Swimmer's Daily

  • See WZZM13

    Searchers were so convinced a swimmer had drowned in the Muskegon River that officers and grief counselors notified his family.

    But Keith Stever of Muskegon is not dead, and he and his family say they’re disappointed and sad police and deputies didn’t spend more time searching for him.

    “They left me for dead,” Stever said. “They gave her a teddy bear to comfort her,” he said of his daughter.

    “And a half later I crawl out of the woods on my own.”

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  • See fox4kc.com

    Secondary drowning is a term that’s being thrown around on social media and even in news reports recently, and while it’s getting a lot of attention now, doctors say it’s been a problem for as long as people have been around water.

    With summer officially here, it’s a good time to remind parents what it is and what to do if your kids are acting strangely after swimming.

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  • See abc7

    Even if you’ve lived in Southwest Florida your whole life, chances are you’ve never seen anything quite like this.

    A black bear weighing an estimated 160 pounds was spotted climbing down a dock and swimming in a canal in Cape Coral.

    The sight was a first for Cape Coral resident Lena Lura.

    She said it was “about the most exciting morning I’ve had in a long time.”

    ABC-7.com WZVN News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral

  • Read USA Today

    The International Swimming Hall of Fame took back its invite to USA Swimming executive director Chuck Wielgus on Monday. After a group of 19 women who said they were sexually abused by U.S. swim coaches petitioned the International Swimming Hall of Fame last week, Wielgus withdrew from consideration.

    “After significant reflection and discussion, International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) chairwoman Donna deVarona and President/CEO Bruce Wigo, and USA Swimming Executive Director Chuck Wielgus jointly announce that Mr. Wielgus’ name will be withdrawn from consideration of the Hall of Fame,” the statement read.

    “The induction ceremony should be a time to celebrate our sport and the outstanding accomplishments of the individuals being honored. Both ISHOF and USA Swimming believe our mutual decision is in the best interest of the swimming community as a whole and we are committed to working constructively together with other organizations, including the Women’s Sports Foundation, to end sexual abuse and ensure a safe culture for athletes.”

  • See for instance simma.nu/no and bergen.no

    Bergen City Council today announced the official name of the new and impressive Olympic sized swimming & diving facility in Bergen, Norway, to be named the ‘Alexander Dale Oen Arena’, or ‘ADO Arena’ for short.

    It’s working title had until now been ‘Helleren‘, with growing support though for it to be named after the city’s legendary swimmer Alexander Dale Oen, after his untimely death in May 2012.

    Alexanders’ big brother Robin Dale Oen states: ‘We are humbled and pleased that they have chosen to name the facility after Alexander. It is a fantastic honor, with this facility that will be for everybody’.

    Photo courtesy of Bjørn Soleng

  • See ClickOn Detroit

    Dr. McGeorge is putting aside his embarrassment in the hope that it will inspire others to try to learn to swim. With the help of Peter Vanderkaay.

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  • See video in arirang

    Shifting gears, South Korea’s top swimmer, Park Tae-hwan, is headed to Brisbane, Australia for his third bout of training this year.

    He’ll be there for about 6 weeks and return sometime in July to take part in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games qualifiers, running from July 16th to the 21st.

    The ‘Marine Boy’ is intent on adding more gold medals at the 17th Asiad in September.

  • See The Cornishman

    A swimmer got up close to a huge basking shark while taking a dip at Sennen, west Cornwall.

    The video clip, posted on website YouTube, shows a swimmer making out to sea before running into the hulking basking shark that is swimming effortlessly below the water.

    The shark glides straight past the man, who captured the moment on an under-water camera.

    http://youtu.be/sz4nEOK2b7k

  • See WMTW and WCSH

    Olympic swimmer Ian Crocker headed to the Sanford-Springvale YMCA Sunday afternoon to teach a swim clinic.

    Wells Elementary School third-grader Isabella Bazata convinced Crocker to come visit her school as part of a class project. On Sunday she got the chance to swim with him.

    Crocker, originally from Maine, lives in Texas. He visits various schools to coach and run clinics.

    “(I) help give them inspiring stories and also the foundational techniques of swimming to help them keep moving on and progressing up to the next level,” he said.

    “He’s an Olympic swimmer and I’m an Olympic swimmer so I thought it’d be pretty cool for him and me to talk, like what’s his favorite stroke? What’s my favorite stroke?” said Bazata, an aspiring Olympian.

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