Swimmer's Daily

  • Meet Bogart, the lovable 123 pound Bullmastiff from Richmond, Virginia. Bogart will be taking part in the 12th Annual Richmond SPCA Dog Jog & 5K Run to benefit homeless pets in the area. This video is one in a series that follows the loveable puppy on his inspirational journey to better health and well-being as he trains for the Dog Jog.

  • Read WALB

    A safety warning from the Dougherty County police about fishing or swimming in retention ponds. […]

    “Just like the retention pond we are at right now, when it fills up with water, parts of the ground are going to get very mushy and soggy and you can actually get stuck in that and you don’t know at any time an alligator could be in any of these ponds at any time,” says Captain Tom Jackson, with the Dougherty County Police

    WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports

  • Read NBC OlympicTalk

    The Sullivan Award honors the nation’s outstanding amateur athlete for 2013, so Boudia and Ledecky’s Olympic successes shouldn’t factor in.

    They did, however, perform well at the 2013 World Championships. Boudia won silver in the platform, and Ledecky won four gold medals and was named the female swimmer of the meet in Barcelona.

    Olympians or Paralympians won the Sullivan Award nine of the last 13 years, including swimmer Missy Franklin last year.

    Public voting here through March 23 will account for one-third of an athlete’s overall score to determine the winner.

  • Read AllAfrica

    “After the withdrawal of Algeria, the Confederation of African Swimming (CANA) designated Senegal to host the next African Championships swimming planned for next September, ” the president of the Senegalese federation told Africa Top Sports.

    According Dr. Mohamed Diop : “It is Algeria, which was to organize these games, but for some reasons, the Confederation has appointed Senegal. A proposal we accepted by the Steering Committee and the General Assembly.

    “This organization does not have only sporting interests, but will also massify the discipline.”

  • See LiveLeak

    A video released by an amateur videographer on Monday shows employees of Burger King using the box of one of the chain stores like pool water.

    The video shows three half-naked employees bathing and playing in the water tanks that sits on top of the Burger King in Faria Lima Avenue, prime area of ​​São Paulo.
    In a moment, another official attitude seems to rebuke. Even so, the “pool bath” continues.

    According to Burger King, the filming was done while the store performed washing your water tank. Also according to the company, during the process, the water supply to the cafeteria was suspended until the boxes were emptied, cleaned and stocked again and the entire contents of the boxes was discarded without being used by the restaurant.

    In a statement, Burger King declared that “the procedure adopted by the employees was off the guidance and company standards and that appropriate measures will be taken to ensure that events like this are not repeated.”

    (Warning, vertical video)

  • Nick JubaRead the interview with Danish national coach Nick Juba here on svoem.dk, where he evaluates the performance of the Great Danes team at the 3e Meeting Open Méditerranéen in Marseille, France.

    How would you say the overall performance of the group has been at Mom Meet?
    Much better than in Antwerp (Flanders Cup, red.)! This Great Danes initiative will, without a doubt, be a long journey and a difficult, soul-searching process, but the Mom Meet at least got us beyond first base! In general the group were more skillful, more together, and much tougher, than previously.

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  • Listen to The Grill Team

    We were very lucky to have Aussie Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice on the show today.

    We asked Stephanie Rice about some of the blokes she’s been linked to over the years… and all she had to do is say yes or no.

    Has she had romantic links with this men?

    Image courtesy of Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0

  • From back in 2013, via Neatorama

    Keller Laros was diving off the coast of Kona, Hawaii on January 11, 2013. A bottlenose dolphin swam up to him and hovered. Laros could spot the problem immediately: there was fishing hook and line stuck in his left side. With scissors and a pliers, he carefully untangled and removed them.

  • See McCardel’s post on Facebook, “I am very honoured to be invited to support His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa in his “Swim Challenge” this Friday March 14th. His Highness will be swimming 36km from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Funds raised will be used to benefit cancer patients and their families.”

    Post by Chloe McCardel – Marathon Swimmer.