Swimmer's Daily

  • Deb Matejicka has jumped in some cold water, but this is next level.

    Swimming the Antarctic in a Speedo

  • According to a person who lives at the apartment, the elderly driver seemed disoriented.

    Unusual accident sends car into swimming pool in Overland Park

  • “The Wonder List” host Bill Weir travels to the Dead Sea and discovers how ancient travelers reacted to the salty body of water.

  • Korea’s “Marine Boy” Park Tae-hwan, who tested positive for testosterone last fall, was hit with an 18-month ban on Monday, following a short hearing at the Switzerland headquarters of the world swimming body, FINA.

    The ban will remain in effect until March 2016.

    In theory, that means Park could still take part in the 2016 Rio Olympics, but he will certainly miss the 2015 world championships in Russia this summer.

    See arirang

    Swimmer Park Tae๏ผhwan banned for 18 months after failing dope test PKG ๋ฐ•ํƒœํ™˜๏ผŒ ๊ฒฐ๊ตญ

    Photo by KOREA.NET – Official page of the Republic of Korea

  • Watch as the 2009 U.S. Olympic Swim Team engages with the Navy SEALs at the Naval Special Warfare Center. Featuring Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol, Mark Schubert and Jack Roach.

    https://youtu.be/tZk_-zzp2XI

  • Presentation by Prof. Jan-Anders Manson on Innovation in Sport, during the opening session of the 3rd FINA World Aquatics Convention in Doha (QAT). Read for instance fina.org here and here

    World records were slaughtered and the high-tech ‘shark skin’ swimsuits were the new and controversial hot topic; the sport’s credibility was at stake. Then, five years ago, the suits were banned and the FINA swimwear approval commission was set up.

    “With our work today we will not be caught unprepared again,” commission chairman Jan-Anders Manson told AIPS during the FINA World Aquatics Convention in Doha. The world of swimming was witness to steady record-setting before the ‘shark skin’ suits. But shortly after their introduction world records were being smashed by swimmers in new super costumes.

    FWAC 2014: Jan Anders Manson

  • For years, when on holiday in Ayia Napa, Charlie Dark would โ€œlook cool around the pool with my sunglasses on and get in the shallow end but thatโ€™s as far as my skills wentโ€. But now the 44-year-old DJ and creative writing teacher is learning to swim for the first time so he can enjoy swimming with his two children.

    Dark is far from unusual: according to the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA),ย one in five adultsย in England are unable to swim โ€“ more than nine million people โ€“ despite swimming also being the most popular participation sport in the country.

    Like many, Darkโ€™s memories of school swimming lessons are not fond ones: the teachers โ€œjust stood on the side and shouted at youโ€, and so he grew up with a secret fear of the water.

    Six weeks ago, however, he joined a challenge in which 15 non-swimming adults began training to do theย Great North Swimย โ€“ a mile in open water โ€“ in four monthsโ€™ time.

    Read The Guardian

  • It no doubt is a beautiful day for a swim, but one gator picked the wrong place to go for a dip and it ended up being its last.

    Residents at a Nokomis home in Mission Valley Estates got quite a surprise Friday morning when they spotted a 6-foot alligator enjoying their swimming pool.

    A trapper came and removed the gator which will be killed.

    See 10News

    https://youtu.be/igEQ0vjulrI

  • A projection system run 500 days before the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero has the world’s most decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps, picking up two more gold medals in what would be his fifth trip to the Games. 

    The projection system, run by the Dutch company Infostrada Sports and posted by NBC Sports, has Phelps winning the 200-meter individual medley and 100-meter butterfly โ€” both events heโ€™s won gold medals in for the last three Olympics. 

    The Rodgers Forge native already has 22 total medals, including 18 golds (11 individual golds), and 13 individual medals. These two individual medals would give him 15, the all-time record for individual medals by a male or female. 

    Of course, Phelps has to go to Brazil and compete for these to either be a possibility. He hasnโ€™t officially said one way or another whether he would compete in what would be his age-31 summer. But since he returned to competition, most everyone thinks he will. 

    Read The Baltimore Sun

    http://youtu.be/HbcJR3KTowY