Swimmer's Daily

  • “The distance between the trampoline and the swimming pool is just a little further apart than you want it to be unfortunately.”

    Swimming Pool Jump Fail

  • “It’s so warm today*, even the snakes are taking a dip”

  • Highlights of our 8th annual polar swim we do each New Years Day

    – When they bring out the chainsaw, you know it is cold :-)

  • Thousands of people braved the cold on Saturday to take a plunge in the chilly waters of the North Sea.

  • Official Video – Bray Lions Club – 30th Annual Sea Swim New Year’s Day – Tuesday 1st January 2013 Music: © Sharon Shannon

    Bray Lions Club – New Year's Day Swim 2013

  • About 26 well-trained swimmers braved the cool waters of San Francisco Bay Saturday morning for a wintertime swim from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park, according to an event spokesman. Read CBS SF Bay Area

  • I think we’ve found a new swim stroke here, the ‘sloth paddle’

  • Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta leading the men’s 200 breaststroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. He won in a new championships record of 2:01.35, the old one Naoya Tomita’s 2:03.12 from Dubai 2012. See the result list here.

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  • “Harbin, one of the coldest cities in China, hosts a ice swimming contest. The swimmers take the plunge into waters close to -26 degrees Celsius.”

    Ehm no, pretty sure that water freezes before -26 degrees Celsius, even in China