Swimmer's Daily

  • For the Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty, the thing that he initially feared is what shaped his career. Being around water for 35 hours a week for intense training, he surely seems to have surpassed his fear superbly.

    As someone who loves to push himself, he admits that his journey to where he is now has been phenomenally hard and there have been times when he’s thought of quitting. However, with his recent gold win at the European Swimming Championships, he has definitely proven how much his hard work and dedication has paid off.

    See Goggleblog

  • A dozen state lawmakers have signed on to the effort to “investigate and take action against” the judge who handed down a six-month sentence to a man convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious, intoxicated young woman outside a Stanford fraternity party.

    The lawmakers sent letters out Friday morning to the Commission on Judicial Performance in San Francisco as well as Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen. The letter to the commission requests a review of Judge Aaron Persky’s performance, stating that the sentencing of 20-year-old Brock Turner “shows bias and undermines public faith in the judicial system.”

    Read The Mercury News

    Texas lawmaker decries 'pathetic' sentence for Brock Turner from floor of US House

  • Scott Tolman, a swimmer from Sierra High School, is preparing for the Olympic trials and is ready to make his dreams a reality.

  • For up to the minute news on Swimming, Water Polo and Diving around Ireland

    Swim Ireland – Year in Review

  • A recent swim meet in Santa Clara was packed with Olympians preparing for this summer’s games in Rio.

    Olympians use local swim meets to prepare for Rio

  • Vice president Joe Biden released an open letter to the rape victim at the center of the Stanford sexual assault case. Meantime, new pictures and text messages released by the court appear to show Brock Turner a history of drug use. NBC’s Gadi Schwartz reports for TODAY.

    Brock Turner Rape Case: Vice President Joe Biden Writes Open Letter To Victim | TODAY

  • James Savage doesn’t have a criminal record, but he’s headed to Alacatraz.

    The 9-year-old is looking to break a world record, preparing to swim three miles to perform a touch-and-go to Alcatraz Island. Right now, that record is held by a 10-year-old.

    See wwlp.com

  • Wu Minxia was elected the FINA female diver of the year 2012 and 2012. She is the first Chinese athlete with three consecutive olympic golds.

    Shi Tingmao won the FINA female diver of the year award in 2015 and was a world champion in 2011 and 2015. Together they earned even more titles, but see for yourself!

  • It’s an open secret in the black community – blacks can’t swim. And the generalization doesn’t end there.

    The stereotyping as to why seems less important than the life threatening data: 70 percent of black children don’t know how to float, tread water or even splash in the shallow end of the pool.

    Atlanta rapper and avid swimmer Ludacris is changing that statistic by shining a light on the problem. And he’s using the resources of his namesake foundation to work towards a solution.

    See kmov.com

    KMOV.com