Swimmer's Daily

  • William Trubridge, world champion and double world record-holding freediver, is the world’s best free immersion diver, and also holds the record for the “constant weight without fins” discipline.

    The 34-year-old attempted to dive 102m into a cavern off the Bahamas this morning.

    Trubridge looked comfortable as he attempted the 102m dive today, reaching the marker at two minutes, but shortly before the surface, the diver grabbed a safety line and was helped to top by two divers.

    When he emerged from the water his wife and coach Britta could be heard saying “breathe, breathe, breathe”, to him.

    See The New Zealand Herald

  • The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK investigates, by
    making young distance ace Henrik Christiansen wear different  of handicapping clothes and accessories, in a race against reporter Nicolay Ramm, ‘who likes to swim’.

    Watch it here on NRK.

    And don’t worry, you don’t need to understand Norwegian in order to enjoy ! :-)

    Post by NRK Sport.

  • The international championship series Oceanman is born to become the first franchise in the world of open water swimming worldwide. The variety of 2015 locations features Altea (Alicante, April, 26), Palamós (Costa Brava, May, 24), Orta (Italy, June, 20), Cala Montgó (Costa Brava, September, 13) and the grand finale, the Oceanman European championship in Benidorm (Alicante, October, 25) to close the season and cap off the year of great challenges.

    The events under the scope of the Oceanman brand will follow the same format in terms of distances, brand image, communication, rules & regulations policy and safety measures. The events offer 3 competing distances- Popular (1-2km), Half-Oceanman (from 3 to 5 km) and Oceanman (from 6 to 14km)

    See Oceanman

  • On Wednesday morning William Trubridge will attempt to freedive 102 metres, unassisted, into a deep 200 metre cavern in the Bahamas.

    “I’m not fearful for my life because I trust the safety divers, but there is always that anxiety,” he told TV ONE’s Breakfast.

    “Am I going to make it? Am I going to black out? My main fear is not being successful in my attempt.”

    See TVNZ

  • Shannon Rollason and Nick Juba, ready for Doha 2014. Maybe the best coaching team in the entire universe ! :-)

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  • DOHA (QAT) – NOVEMBER 29, 2014

    With the presence of delegates from 155 National Member Federations, the FINA Extraordinary Congress took place today in Doha (QAT), and approved the following changes in the FINA Rules:

    • Constitution Rules: High Diving is now officialised as the sixth FINA Aquatic Discipline; the Code of Ethics and the FINA Ethics Panel are now part of this set of Rules;
    • General Rules: introduction of High Diving; Swimming finals can only be swum in 8 lanes;
    • Swimming: new rules regarding early start and butterfly kick in breaststroke events; electronic lap counters for the races of 800m and 1500m free races may be used; the possibility of using a backstroke ledge was also introduced; rules governing the World Junior Records in 50m and 25m-pool were defined;
    • Open Water Swimming: obligation to touch the touch pad, if available, at the finish of a race in order to validate the time and ranking;
    • Diving: definition of rules for the newest Diving event, the mixed 3m and 10m synchro; minor changes in judging;
    • High Diving: definition of rules for the newest and sixth discipline, contested for the first time at the 2013 FINA World Championships;
    • Synchronised Swimming: introduction of mixed duet, in two new events (technical and free);
    • Water Polo: minor changes were made concerning the balls, substitutions during the game, exclusion and penalty fouls;
    • Masters: minor adjustments in the swimming, open water and water polo rules;
    • Doping Control Rules: a new set of rules, in conformity with the WADA Code, was approved, and will be applicable from January 1, 2015;
    • Facilities Rules: amendments in Swimming (backstroke ledge) and Diving (platform material) facilities; set of new rules on High Diving facilities.

    “After this Congress, FINA has improved tools to continue developing its activities. We live in a very competitive sports market, and as a leading International Federation, we need to have the best possible rules to face the inevitable challenges in this area”, considered the FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione.

    See fina.org

  • Record number of athletes registered to compete in Doha. Hundreds of millions around the world are expected to tune in to see the biggest names in swimming take to the blocks at Hamad Aquatic Centre.

  • One would think Natalie Coughlin has accomplished enough at the Olympics, with 12 medals in three appearances in the Games. One would be wrong.

    Coughlin, 32, told UniversalSports.com that she is “all in” for a fourth Olympics appearance in Rio in 2016:

    “Going into London [in 2012] and into that season I certainly didn’t think I’d go beyond it,” Coughlin said. “But I didn’t want to end my career on that note, knowing I could do more and I could do better.”

    Read The Washington Post

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    Photo by Vironevaeh

  • Katie Ledecky wins Female Athlete of the Year at the 2014 Golden Goggle Awards in New York.