Swimmer's Daily

  • In this video, Olympic (Sydney) 200m Individual Medley Champion, Massimiliano Rosolino demonstrates and explains the many benefits of the Arena Freestyle Breather.

  • See ABC, Mail Online etc

    Retired Australian swimming champion Geoff Huegill and his publicist wife, Sara Hills, have pleaded guilty to cocaine charges.

    The couple was caught with cocaine in a private suite at Sydney’s Randwick racecourse last month.

    They appeared in Waverly local court this morning.

    http://youtu.be/oNUA83WIyOU

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  • See Perth Now

    Geoff Hunter, 62, had “no choice but to swim” for up to three chilling hours after an unclipped safety harness landed him in the drink.

    Mr Hunter suffered hypothermia while swimming to the Bunbury Sea Rescue building after he fell into the water from his yacht on Sunday afternoon.

    His daughter Jasmine says he was doing the right thing and wearing a life-jacket and is lucky he only suffered hypothermia.

    She said after he fell, the boat sailed off without her father, an experienced sailor, so he had no choice but to swim to shore.

  • Read WLKY

    A central Kentucky teen has drowned while attending a church outing at Green River Lake State Park.

    Coroner Terry Dabney told media that 19-year-old Jose Zambrano of Lebanon was attending a baptismal and church picnic at the park on Sunday when he went into the water to try to retrieve some floatation devices for children. He was about 50 feet from the shore when he began struggling.

    Dabney said the teen was an excellent swimmer and it was unclear exactly what happened.


    This photo of Campbellsville is courtesy of TripAdvisor

  • Read Western Morning News

    A squirrel sparked panic today after it dashed into a busy leisure centre before leaping in the pool and biting a swimmer on the finger.

    The rodent ran inside the Riviera Centre in Torquay, Devon, before heading towards the pool area.

    When lifeguards tried to coax him out the creature leapt into the water and paddled around the deep end for several minutes.

    A swimmer tried to fish the squirrel out of the water but was bitten on the finger before the animal scampered off through a fire exit.

    Photo by Tomi Tapio

  • Read The Northern Advocate

    Todd Vercoe slogged for three hours through rough seas, thunderstorms, lightning and the threat of sharks.

    When he finally reached land he etched “SOS” in the sand with his foot in the hope rescuers would see his plea for help.

    It might sound like a scene from a castaway movie but the life-threatening experience was real for the keen sailor, who thought he might not survive the exhausting swim off Northland’s coast on Saturday.

    Post by Northland Emergency Services Trust.

  • Read naplesnews.com

    Katie Kramer, 21, completed the 7.8 nautical mile, or 8.9 mile, open water swim on Sunday, according to a family friend and the Marshall University Swimming & Diving Facebook page.

    Post by Marshall University Swimming & Diving.

  • Read NBC Olympic Talk

    Comparing early season times can be dangerous, but note that Lochte won the 200m free at the Mesa Grand Prix in 1:49.48 on April 25. Lochte finished fourth in the 200m free at the 2012 Olympics and 2013 World Championships and is currently the top rival to Sun as the world’s best swimmer.

    France’s Yannick Agnel, who trains with Phelps in Baltimore, is the reigning Olympic and world 200m free champion. Australian Cameron McEvoy owns the fastest time of 2014, 1:45.46.

    Sun, who is better in longer distances, won silver in the 200m free at the 2012 Olympics in a national record 1:44.93. He did not swim the 200m free at the 2013 World Championships, where he swept the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyles.

    He did, however, anchor China’s 4x200m free relay team that won bronze. Sun’s split — 1:43.16 — was the second-fastest in history and 1.82 seconds better than the other 31 swimmers, including Lochte and Agnel.

    So, when could we see Sun, Phelps and Lochte in the same race?

  • Listen to Marketplace

    It keeps your pools clean and safe, it’s half of the compound that makes up table salt, and — in its purest form – it can kill you.

    And those are only three of the things chlorine can do.

    “There are something like 15,000 chlorine-based chemicals that are used in industry,” says the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt.

    Photo by paolotrabattoni.it