Swimmer's Daily

Swimmer's Daily

  • Contact
  • Seebohm blames social media fixation for failing to win gold in the 100 back

    Aug 2, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    A world’s first, when Aussie swimmer Emily Seebohm failed to take gold in the Olympic 100 backstroke, Monday, she gave an excuse few had expected. Read The Sydney Morning Herald via Digital Trends

    “I guess when you swim that fast in the heat, then people put pressure and more pressure on you, saying, ‘Oh, you’re going to get the gold.’” Seebohm told Australian reporters after her loss. “Maybe I just started believing that and just thought I’d already won by the time I had swum and I hadn’t even swum yet.
    “I don’t know, I just felt like I didn’t really get off (social media) and get into my own mind.”

  • 63-year-old man busted for feeding gator with his hand

    Aug 2, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Nature, Wow, WTF

    Wow, read News-Press via boingboing

    Wallace Weatherholt, 63, was leading a tour of Florida’s Everglades when he allegedly reached over the side of his boat to feed a fish to an alligator. The 9-foot alligator bit off Weatherholt’s hand at the wrist. Weatherholt was subsequently charged with a misdemeanor for unlawful feeding of a gator.

  • 8 Olympic couples competing for a gold medal in cuteness

    Aug 2, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Uncategorized

    And 5 of them are swimmers, so proud! See Buzzfeed

  • Behold, London Mayor Boris Johnson stuck on a zip line today

    Aug 2, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Organization

    Without doubt the most entertaining politician ever. I love him

    Via Mashable, Buzzfeed and the internet in general.

  • President Obama congratulates Phelps for his Olympic medal record

    Aug 1, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition, History

    See Mr Coe, this is how to do it, via the Los Angeles Times:

    Congrats to Michael Phelps for breaking the all-time Olympic medal record. You’ve made your country proud. -bo

    — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 1, 2012

  • Lord Sebastian Coe says Phelps ‘up there’ but not the greatest Olympian of all

    Aug 1, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Organization, WTF

    Ahh, I remember the days when Seb Coe and Steve Cram fought for glory, Coe the born runner while Cram was more a hard working kind of guy (and therefore, naturally, my kind of guy). My childhood memories say Coe always won, but today he’s just totally WTF. Read The Washington Post

  • Visa congratulates Michael Phelps in style

    Aug 1, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition, History, Wow

    Wow, via Scaq Blog

  • London 2012 day 5 finals: Gyurta and Soni set 200 breast world records

    Aug 1, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    Another exciting day at the London Aquatics Centre, with both men and women setting records, the supersuits beginning to seem irrelevant now. Hungary’s Dani Gyurta set a new world record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:07.28 with Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2nd in 2:07.43 and Ryo Tateishi (JPN) 3rd in 2:08.29. Rebecca Soni set a new world record in the women’s 200 breaststroke semifinal, posting 2:20.00 with Rikke Møller Pedersen 2nd in 2:22.23 and Satomi Suzuki 3rd in 2:22.40. China’s Liuyang Jiao set a new Olympic Record in the women’s 200 butterfly, clocking 2:04.06 with Mireia Belmonte Garcia (ESP) 2nd in 2:05.25 and Natsumi Hoshi (JPN) 3rd in 2:05.48. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) set a new Olympic Record in the women’s 100 freestyle semifinal, clocking 53.05 with Melanie Schlanger (AUS) 2nd in 53.38 and Missy Franklin (USA) 3rd in 53.59. The Americans set a new Olympic Record in the women’s 4×200 freestyle, clocking 7:42.92 with Australia second in 7:44.41 and France 3rd in 7:47.49. USA’s Nathan Adrian outgunned Australia’s James “the Missile” Magnussen 47.52 to 47.53 in the men’s 100 freestyle, Canada’s Brent Hayden 3rd in 47.80. And Ryan Lochte cruised further towards his 200 backstroke/IM double tomorrow, posting best time of 1:56.13 in the men’s 200 IM and second-best 1:55.40 in the men’s 200 backstroke behind only fellow countryman Tyler Clary in 1:54.71.

  • Behold, WSJ recreate Franklin’s 100 backstroke win with paper puppets

    Aug 1, 2012

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Fun, Technology

    With NBC having paid more than 1 billion dollars for the exclusive rights to broadcast the London 2012 Olympics in the United States, the pundits at the Wall Street Journal were stuck with having to make this low-budget recreation. Still, apparently they managed to broadcast the swim before NBC. Wow. See “>the Wall Street Journal via Mashable and Neatorama.

←Previous Page
1 … 2,566 2,567 2,568 2,569 2,570 … 2,885
Next Page→
rokur Avatar

Blog Admin

Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)

Trending

The Longest Swim Ever in Tasmania, 58.4km | Brody SearleApril 24, 2026
How to Swim Butterfly So Fast It Feels Illegal | Eetu KarvonenApril 26, 2026
Swimming Non-Profit Lists 2024 Olympic Trials Pool for Sale After Funding Falls Through First at 5 | WANE 15 NewsApril 23, 2026
Chippewa Valley Adaptive Education Students Hold Swim Meet | FOX2548April 27, 2026
Tractor Driver Drowns After Vehicle Overturns Into Pond | The StarApril 27, 2026

Categories

  • Adapted Swimming (101)
  • Artistic Swimming (243)
  • Baby Swimming (6)
  • Beach Life (290)
  • Can you do this? (38)
  • CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (697)
  • Charity (202)
  • Cliff Jumping (3)
  • Cold Water Swimming (2)
  • Competition (8,604)
  • Crime (281)
  • Diversity (21)
  • Diving (245)
  • Doping (355)
  • Dryland (399)
  • Entertainment (19)
  • Environment (353)
  • Equipment (525)
  • Faroe Islands (352)
  • Finswimming (2)
  • Freediving (426)
  • Fun (1,952)
  • Gossip (715)
  • Guest Post (115)
  • Health (1,218)
  • High Diving (61)
  • History (511)
  • Ice Swimming (27)
  • Inclusion (5)
  • Learn To Swim (343)
  • Life Saving (42)
  • Masters (119)
  • Mental Health (59)
  • Miscellaneous (1)
  • Nature (2,048)
  • Notice (4)
  • Nutrition (40)
  • Open Water (2,500)
  • Organization (3,266)
  • Other (7)
  • Ouch (6)
  • Para Swimming (290)
  • Politics (2)
  • Psychology (93)
  • Review (5)
  • Safeguarding (5)
  • Safety (3,718)
  • Science (247)
  • Scuba Diving (13)
  • Sea Swimming (13)
  • Sex Crime (1)
  • Special Olympics (13)
  • Sponsored Post (44)
  • Surfing (46)
  • Swimmer's Daily (49)
  • Swimming Pools (900)
  • Swimrun (15)
  • Synchronized Swimming (57)
  • Technique (656)
  • Technology (586)
  • Training (961)
  • Triathlon (194)
  • Uncategorized (59)
  • Water Parks (1)
  • Water Polo (175)
  • Wild Swimming (120)
  • Winter Swimming (454)
  • World Record (151)
  • Wow (788)
  • WTF (504)

Aquatics Sites

  • World Aquatics
  • European Aquatics
  • SwimmingWorld
  • SwimSwam
  • Swimrankings

Search This Site


See also

  • Facebook
  • X
  • YouTube
Swimmer's Daily

Swimmer's Daily

Fast Fix Blog About Swimming

c/o Rókur í Jákupsstovu
Brekkuvegur 10, FO-650 Toftir
Faroe Islands

Privacy

  • Privacy Policy
  • Background
  • Contact
Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}
 

Loading Comments...