Swimmer's Daily

  • Tesano Dolphins duo, Kweku Addo and Ophelia Swayne have made the required time to participate in the 4th FINA World Junior championship in Dubai. The competition comes off from the 26th to the 31st of August, this year. They made the time at this year’s Accra Open Swimming Championship organised by the Ghana Swimming Association.

  • The men’s 50 meter backstroke medal winners at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. From left to right Lubos Krizko (Slovakia, bronze), Stanislav Donets (Russia, gold) and Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (Spain, silver) See the result list here.

    Rijeka 2008 Men's 50 Back Medal Winners

  • Read The Age

    Cate and Bronte Campbell booked their berths for the world championships, with father Eric notably absent from their entourage. […]

    The girls, you see, are yet to recover from his memorable press conference during the national titles last year when the sisters made the Olympic team.

    Flush with the excitement of seeing his daughters go 1-2 in the 50 freestyle after he made a last-minute decision to jet in, Eric release a barrage of one-liners and family anecdotes that, while all in good humour, had Cate and Bronte flushed with embarrassment.

    The experience seems to have left a lasting mark on Bronte in particular, who, Cate revealed, has made her father sign a contract to never do that to them again.

    “She actually wrote out a contract that said something along the lines of ‘to the best of my ability I will not embarrass my daughters on national television’,” Cate said. “She left a small margin of error because she said ‘to the best of his ability’, so she’s decided not to be too harsh on him. But she’s got that signed and it sits in her sock drawer, so he’s sworn off any interviews for the time being.”

  • Read This is Bath

    Michael Jamieson was last night named Sports Personality of the Year when the University of Bath hosted its annual Blues Awards last night.

    Students, graduates and athletes associated with the university gathered at the Assembly Rooms to receive honours for sporting achievement. […]

    Swimmer Jamieson was nominated for the personality prize – the last handed out on the night – alongside fellow London 2012 silver medallist, modern pentathlete Samantha Murray, Team Bath netballer Mia Ritchie and basketball captain Tom Janicot.

    The award is given to a student who truly encapsulates the spirit of university sport.

  • Ponds Forge, Sheffied 26-30 June, see swimming.org

  • Read The Australian

    In a magazine interview, Magnussen said he believed envy of his high profile led to the claims by some of his Olympic teammates that he was given special privileges.

    “Jealousy is a common human trait if one person’s getting more attention than others,” Magnussen told GQ.

    “That was made very obvious to me in London . . . if the spotlight had fallen on someone else I’d have been jealous, too.

    “I was aware of rumours I was getting special treatment and favouritism above others on the swim team, but I did everything I could to fit in.”

  • Read The Age

    Grant Hackett might be long gone from the competitive pool, having retired in 2008 after narrowly failing to become the first male swimmer to win three Olympic golds in the same event.

    But the 1500 metres freestyle champion’s former coach Denis Cotterell has ensured Hackett’s legacy is not forgotten by his present crop of swimmers, who are regaled with comparisons to the pool legend to keep them sharp.

    Young gun Jordan Harrison:

    ”I guess always being with Denis and seeing what Grant did under [him], it’s inspired me,” Harrison said. ”Denis refers to him probably nearly every session. He uses Grant’s efforts as motivation.

    ”He tells us ‘if you want to be as good as Grant you’ve got to go these times’. He knows what Grant did so to have his coach directly telling you what he did, telling you what sets he did, it’s awesome.

  • Holger filming a Faroese swimmer’s finish during a Rein Haljand video analysis session in Tórshavn, back in 2010. I understand that they will be back here this weekend, filming 11 of our up-and-coming swimmers.

    Haljand-test in Tórshavn 2010