Swimmer's Daily

  • Chloe-Sutton
    Image courtesy of Don Le, CC BY 2.0

    Read Orlando Sentinel

    Chloe Sutton’s father was in the Pentagon on the morning of the terrorist attacks.

    David Sutton was in a meeting at work when he heard six to eight booming noises.

    “It sounded like someone dropped a refrigerator in the room right next to us down some stairs,” he said.

    Nearby, his daughter, then 9 years old, walked into a classroom in her elementary school and saw a group of teachers, tears streaming down their faces, their eyes fixated on the television.

    “I definitely didn’t realize my dad was in danger,” said Chloe Sutton, now a two-time Olympic swimmer in Orlando for the Arena Grand Prix meet that concluded Saturday at the YMCA Aquatic Center. “My dad is Superman. My dad is Captain America.

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  • Read Global News

    According to scientists who study facial expressions and emotions, this is the victory stance. We saw it on Canadian speed skater Charles Hamelin moments after he realized he took home the gold, and it was the same with Alexandre Bilodeau, as he ran to the stands to hug his brother and family.

     

    It’s a universal gesture, regardless of culture and customs. Instead, it’s spontaneous–an innate response to winning, feeling proud and dominant.

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  • See Sport Relief and BBC. Featuring Mark Foster.

  • Read South China Morning Post

    In marathon swimming and running, the magic number is three: a sub-three-hour 10-kilometre swim is as elusive as a sub-three-hour 42-kilometre run. The athlete who nails them both? Unheard of – until now.

    The Sub-3 squared Marathon Club unites endurance athletes who have done those times in a calendar year. Steven Munatones, of the World Open Water Swimming Association, proposed the challenge in 2012 and no-one has yet been able to claim membership.

    But that is set to change this weekend when five hardy souls take on the world’s first Sub-3 squared Marathon event in Hong Kong – the “Cold Standard”, comprising at least 10 kilometres of the Cold Half open-water swim on Saturday, followed by the Standard Chartered Marathon on Sunday.

    Post by Open Water NRG – Extreme Open Water Swimming.

  • Read Brisbane Times

    In an explosive and emotional tell-all interview – to air on 60 Minutes at 7.40pm on Sunday – Miller breaks down as he addresses headlines that have ranged from criminal convictions for drug offences, stolen goods and prohibited weapons to accusations of his being a pimp and a drug dealer, and his battle with the drug ice, which he admits has gripped him ”by the balls”. […]

    ”At the present time that’s what, that’s what’s got me by the balls. So that’s what my addiction is at the moment. It’s what I’m struggling with,” he says in the interview.

    Miller talks of the Sydney party scene he inhabited, saying initially it was not just cocaine. ”Ah, ecstasy as well, probably just those two, ’cause it depends on which crowd you’re with, the nightclub crowd or the dinner party crowd,” he says. ”I was, yeah, I enjoyed both crowds.”

  • See WDBJ7

    Some people are celebrating more than just love on Friday. A Salem resident is excited to be happy and healthy at the age of 100.

    The YMCA in Salem had a party for its oldest member.

    Arthur Schenkein is turning 100 years old. Schenkein still comes in to the YMCA several times a week to swim laps. He said that’s one of the keys to living to an old age.

    “I find that I don’t have quite the energy I used to have a long time ago, but I’m still in the water every day doing what I can do,” he said.

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  • Read Outside

    For most people though, the GoPro will be the camera of choice. It’s versatile and relatively inexpensive. But make sure you think about how to mount the camera before taking it on an underwater trip. Snorkelers should avoid chest, wrist and mask mounts because they’re difficult to aim.

    My wrist mount captured great video of my fellow snorkelers but rarely captured any whales. I found the best option is a pistol grip—a short stick you can attach the camera to. And I would suggest using just one camera at a time—for your own sanity. I took some stills with the GoPro, but I wasn’t impressed.

  • See WHAS11

    Jefferson County Public Schools made the call early Friday morning, Feb. 14, to close because they were worried about deteriorating conditions in the evening commute.

    That decision came down just before a regional swim meet at the University of Louisville’s Natatorium, meaning a late scramble for parents who have come in from across the state.

    “There was going to be a thousand kids in the water today,” Eric Bunnell, a parent of three children said.

    http://youtu.be/3a7dDXV_zAw

  • si-cover-2014See Swim Daily

    If the cover of SI Swimsuit is some of the hottest real estate a supermodel can inhabit, the 50th Anniversary Issue cover is the Tribeca triplex of American newsstands. And if the featured models Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen are to believed, they are delighted to occupy that space together.

    “We really, honestly liked each other,” said Chrissy earlier this afternoon. “Of course you are going to hear that from anybody who does a group shot, but this time it’s true. The connection was natural and the mood was fun.”