Swimmer's Daily

  • A 20-year-old man died after lightning from a rare summer thunderstorm jolted a Southern California beach, injuring or rattling more than a dozen people, authorities said.

    Witnesses said they saw a glare of light and heard a tremendous boom as lightning struck the water off of Venice Beach around 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Swimmers cooling off on a muggy day, volleyball players on the sand and people strolling the famous boardwalk were jolted.

    A 20-year-old man was taken from the beach to a hospital where he died, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz said. His identity was not immediately released.

    Confirmation of the cause of death was pending an autopsy. Dietz said he also can’t confirm whether the man was a swimmer who was pulled from the water and given CPR.

    Twelve other people, including a 15-year-old boy, were examined after they felt the effects of the lightning, ranging from anxiety to a man who needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. However, not all were necessarily actually struck by lightning, said Katherine Main, a city fire spokeswoman.

    Read Mashable

    http://youtu.be/wZB75yPuZbk

  • In this web extra, Van Dyken-Rouen shares how she stays optimistic during her recovery from an ATV accident that severely injured her spine.

  • NAZ Today’s Alex Lucero reports on NAU’s Hypo2 training program for Olympic athletes. Currently, NAU is hosting the Brazilian and Japanese National Swimteams at their Aquatic Center to train for the 2016 summer Olympics in Brazil.

    Brazilian swimmer Henrique Rodrigues says this is his second time training in Flagstaff and thinks the high altitude training is effective for him. Brazilian Head Coach Fernando Vanzella says that Flagstaff has everything they need for their training and the NAU facilities are comfortable and improves performance.

    Japanese Head Coach Norimasa Hirai says that the swimmers’ times improve every year they participate in this training. He is of the opinion that Flagstaff is the best place in the world for the swimmers to train.

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    A group of marine conservationists get crazy with the aquaball. Video by Christopher Cilfone. 

  • South Africa’s Chad le Clos solidified his status as the world’s best 200m butterfly swimmer as he retained his Commonwealth Games title on Saturday, while Australia added another four golds in the pool. […]

    Le Clos nearly came a cropper before he even got into the pool on Saturday after twisting his ankle when slipping off a bus as he arrived back at the athletes’ village on Friday night.

    However, once he was in the water he sped clear of the field in the final 50 metres.

    “Last night I slipped off the bus, so I was a bit worried, my ankle was a bit swollen,” said Le Clos.

    “It wasn’t too bad, so I just iced it. This morning it was quite bad in the heats so I was a bit worried, but we had 10 hours to strap it up and needle it a little bit so thanks to the physios.”

    Read The West Australian

  • Adam Peaty produced a storming last 25 metres to land the Commonwealth 100m breaststroke title on a night of double Glasgow gold for England at the Tollcross Swimming Centre.

    The 19-year-old reeled in South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh in the closing stages to touch in a Games record of 58.94 seconds, with home favourite Ross Murdoch taking the bronze.

    And Peaty admitted afterwards that he was amazed to beat the Olympic champion whose performances he has idolised during his development.

    Read MailOnline

  • Two-time Olympic medallist, Jessica Hardy, demonstrates how to breathe effectively during breaststroke in our how-to video, devised to help you improve your breaststroke breathing technique. Learn how and when to take a breath with advice from our elite swim coach.

    http://youtu.be/k-b_2eOQpWw

  • Discover how to master your backstroke turn with our informative swimming video. Featuring a demonstration from Olympic gold medallist, Ryan Lochte, it’s packed with advice from our elite swim coach to help you change direction quickly and effectively.

    http://youtu.be/A64l62AIVOM

  • Olympic gold medallist, Jessica Hardy, performs a powerful breaststroke kick demonstration in this how-to swimming video, devised to help you master your breaststroke kick technique. Featuring commentary from our elite swim coach, it includes tips on ankle and foot placement to help you maximise your kick power and speed.

    http://youtu.be/-Taqg91Q2gc