Swimmer's Daily

  • If someone had told me six years ago that I would be physically and mentally preparing myself to embark on any sort of competitive swimming program, I would have said “not a chance in the world” and walked away laughing. 
    It’s fair to say life has had many twists and turns in the last four or five years. The difficulties following my marriage breakdown and acrimonious divorce were laid bare for all to see. I was in and out of the news, sometimes for the wrong reasons. I can’t change the past but I can certainly learn from it and hope to be defined by my actions.

    Read Sydney Morning Herald

  • See EDINT15 on Livestream , results here on swimscotland.co.uk

  • World and Olympic swimming champions will feature in an impressive roster of talent in Edinburgh this weekend.

  • A Detroit-area teen had to be rescued from a Holland pool and revived using CPR Friday.

    The incident occurred around 1 p.m. at the Holland Community Aquatic Center, which is located at 550 Maple Ave. The high school student from Wyandotte was diving as he warmed up before a qualifying round of the Division 2 state swim meet.

    Other divers and lifeguards spotted the teen at the bottom of the 13-foot-deep pool. Several lifeguards and fully-clothed coaches jumped in and pulled him out. He had to be revived with CPR.

    Once emergency responders were sure the teen was breathing, had a pulse and was conscious, he was taken to the hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery.

    The event was MHSAA-sanctioned, so there was a doctor and a medical trainer on hand.

    It’s unclear what happened that left the teen on the bottom of the pool.

    Garret Snook, a swim coach at Saginaw Heritage High School, witnessed the incident. He said this type of accident at a swim meet is extremely unusual.

    “Just a fluke incident. Just really scary,” he said. “I’ve never been anywhere near anything like this. I’ve been around the pool since probably I was 8 years old — the last 20 years of my life. First time I’ve ever walked away thinking something bad happened at a swim meet.”

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  • In a stunning return to the pool that is set to completely surpass the efforts of Olympic great Ian Thorpe in 2012, Hackett is swimming as fast as Thorpe did three years ago after less than half of the time back in full training.

    Just six months into his comeback Hackett has already posted multiple 200m freestyle time trials in training of one minute 50 seconds, merely a fingertip off Thorpe’s 1:49.91 effort when 12th at the 2012 Olympic trials in Adelaide.

    Today Hackett will contest his first official race since the 2008 Beijing Olympics when he does a qualifying meet at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre racing the 400m and 200m freestyle.

    “I’ve been getting up and doing that sort of time (1:50) since December actually,” Hackett said.

    “I never thought I’d get to that time at this sort of stage, particularly in full training.”

    That time of 1:47 remains Hackett’s goal. Swim that fast next month at the world titles selection trials in Sydney and he could find himself on the plane to Kazan.

    Read FOX Sports

    https://youtu.be/Zh57lUXgL9Y

  • Clear Lounge is a new underwater oxygen bar that promises a refreshing experience. And possibly a hangover cure.

    https://youtu.be/crzv_n8hJUE

  • Texas Swim Academy is an infant, child and adult swim lesson facility. The academy strives to introduce children to water at an early age through infant aquatics, and to fully develop their swim stroke abilities through adulthood through stroke development. Children are taught life saving swim safety skills and have the option to prepare for competitive swim team. Texas Swim Academy also offers parent-child classes to grow the bond between parent and child and to provide a seamless, comfortable introduction to water for children.

  • Once again, Karl Carosella from Channel Ten has put together a spectacular highlights package from the 2015 event!

  • “Everyone cheering on Camille Muffat” – A very special moment at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany, when the French Olympic champion Camille Muffat charged ahead in the women’s 400 freestyle, splitting repeatedly under world record pace, until she just missed it by 1/100th of a second. Behold how everyone cheers on her, even the Danes and Americans who had swimmers being distanced by her.