Swimmer's Daily

  • swimming-australiaSee swimming.org.au

    Swimming Australia has today launched a global search for a new National Head Coach with the aim to fill the role following the 2013 Barcelona FINA World Championships in August.

    Swimming Australia is seeking Confidential Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified candidates for the position of National Head Coach, to take the team through to and beyond Rio 2016.

    Swimming Australia CEO Mark Anderson said the organisation will undertake a global search for the right candidate with the skills and attributes to lead the EnergyAustralia Swim Team.

    A full job description for the Swimming Australia National Head Coach can be found here

  • Read UPI

    When a child begins swimming lessons should be based on a child’s exposure to water, maturity, physical limitations and health concerns, U.S. officials say.

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning by as much as 88 percent among young children age 1-4, who are at greatest risk of drowning.

    The American Academy of Pediatrics supports swimming lessons as young as age 1.

    Watch your back !

  • FINAlogoSee the official press release here on fina.org

    FINA was elevated to top-tier Group A (which comprises also Athletics and Gymnastics) in terms of the contribution of each International Federation to the Olympic programme. This a natural consequence of the success and popularity of FINA’s disciplines within the Games – as demonstrated by an independent study carried out by the IOC after the 2012 Olympics in London -, but also to the impact and strength of FINA World Championships and other FINA events around the world.

    The decision was announced today by the International Olympic Committee, after a meeting with the Association of Olympic International Federations, at the SportAccord convention taking place in St-Petersburg (RUS).

    “We have always considered our Aquatic disciplines a pillar of the Olympics, and this decision confirms this status. Our events are attended by worldwide stars, generate memorable performances and reach a worldwide audience in the five continents. The entire FINA Family must be praised for this achievement, which can only be done with its contribution. We have requested this research in order to establish the FINA fair contribution to the Games programme and we will continue our effort and strategy to make our Sport bigger and more important within the sport business community. FINA is very proud, together with all the International Federations integrating the Olympic programme, to provide its contribution to the success of the Olympic Games, a great celebration of humanity, friendship and fair-play”, considered FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione.

    See also Yahoo! Sports

    Swimming and gymnastics were the big winners Wednesday in a new revenue-sharing ranking of Olympic sports, signaling the start of the debate over how to split the money from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. […]

    Previously, the International Association of Athletics Federations was ranked alone in the highest of four groups and received the biggest share of the hundreds of millions of dollars generated from television rights and other deals from each Summer Games.

    Under a revised formula announced by IOC President Jacques Rogge, swimming body FINA and gymnastics federation FIG join the IAAF in Group A. One of the big losers was modern pentathlon, which dropped into a new Group E, the bottom rung.

  • Ægir swimmers inspecting the water in Klaksvík, before the 2012 Seaman’s Day swim across the harbor. A hint of oil, we must confess.

    Young swimmers inspecting the water in Klaksvík harbor

  • jim-dreyerRead CBS Detroit

    Long-distance swimmer Jim Dreyer plans to swim 22 miles across Lake St. Clair this summer while hauling dinghies filled with 2,000 pounds of bricks. He has made direct crossing of each of the five Great Lakes, and is scheduled to begin this one on August 5, to raise funds and awareness for Habitat for Humanity. The swim is expected to take 30 hours, you can support by buying bricks here on jimthesharkdreyer.com.

    “It will be a real ‘train of pain,’ symbolic of the pain felt by Michigan families trying to keep their heads above water,” Dreyer told The Grand Rapids Press. “However, instead of sinking with the weight of our burdens, I believe that together we can triumph and be the bricks that rebuild lives, rebuild communities, and strengthen the foundation of this great state.”

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  • Read NBC Sports and Der Standard

    Austrian swimmer Dinko Jukic will reportedly skip the world championships in July and August at Barcelona following an ongoing dispute with his national federation.

    “The worlds this year will take place without me,” Jukic was quoted as saying in Tuesday’s online edition of Austrian newspaper Der Standard. “As long as not everything has been cleared, I won’t swim for the federation anymore.”

    In August, the federation banned Jukic for 10 months for verbally attacking three of its officials during the European Championships three months earlier. The swimmer was in disagreement with the officials about when to return to Austria after the competition in Debrecen, Hungary.

    The suspension led to a wave of negative publicity, prompting federation president Paul Schauer to step down three weeks later.

    Jukic successfully fought his suspension in court, but the federation under new president Christian Meidlinger has appealed the verdict and stripped Jukic of his state funding for athletes.

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    Image courtesy of Manfred Werner – Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0

  • See Russia Beyond The Headlines

    Yevgeny Bezruchenko, a two-time world open water swimming champion and the director of Moscow’s MySwimSchool, shares some of the secrets of marathon swimmers with Moskovsiye Novosti.

    (Read full text for explanations…)

    1. You have to work with your fists
    2. No one likes to swim in dirty water
    3. Grease up
    4. What swimmers have in common with squirrels
    5. Man vs. shark

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    Image courtesy of Steven Fruitsmaak, CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Read gulfnews.com

    To be held at the Hamdan Bin Mohammad Sports Complex, Dubai has already attracted a record 85 countries for the six-day competition. The last championships held in Lima, Peru had a mere 58 nations.

    Commonly known as ‘Junior Worlds’ and first hosted in 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this championship has grown to become the mainstay of junior swimmers seeking a breakthorough in the senior category.

    The Dubai 2010 Competition Pool

  • See WALB

    The Center for Disease Control says a growing number of people who swim in public pools are getting sick.

    Most are getting infections from bacteria.

    So the Florida Department of Health in Lee County recommends testing those pools yourself before you dive in.

    Bacteria could be swimming along with you and your kids.

    “It’s scary and I try not to think of it when I bring my kids here,” said Alicia Williams, who visits the North Fort Myers Community Pool with her grandchildren.

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