Swimmer's Daily

  • Read Metro

    The 25-year-old was one of the few British swimmers to shine at the Games, where he won 200metres breaststroke silver, one of just three medals won by Team GB in the pool.

    Like many athletes, he said 2013 was hard, but that Glasgow 2014, for whom the Scot is an ambassador, enabled him to fill the void.

    ‘Probably a month after the Olympics finished, Glasgow started coming into view for me,’ said Jamieson.

    ‘Going back to university and training after London was the hardest thing I’ve ever done after all the build-up and everything. There’s a transition period and you feel deflated. Now, for me, the final in Glasgow will be the biggest race of my career, given the context.’

    Michael Jamieson reflects ahead of Duel in the Pool_2. Credit Wadey James.

    Photo courtesy of dna

  • See Fox25

    Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under 5, which is why more parents are choosing to start swimming lessons early. Some are starting even before their kids can walk.
    One program here in the metro promises to teach babies and toddlers how to save themselves should they fall into a pool.

    It’s a bit terrifying to watch at first, especially for parents looking on. “The first couple minutes you’re like, ‘What is happening!?’” said Haley Bobay, mom of two. “Some moms don’t watch. Some moms don’t look. They’re like, ‘I don’t want to see it.’”

  • Read Herald Scotland

    Renwick, 26, from Glasgow, won gold in the 200m freestyle at the 2010 games in Dehli and now hopes to repeat his winning performance in his home city.

    Talking about his journey to the Games in a video for Strathmore, official water supplier of Glasgow 2014, he said: “I might be an underdog, I’m six foot one which as a swimmer is relatively small but every year I’m finding ways to get faster, to get those tiny gains.

    “Having the Commonwealth Games in my home city is a huge motivation to get myself in the best possible state to deliver a gold medal.”

  • See Penguin SA

    Olympic champion swimmer Chad le Clos, whose memoir Unbelievable! is out now, reveals that he would have chosen to be a South African soccer star.

    In an interview with SABC News, Le Clos’ dad, Bert, who played youth football with current Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund, recalls how his son started out playing football, and had to be coaxed into swimming.

    “I loved football when I was younger,” Le Clos agrees, “that was my first love, as my dad says. I think, when you get to that age, my dad helped me to realise that swimming is where my future is going to be.”


    Photo by Doha Stadium Plus

  • neil-brooksRead The Sydney Morning Herald

    Australian Olympic gold medal swimmer Neil Brooks and his wife Elle Brooks have won the first step in a bid to clear their names of fraud allegations.

    Optus Mobile, the publisher of the OptusZoo online magazine has settled with the Brooks’ on Thursday over claims arising out of false and defamatory allegations published by it about them.

    The pair have issued a statement saying they are delighted by the outcome and are extremely pleased to be finally vindicated in relation to what have been found to be false allegations.

  • Irish Olympian Barry Murphy, gives an in-depth breakdown of breaststroke and freestyle as well as starts, turns and finishes.

    The stroke clinic starts with a full stroke demo, then broke the strokes down and progressively built it back up with a series of drills.

    After the clinic, Barry gave a motivational talk on what it takes to be an elite athlete at the pinnacle of sport, and how he stayed in the sport throughout his teenage years, when many of his peers were dropping out.

    Barry Murphy Swim Clinic with Dolphin Swim Club at Mayfield, Cork on April 5th, 2014. from Barry Murphy on Vimeo.

  • Read Inquisitr and see USA Today

    An eleven-year-old girl has become a local superstar after she saved the life of a woman who had fallen in to a Florida swimming pool. The incident happened at the swimming pool of Cape Shores condominiums where the lady, Kathy McElmurray had gone for a swim, reports USA Today. According to eyewitnesses, Kathy was floating on a foam noodle in the swimming pool when she suddenly fell in to the water and started drowning. The mishap happened at the deep end of the pool.

    When Kathy woke up in a hospital, she had no memory of the incident. It seems, she had blacked out moments before she fell into the swimming pool and started drowning. But Kathy was told that she owes her life to the efforts of a brave 11-year-old girl, Maya DiGiacomo who showed the presence of mind to reach out to Kathy who was at the far end of the swimming pool, when she sensed danger.

  • See WPTV

    Melissa Taylor dedicates her time teaching kids how to swim. So she was heartbroken to learn two boys drowned in a neighbor’s pool Friday.

    The victims were identified as six-year-old Dairion Demesier and ten-year-old Jean Orilas

    “My heart just sank into my stomach, this could’ve been prevented,” said Taylor.

  • joseph-michael-diazRead The Gainesville Sun

    Police now believe at least seven children may be alleged victims of a Gainesville teacher and swim coach who was arrested last week on charges of molestation and sexual abuse.

    Gainesville police spokesman officer Ben Tobias said Tuesday afternoon that more children have been interviewed and it appears seven or possibly eight claim to have been victims of Joseph Diaz, 31, of 3003 NW 30th Terrace.

    “That’s our best guess at this point,” Tobias said. “We just have to gather some evidence and do some more interviews but there will be additional charges coming.”