Swimmer's Daily

  • Read Las Vegas Review-Journal

    NBC secured the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through 2032 on Wednesday in a record six-games agreement worth $7.75 billion, a surprise deal that shuts out rival American networks and provides further long-term financial security to the IOC.

    In a deal negotiated secretly over six months, the International Olympic Committee awarded the exclusive rights to NBC on all media platforms for three Summer Games and three Winter Games — a potential boost for a U.S. bid to host the games.

    NBC already holds the rights through the 2020 Olympics in a four-games deal signed in 2011 for a then-record $4.38 billion.

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  • Read ninemsn.com.au

    Two-time Olympic champion Susie O’Neill plans on instilling some old-fashioned values in the next generation of Australian swimmers.

    The Atlanta and Sydney gold medallist is chef de mission of the team of 90 young Australians competing at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, from August 16.

    “I’m going to try and instil some values that I was brought up with, which is competing as hard as you can, and representing your country well outside the arena, too,” she said.

    “I want to get a great team culture, get all the athletes supporting the others and great team spirit.”

    O’Neill’s comments come as her former Olympic teammates Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Geoff Huegill and Scott Miller try to conquer their own personal demons.

  • From back in 2013. Wait for it! :-)

    http://youtu.be/evzSZKQLYAc

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  • See USA Today

    Move over Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. Four African lion cubs at the National Zoo passed their swim reliability test Tuesday.

    The four cubs, three males and one female, took a brisk paddle at the zoo and proved that they’re ready to be on exhibit.

  • From chilling out listening to Muse to her must-do race rituals, freestyle specialist, Melani Costa, reveals a few secrets as we quiz the Spanish swimmer during our video interview.

  • allison-schmittRead ESPN

    Swim, sleep, repeat. We swim from 7 to 8:45 a.m., then do dry-land exercises or weights from 9 to 10. I go home and eat a big breakfast, take a three-hour nap, have a snack for lunch and head back for practice number two.

    The not-so-rigorous part. After the second practice, I come back home, lie around until I’m hungry, have dinner, then lie around some more. Pretty glamorous, huh? You may not have known that being a pro athlete comes with the title “professional napper,” as well. Sleeping seems to be a huge part of my day because it’s the quickest way for me to try and recover fast enough for the next practice. I’m lucky I can sleep anywhere — I have slept on a bench at an amusement park when necessary!

    (A video from back in 2012)

  • See naplesnews.com

    Katie Kramer, 21, will dive into the Strait of Gibraltar from Tarifa, Spain sometime between May 10 and May 16.

    If she has it her way, the next time she touches land, she’ll be in Africa.

    Kramer, a Naples High School swimming star and the daughter of Naples High School football coach Bill Kramer, is attempting to be the youngest American woman to swim the Strait of Gibraltar.

    “I feel as prepared as I could be,” said Kramer, who booked her chance to swim the Strait of Gibraltar in October 2012. “It’s definitely going to be a physical challenge I’m a (Division 1) swimmer and the physical aspects shouldn’t be the hardest part, but mentally it’s going to be tough. A lot of people do it in groups of two to four. I’m doing it solo.”

  • See wxxv25.com

    A three year old boy had a close call on Monday. He nearly drowned in a swimming pool. Eye witnesses say one minute a small boy was playing and the next he was floating lifelessly in the pool just outside his apartment. It happened at around 2:30 p.m. Monday.

    According to the eyewitness, the young boy was at the pool with caregivers. The witness says the young boy was making lots of noise and then all of a sudden, the noise stopped. That’s when the witness and the caregivers looked at the pool and they saw the boy floating lifelessly on his back with his head above the water. The male caregiver pulled the boy out of the water and paramedics arrived within minutes. It was a happy ending to a scary event.