Swimmer's Daily

  • “I took my first video production class at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento California and this was my final project and first video. The must haves were to shoot with a DSLR and incorporate still images. I decided to interview my niece Riley who recently made the Junior National Team for swimming.”

    10,000 Hours from Farrell Scott on Vimeo.

  • “In October of 2011, Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos swam continuously from the southern edge of Greece’s mainland, the Peloponnese, to the shores of the island of Crete, and covered a distance of 101km. He is the first swimmer in history to have attempted such a feat in the open Aegean Sea, while further, only a handful of swimmers worldwide have completed such distance at open sea in a single attempt. A medical doctor by profession, Georgios, through his swim, supported the charitable organization “Orizodas” from Chania in Crete, a local organization which provides support and looks after children and adults battling cancer. This short video is a compilation of edited amateur footage taken during his swim by his team members. Edited by Dimitris Giouzepas”

    Aegean Sea Swim Crossing – Peloponnese to Crete. Georgios-Ioannis Tsianos from Dimitris Giouzepas on Vimeo.

  • “Support Team Singapore athletes, meet their supporters at OurTeamSG.com
    and win a trip to SEA Games Myanmar 2013!”

  • At a live KNZB press conference on YouTube today, Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo announced that she is terminating her cooperation with coach Marcel Wouda, opting instead for Wouda’s current assistant coach Christian Sloof. This follows the recent departure of KNZB technical director Jacco Verhaeren, who until about a year ago coached Kromowidjojo, before he went full-time as technical director and was replaced as coach by Wouda, Verhaeren now leaving Dutch swimming entirely to be national coach of Swimming Australia. Swimmer Bastiaan Lijesen is also putting an end to his cooperation with Wouda, while Femke Heemskerk stays with Wouda. Read and watch for instance nos.nl, nrc.nl, RTV Noord, Omroep Brabant and Hollandswimming

  • Medal winners in the men’s 100 meter backstroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left the right Russia’s silver winner Stanislav Donets, USA’s gold winner Matt Grevers and Brazil’s bronze winner Guilherme Guido. See the result list here.

    The Istanbul 2012 men's 100 back medal podium

  • Read Mashable

    Sweden has found a faster way to treat people experiencing cardiac emergencies through a text message and a few thousand volunteers.

    A program called SMSlivräddare —or SMSLifesaver — solicits people who have been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). When a Stockholm resident dials 112 for emergency services, a text message is sent to all volunteers within 500 meters of the person in need. The volunteer then arrives at the location within the crucial first minutes to perform lifesaving CPR. The odds for surviving cardiac arrest drop 10% for every minute it takes first responders to arrive.

    “The traditional emergency services, especially the ambulance — they have problems in the Stockholm area,” said Dr. Mårten Rosenqvist, a professor of cardiology and spokesman for the group. “First there are not so many, second there is heavy traffic in Stockholm, and third, they are usually occupied by doing other things: transporting patients to the emergency room, or transporting patients between hospitals.”

    With ambulance resources stretched thin, the average response time is some eight minutes, allowing SMS-livräddare-volunteers to reach victims before ambulances in 54% of cases.

    Texting

    Image courtesy of Jhaymesisviphotography, CC BY 2.0

  • Read Yonhap

    With the 94th National Sports Festival heading toward the finish line, Olympic swimming star Park Tae-hwan has emerged as the front-runner for the MVP honors.

    Park, the gold medalist in the men’s 400-meter freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, has snatched up four swimming medals through Tuesday. Competing at the swimming arena bearing his own name in the host city of Incheon, west of Seoul, Park finished first in the men’s 200ｍ freestyle, 400ｍ freestyle, 4×100ｍ relay and 4×200ｍ relay.

    He was the anchor in both of the relay events and mounted a huge comeback over the final stretch to give his Incheon team gold medals.

    http://youtu.be/mOIYNY-O0Cs

  • Lauren Boyle takes time to talk to swimmers at the Hilton Brown Swimming Swim Meet.

    Here is a link to the photo album from that meet, back in September

    Post by Hilton Brown Swimming.

  • World Championship medalists Olivier Rochon and Travis Gerrits walk us through the incredible training techniques used by freestyle aerialists as they train for Olympic competition, jumping into water rather than snow.