Swimmer's Daily

  • Just a scene from the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. I spot Bousquet and Bernard, and apparently there is also a guy from San Marino in the midst of it all.

    The French doing dryland at Roma 09

  • ‘On the 01/06/2013, the Lluna Marnaton III was held, an event with its own personality. It is not just a journey, it is a 360° experience, a whole day full of activities for all the family in the Camping International De Calonge: children’s activities, swimming clinics, courses and racing kayaks.’

  • Read for instance 5News, ZAP2it, KPLCtv and FOX19

    Adam Christensen posted this video of his 16-month-old daughter, Elizabeth, on YouTube. She was trained by a professional instructor, and her parents were standing by, but some parents are chiming in, questioning whether it is safe.

    Adam BC’s disclaimer with the video:

    “Just so everyone knows, I am a registered nurse and my wife was a life guard for six years and taught swimming for three. not only are we both professionally trained in CPR and water safety I am certified in advanced pediatric life support. the child in the video (Elizabeth) has been trained properly by ISR certified instructors.”

    Here is the video with CNN comments

    Here on CNN is a Dr. Jennifer Caudle weighing in:

    “If the child didn’t know how to swim, they weren’t properly trained, clearly this is not a good idea,” Dr. Caudle says. But it’s clear from the video Elizabeth can swim. “I personally would like a parent or guardian to be very very close to that child just in case.”

  • I really like this song, ‘Swim Good’ by Frank Ocean … it might be a bit dark especially when seeing the original video, but the idea of swimming from something is something I guess all swimmers can relate to.

    So there you go, the original first

    And then my five favorite covers, in no particular order

    Stephen Jerzak – "Swim Good" (Frank Ocean Cover)

    Frank Ocean – Swim Good (Sean Rumsey cover)

    Frank Ocean Swim Good Cover by Claudia Smith

    Frank Ocean "Swim Good" (Saie Saie Cover)

    Honorable mention: Misfits Dance Crew‘s performance to ebrahim‘s cover

    Misfits Dance Crew | Swim Good

    And there are plenty more on YouTube, I made a playlist tonight and will probably be both adding and maybe even swapping videos with the ones listed here.

  • See Today

    “Doctors say that swimming is one of the best forms of exercise that women can do while they’re pregnant, but as Jenna found out, sometimes the stakes can be pretty high in those prenatal swimming classes. The solution? A private refresher course with Olympian Dara Torres. TODAY’s Jenna Wolfe reports.”

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  • Read WKYT.com

    Kevin Short died Sunday in what officials simply describe as a tragic, freak accident. He was swimming with others near Garland Bend on Lake Cumberland when an exposed cord came too close to an aluminum ladder.

    “What happened was the cord went in between the ladder and the dock, it had a raw space,” said Donna Gross, Short’s mother-in-law.
    Kevin’s 12-year-old son, Kevin, Jr. was actually swimming toward the ladder when his father grabbed it first.

    “When he was reaching for the ladder, he pulled his son back by playing, like ‘I’m going to beat you to it,’and so big Kevin grabbed the ladder, that’s when he got electrocuted, so that actually saved little Kevin,” said Gross.

  • See for instance the American Heart Association and the British Heart Foundation. We have posted the Vinnie Jones video before, but it is definitely worth a re-share.

    And there are other examples

    Ken Jeong AHA Hands-Only CPR video

    Firefighter Flash Mob: Stayin' Alive

    And you know what? – It might even work !

    A grandfather who suffered a massive heart attack on a bus has told how he was saved by a Good Samaritan – who performed CPR on him while singing Bee Gees classic ‘Stayin’ Alive’.

    Retired taxi boss Terry Holly, 67, slumped to the floor of the double-decker bus in front of horrified passengers as he headed home from seeing his ex-wife.

    Sharon Thorneywork realised the father-of-three’s heart had failed and remembered a TV advert telling viewers to administer CPR by pumping the chest in time to the Bee Gees’ song.

  • “Bob Bowman chats about being selected as the head mens coach for the 2013 World Championships held in Barcelona. He also talks to us about what he was surprised about.”

  • Replay the heats and finals action from the final day of the British Gas Swimming Championships 2013.