Swimmer's Daily

  • July 24 to 29, 2014, the Commonwealth’s finest swimmers will be competing at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland; and July 30 to August 2, the divers at the refurbished Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh.

    July 24 – July 29: Swimming Schedule, Start Lists and Results
    July 30 – August 2: Diving Schedule, Start Lists and Results

    The official Commonwealth Games YouTube channel is promising a daily live stream from the different sports, including swimming and diving.

    Day 1 Live | Glasgow 2014 | XX Commonwealth Games

    See also

     

    • THE POLICE: Christian, 55, CRS Lifeguard Swimmer
    • THE CHAMPION: Grégory Mallet, 30, double Olympic medalist and world champion in swimming
    • MISSION: A rescue at sea on the beach in Biscarrosse

    http://youtu.be/0A5iF1-Lwqk

  • Shane Gould, the greatest woman swimmer of her time, won 5 individual medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, is profiled in this Bud Greenspan documentary.

  • Technique tips for open water swimming and triathlon including sighting and bilateral breathing by Team Dillon.

  • Want to improve your swim technique? Learn from world champion swimmers, Ryan Lochte, Cullen Jones, Tyler Clary, Jessica Hardy, Natalie Coughlin and Nathan Adrian.

    Swim Better with Team Speedo USA

  • Presented by Arena, the exclusive outfitter of the USA Swimming National Team, “Being Frank” is a web series featuring the insights of USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch.

  • Courtesy of Swimming Australia

  • From earlier this month

    Steven Robles was an hour into his regular weekend swim off some of Southern California’s most popular beaches when he came face-to-face with a great white shark.

    The 7-foot-long juvenile had been trying to free itself from a fisherman’s hook for about half an hour.

    It came up to the surface, it looked at me and attacked me right on the side of my chest,” Robles told KABC-TV. “That all happened within two seconds, I saw the eyes of the shark as I was seeing it swim toward me. It lunged at my chest, and it locked into my chest.

    See for instance Mashable

    California shark bite victim feared for his life

  • The video is one thing, but gee, the sound of those things is even more awesome !

    Two kayakers paddling in the ocean in Argentina had a whale of a time this week after they found themselves being raised out of the water on top of one of the creatures.

    Luckily they managed to capture the moment on video, with some startling close up footage of the whale.

    They posted the footage on YouTube with a description below that translates as: “An incredible evening, lots of sun, kayaking and whale watching. As we watched from the top of the kayak, one of the whales turned and came towards our direction and we lifted the boat twice!”

    See The Telegraph

    Kayak levantado por ballena en Puerto Madryn, Patagonia Argentina!