim.com will be unveiled throughout the summer of 2015.

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    “It’s great to see swimmers adopting wearable technologies that can enhance their experience of the sport,” Wuolle said. “With the launch of the Apple Watch and Pebble Time, and waterproof Android Wear solutions like the Sony Smartwatch 3, the future of technology in the pool looks very bright.”

    To download Swim.com App for Android, visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spiraledge.swimapp

    To download Swim.com App for iOS, visit https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/swim.com/id956030704

    To learn more about Swim.com, visit http://www.swim.com/

    To stay up-to-date on Swim.com’s progress, follow Swim.com on Facebook or Twitter: http://www.facebook.com/swimdotcom, http://www.twitter.com/swimdotcom

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  • Floyd Mayweather Jr. took his training for his upcoming megafight against Manny Pacquiao to the pool.

    Mayweather posted an Instagram video of himself doing boxing exercises in the pool before going for laps to swim with his strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, a former member of Pacquiao’s corner, overseeing his training.

    The WBA and WBC welterweight titleholder has been trying different training methods as part of his preparations for the May 2 showdown. Just last month Mayweather made news after he showed another video of himself chopping wood as part of his training.

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  • It’s a life-saving skill many people learn as kids, but an alarming number of Americans say they don’t know how to swim. CBS2’s Alex Denis speaks with some people who are overcoming their fears and finding out the water is just fine.

  • A man posing for a picture Sunday while holding his “trophy fish” was attacked by a sea lion which hauled him over the side of a boat into the water, a San Diego Fire-Rescue official said.

    The 62-year-old victim, who was not identified, was holding a fish posing for a picture near the Hyatt Mission Bay Marina at 2:40 p.m. being taken by a friend when the marine mammal attacked.

    “The man was bitten by a sea lion and pulled into the water,” San Diego Fire-Rescue spokesman Lee Swanson said.

    A 300-pound sea lion grabbed the fish and pulled the man over the side into the water and dragged him 20 feet through the water.

    “We estimated that he was in the water for 15 to 20 seconds. At that point, the sea lion let go and he was able to jump back into his boat,” said San Diego lifeguard Lt. John Sandmeyer.

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  • Pool deck? Or dance floor? You be the judge… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRN0XHv0yuY #AusChamps15 #TeamGreenAndGold

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  • A Japanese woman has become the first 100-year-old to complete a 1,500m freestyle swim in a 25m pool.

    Mieko Nagaoka, who only took up swimming at the age of 82, already holds the record in her age category for the same distance in a 50m pool.

    She completed the latest feat in just over one hour and 15 minutes, using backstroke all the way.

    She was the only person taking part in her age range – 100 to 104 – at the competition in Matsuyama on Saturday.

    Nagaoka already dominates the world record board for her age group, as awarded by the international swimming federation (Fina), holding 24 titles over both short and long distances.

    Her latest achievement is now expected to be recognised by Guinness World Records.

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  • Beyond the Black Line is a program for our young female & male swimmers, teaching them the importance of a young persons journey through their teenage year growing up on pool deck.

  • Highlights from Day 2 of the 2015 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships.

  • Swimming legend Michael Phelps’ return to the sport is clearly not going as per plan, with the 29-year-old currently excluded from the USA swim team for the World Championships in Russia and the Pan-American Games in Toronto later this year after he was found guilty for a drunken-driving offence in September last year.

    However, Cathy Bennett, Phelps’ first swim instructor, has no doubt he can make it to the team for the 2016 Olympics to be held at Rio de Janeiro.

    “He will give his 150 per cent. If the past proves true, he can achieve great things. He’ll be a leader,” said Bennett, who was in the city on Saturday to launch the Michael Phelps Swimming programme — a grassroot-level swimming programme for enthusiasts of all ages and abilities.

    Phelps won an unprecedented 22 Olympic medals, including 18 golds, and is widely regarded as the best swimmer of all time.

    “I’ve known Michael since he was four. He is a fierce competitor. His biggest asset is his ability to adjust in the pool; he works really hard and completely understands water.

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