Swimmer's Daily

  • The Scottish Commonwealth hero of Freedom Friday, Dan Wallace, has turned away from his bady boy days in Florida to make a splash in Glasgow.

    Twenty four hours after Thunder Thursday Dan Wallace gave us something even more special in the Tollcross swimming complex.

    This big, gangly ginger lad gave us Freedom Friday and in doing so became an instant Scottish sporting hero.

    His name is Wallace. And his cry that followed his unbelievable victory in the 400m individual medley was: FOR FREEDOM!

    Read Daily Record

  • Want to improve your backstroke kick technique? World champion backstroke swimmer and Speedo athlete, Ryan Lochte, demonstrates the perfect backstroke kick technique in our instructional how-to video, which includes drill ideas and kick tips to help you increase your swim speed and propulsive power.

    http://youtu.be/K_fO-VyjieA

  • Nice performances were observed this week at the fourth legs of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup and FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2014, taking place in Lac St-Jean (CAN) on July 24 and 26, respectively.

    On Thursday (July 24), 16 women and 23 men from 11 countries took the departure in the 10km race. German Andreas Waschburger touched first in 1h56m44s9, collecting his second podium finish in the series this year (silver in Race 1). Charles Peterson (USA), 2005 World champion over the distance, finished second in 1h56m49s4 while Christian Reichert (GER) completed the race, for third, clocking 1h56m53s1. Reichert already has a bronze from Race 1 in Viedma.

    Among women, Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha, 2013 World silver medallist and two-time winner of the 10km series, occupied the podium for the fourth straight time and claimed her second gold of the season, taking out the race in 2h03m01s2. American Christine Jennings obtained her first podium appearance this year, picking up silver in 2h03m01s5. Angela Maurer, 2013 World bronze medallist and winner of the series a record three times, bagged home the fourth medal of the day for Germany, securing the bronze, her second this year, in a time of 2h03m02s7.

    Source: FINA Press release

  • Colin Surra, Ben Rice, Alex Prestrud and I built this raft from recycled and donated wood and pickle barrels to suit Eno Hammocks. We spent three days on the Cape Fear river, starting in Erwin NC to the Old Bluff Church.

  • Kids, don’t do this. It is crazy.

    70+ foot jump into a 5 foot deep pool

    http://youtu.be/unvi9k8_SX0

  • While diving, this diver suddenly counters a whale shark that nearly eats her! Luckily a fellow diver is nearby to quickly pull her out of the way.

  • Three Americans hope to make history by becoming the first trio of siblings to swim across the English Channel at the same time.

    As Linh Bui reports, there’s a Baltimore connection.

    Devin, Dustin, and Danielle Wahl will face extreme conditions — from jellyfish, to cold temperatures, to rough ocean currents.

    See CBS Baltimore

  • Montreal, Canada will stage the 15th FINA World Masters Championships, the last stand-alone edition of the event. The picturesque city, which already hosted the championships exactly 20 years ago, will welcome a total 7’794 participants, representing 101 nations, for the 12-day colourful bash.

    The Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex on St. Helene island, regarded as the fastest pool in Canada, will be the main venue of the competition. This is where the 1976 Summer Olympics were held and quite likely, this year’s championships may include medallists from those Games.

    Aquatics aficionados, aged 25 to more than 100 years old, will make the trip to Montreal – whether it is for fun, meet friends from other corners of the world or keep in shape – to compete in one of the five FINA disciplines on the programme: swimming, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming and open water swimming.

    Source: FINA

  • On the pool deck, Alicia Coutts is realistic about defending her five gold medals from Delhi 2010 but behind-the-scenes she’s enjoying her last Commonwealth Games bonding with her teammates over a bowl of whipped cream.

    See Brisbane Times