Swimmer's Daily

  • 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.

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  • 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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  • See FOX8 Cleveland

    The waters of Lake Erie at Huntington Beach in Bay Village can be so inviting. And, the waters can turn so deadly.

    On Saturday, a man went into the water to help a troubled swimmer. While he was able to push the young lady to safety, for some reason, he was not able to return to shore himself.

    The body of Peter Radke, 43, of Medina, was pulled from the water several hours later.

  • See wjhg.com

    Saturday at the Aquatic Center at Frank Brown, the Panama City Swim Team took to the pool for their latest meet.

    But just because they were at home, doesn’t mean they were playing host.Their friends from Fort Walton Beach over at the Coast Aquatics Swim Team is leading their Surf and Swim Classic.

    The long course meet has a huge turnout on hand. 522 swimmers have switched in and out of the lanes all day from seven different states, some coming from as far as Louisiana and Tennessee.

  • She likes the cold pool water. Not.

  • Courtesy of the Olympic channel

    Australia’s Shane Gould reminisces about her appearance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Swimming events and discusses the incredible spirit of the Games.

  • See CBS Miami

    A near tragedy in Coral Springs when a two-year-old child was found by his grandfather in a backyard pool.

    The boy was rushed to the hospital. Doctors were able get a pulse and the child was breathing with assistance.

    Friday night, officials said the boy was at Broward General Hospital in very serious condition.

    The child’s grandfather was watching the boy and the child’s one-year-old cousin.

    “He turned away, didn’t see the kids, looked back and found the one-year-old by the slider which was partially opened toward the back of the house,” explained Coral Springs Police Sgt. Carla Kmiotek.

    That’s when he made the horrifying discovery that the two-year-old was in the water.