Swimmer's Daily

  • Age is catching up with Egre now. After years of marching in the infantry and scaling mountains in the ski patrol, the avid tennis player’s body is breaking down.

    “I have end-stage kidney disease plus a lot of other morbidities. I lost my right shoulder, pretty much my left shoulder. I lost my right foot, my right knee is gone. I have CAD, artery disease,” he said.

    All of those ailments are speeding up the clock. Doctors told him in order to stay alive he needs to stay active and one of the only activities a person with his limitations can do is swim.

    Luckily for him, swimming was his childhood hobby.

    “Swimming is my life. It keeps me going. Without swimming, I probably would not be alive today,” he said. “When they take away my swimming, I’m going to a wheelchair and that will be the end. I won’t be around much longer.”

    See wtsp.com

  • International Swimming Hall of Fame Gold Medallion recipient, Adolph Kiefer is recognized for his swimming and contributions to swimming as a business man and philanthropist.

  • Egypt on Tuesday announced it was boycotting December’s world short-course swimming championships in protest against hosts Qatar, the Egyptian swimming federation president told AFP.

    “The decision was taken due to the political position of Qatar vis-s-vis Egypt since the revolution of June 30, 2013,” federation head Yasser Idriss explained.

    Mass demonstrations led to the ousting of Egypt’s Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July last year.

    Relations between Egypt and Qatar soured after Morsi’s ouster, as Cairo criticised Doha’s backing for the former head of the state’s Muslim Brotherhood.

    Over 1,400 pro-Morsi supporters have been killed and 15,000 detained since he was deposed.

    Idriss said that the Egyptian swimming federation was prepared to accept any punishment for its decision not to compete in the championships scheduled from December 3 to 7.

    Read Yahoo! News

  • By AIPS Young Reporter Zarif Rasul

  • Don’t put an age limit on your dreams. Watch as 12x Olympic medalist Dara Torres explains how Tommie Copper compression apparel has helped her stay active even after years of competitive swimming.

    http://youtu.be/oTaaGpjr6rE

  • Indoor navigation is tricky enough but try doing it in a swimming pool! Joe tells us how he’s developed technology that could give you instant feedback on your swimming.

  • A selection of really nice photos from the 2014 North Sea Swim Meet, courtesy of Bjørn Wigdel / North Sea Swim Meet. More can be found here on images.northseaswimmeet.com.

  • Scientists and Surfers travel to Mexico to test technology in hope of improving athlete performance. The goal of the Red Bull Surf Science project is not to revolutionize the way we approach surfing, or even try to elevate it to next level, instead the objective is to further the technology that is being developed, and test it in the harshest conditions possible. If we can get this technology to work and produce credible results, we’ll be able to take key learnings and hopefully improve athlete performance, not only in the water but with other sports as well.

  • How many caps can you fit on your head in 47.63 seconds? Video featuring Matt Abood, Dave McKeon, Jess Corones, Britt Elmslie.