Swimmer's Daily

  • Sharks are nine times more likely to kill men than women, new research from Australia shows.

    Men are targeted in 84 per cent of all unprovoked shark attacks, and make up 89 per cent of all shark bite fatalities – which means that women are statistically more likely to survive a shark attack.

    The numbers are from a study out of Bond University in Queensland to be published in the international journal Coastal Management this week.

    Report author associate professor Daryl McPhee told the Telegraph the results were so surprising that he had to double-check them.

    “Potentially men spend more time in the water, and are more risk-prone,” he suggested.

    Read The Telegraph

  • The second edition of the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships will take place from September 5-7, 2014 in Balatonfured (HUN) with the presence of 153 athletes from 30 countries. Divided in two age groups (14-16 years and 17-18 years), boys and girls will take the plunge in races of 5km for the youth category and 7.5km for the junior group. Moreover, a 3km Team Event composed of three swimmers is also organised for both age categories.

    Post by FINA.
    The Lake Balaton is the biggest in central Europe and will also host the open water events during the 2021 FINA World Championships, to be staged in Budapest. Its waters offer optimal conditions for this discipline and the entire region is one of the most famous holiday resorts in Hungary. The schedule of the three-day Championships will be as follows: September 5, 2014 10h00: Junior Boys – 7.5km 12h30: Youth Girls – 5km September 6, 2014 10h00: Junior Girls – 7.5km 12h30: Youth Boys – 5km September 7, 2014 10h00: Junior Team event – 3km 12h00: Youth Team event – 3km The first edition of the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships took place in Welland (CAN) in August 2012. For this première, Germany's swimmers earned four out of the six gold medals at stake, and took another silver and bronze medal. The remaining two titles went to China and South Africa. For the 2014 edition in Lake Balaton, all the events of the Championships will be streamed live on the FINA website.
    See FINA Hotlinks - Event Guide - Start Lists - TV Live Streaming - Results Photo by brewbooks

  • SwimOutlet.com introduced its latest interactive feature for customers called “What the Pros Wear”.  Building from their popular crowd-sourced “Style Showcase” launched in late spring, What the Pros Wear is a unique platform that allows visitors and swim fans to check out suits, gear and accessories worn by the world’s biggest swim stars.

    Check out the latest Aqua Sphere goggles worn by Michael Phelps, see what TYR suit Megan Romano sports in training – or purchase the tech suit jammers Anthony Ervin prefers for competition.

    What the Pros Wear uses creative and fun snapshots of the world’s best swimmers to promote the brands they endorse while curating a fun and unique storefront. It also gives the athletes a personality of their own on a page that emphasizes today’s word-of-mouth social media buzz. Each picture can be liked, shared, tweeted and pinned.

    Updates and new photos will continue to be added throughout the year to What the Pros Wear.

    To celebrate the launch of What the Pros Wear, SwimOutlet.com is partnering with Aqua Sphere to giveaway an autographed Michael Phelps swim cap.

    To enter, fans simply need to provide their guess of what color Aqua Sphere K-180+ goggle Phelps will be wearing in 2015. There are three ways to enter with 1 entry per person on each: comment on SwimOutlet.com blog, post on Facebook.com/SwimOutlet or tweet your guess @swimoutlet

    Press release from SwimOutlet

  • “Christiansborg Rundt 2014”, in Copenhagen, Denmark

    http://vimeo.com/104914003

  • Courtesy of Swimming Australia

  • Swimming star Ross Murdoch received the fan mail from the mystery young fan after his gold medal win.

    Murdoch then took to Twitter in an effort to track down the five-year-old, known only as Brian.

    The 20-year-old Commonwealth gold medal winner called on his followers to help him trace the youngster to show him where he trains.

    The young fan was later identified as Brian Fitzpatrick, from Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire.

    On Friday, the youngster was introduced to his hero in a very special swimming lesson at Stirling University’s Swimming Academy.

    After the pair raced, Murdoch tweeted: “Met Brian this afternoon. What a little dude! Had a blast and wish him all the best for the future.”

    See STV

  • At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu set a new short course world record yet again, clocking incredible 56.86 in the 100 meter short course individual medley, where her world record from Doha last Thursday was 57.25. First woman ever under 57 in the 100 IM, and her fifth world record in five days. See the result list here.

    Image courtesy of Doha Stadium Plus Qatar, CC BY 2.0

  • At 67 years old, grandmother Margot Anderson could be enjoying the quiet retired life at home in England.

    Instead, she works a string of part-time jobs so she can afford to be standing at the foot of a pale blue glacier in Patagonia, about to jump into near-freezing water with 53 other extreme swimmers from around the world.

    “If this is the last thing I do in life, I’ll go with fullness,” says Anderson, before plunging into the frigid water off Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier.

    Read Rappler

  • At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai today, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta set a new 200 meter short course breaststroke world record, clocking 2:00.48 where his own world record from the Istanbul 2009 World Short Course Championships was 2:00.67. See the result list here.

    Featured image of Gyurta at the Bergen Swim Festival 2014 courtesy of Kjell Eirik Irgens Henanger