Swimmer's Daily

  • Olympic champion Chad Le Clos walks us through his preparation for competition including his coaches final words before he won gold at the London 2012 Games.

  • Some slow motion highlights of the 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships – produced by takeitlive.tv

  • 4-time Olympic rowing gold medalist Matthew Pinsent travels to South Africa to meet with Olympic champion Chad Le Clos, discussing Chad’s training schedule his coaching and family life in this amazing interview.

  • French freediver David Helder has been diving for over 35 years, and somewhere along the way he discovered a strange ability. Like a dolphin, Helder can blow perfectly controlled bubble rings underwater. While many divers have playfully experimented with blowing these whirling vortexes, Helder has dedicated significant time to perfecting the technique which he uses to perform dozens of different tricks.

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  • A young boy who survived a terrifying gator attack is now talking about that ordeal.

    James Barney, 9, was still recovering from surgery when he was wheeled into a news conference at Orlando’s Arnold Palmer Hospital.

    “It was a pretty big tooth,” he said. “They said the alligator was about 9 foot.”

    See 7online.com

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    Ledecky raced her way to a 3:58.86 to win the middle distance event, and down Federica Pellegrini’s world record (3:59.15) and her own American record (3:59.82) as she blasted through the 3:59 barrier.

    Ledecky, who already holds the world records in the 800 (8:11.00) and 1500 (15:34.23) freestyle events, becomes the first swimmer to hold all three records at the same time since Janet Evans did so in 1987.

    See the result list here.

    Post by FINA Aquatics World Magazine.

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    Kangasala, Finland, August 9. Yesterday and today, lake Vesijarvi in Finland was venue of the2014 Nordic Open Water Championships, arranged by the Kuohu swim club in Kangasala as part of the annual Finnish championships.

    Sweden’s Ellen Olsson won both the women’s 5 and 10 K events, with a convincing lead especially in the 10 K. Finland’s Annina Ala-Seppala and Laura Lajunen won silver and bronze in the 5 K, while Faroe Island’s Cecilia Eysturdal won silver in the 10 K, and Finland’s Benita Haikola bronze.

    The men’s events were tighter tussles, as Denmark’s Laust Moesgaard touched out Sweden’s Gustav Swedenborg with a 1 second lead in the 5 K, and Swedenborg then won the 10 K only 7 seconds ahead of Denmark’s Magnus Andersen. Andersen won a medal in the 5 K also, taking bronze while Sweden’s Hugo Wiman took the bronze in the 10K.

    Full results

    Women’s 5K

    • Ellen Olsson (SWE) 1:06.07
    • Anniina Ala-Seppala (FIN) 1:06.53
    • Laura Lajunen (FIN) 1:06.56
    • Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal (FAR) 1:08.35
    • Benita Haikola (FIN) 1:09.10
    • Laerke Toft-Ruby (DEN) 1:09.10
    • Sofia Heimsten (SWE) 1:09.13
    • Kaisla Kollanus (FIN) 1:13.24
    • Lea Moesgaard (DEN) 1:14.52
    • Petra Soininen (FIN) 1:17.11
    • Jenni Harjuoja (FIN) 1:22.37
    • Katarina Korpinen (FIN) 1:24.53

    Men’s 5K

    • Laust Moesgaard (DEN) 1:03.22
    • Gustav Swedenborg (SWE) 1:03.23
    • Magnus Andersen (DEN) 1:03.26
    • Miro Torola (FIN) 1:03.27
    • Sami Juopperi (FIN) 1:03.57
    • Mads Holm (DEN) 1:03.59
    • Peter Mandrup Madsen (DEN) 1:04.04
    • Andreas Martensson (DEN) 1:04.23
    • Hugo Wiman (SWE) 1:04.38
    • Rasmus Eriksson (SWE) 1:04.53
    • Hannibal Steenfos (DEN) 1:06.34
    • Janne Soininen (FIN) 1:13.55
    • Janne Blomqvist (FIN) 1:15.31
    • Sami Pakarinen (FIN) 1:15.38
    • Oula Soininen (FIN) 1:18.28
    • Valtteri Eloranta (FIN) 1:20.11

    Women’s 10K

    • Ellen Olsson (SWE) 2:12.04
    • Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal (FAR) 2:21.59
    • Benita Haikola (FIN) 2:23.11
    • Sofia Heimsteen (SWE) 2:25.36
    • Angela Fox (SWE) 2:29.21
    • Emilia Potkonen (FIN) 2:43.05

    Men’s 10K

    • Gustav Swedenborg (SWE) 2:08.54
    • Magnus Andersen (DEN) 2:09.01
    • Hugo Wiman (SWE) 2:13.34
    • Rasmus Eriksson (SWE) 2:15.48
    • Lari Ronka (FIN) 2:46.36
    • Niels-Christian Olsson (SWE) 2:53.14
    Photo courtesy of Mads Claussen
    Photo courtesy of Mads Claussen
    Photo courtesy of Mads Claussen
    Photo courtesy of Mads Claussen

  • A Volusia County family is dealing with tragedy after a 3-year-old boy drowned in the backyard swimming pool.

  • Olympic swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen joined other patients at her rehabilitation hospital for a day of boating. Courtesy of 7NEWS on YouTube