Swimmer's Daily

Swimmer's Daily

  • Contact
  • Save Our Pools | Scottish Swimming

    May 22, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Health, Organization, Swimming Pools

    Scottish Swimming is the national governing body for swimming in Scotland, representing clubs, swim schools, aquatic disciplines, athletes, coaches, and thousands of talented and committed volunteers across the entire swimmer pathway from development and participation through to performance. Our vision is to ensure that every single person in Scotland has access to quality swimming programs, regardless of age or ability.

  • Safety Urged as Freediving Gains Popularity in Taiwan | RTI

    May 22, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Freediving

    Summer is right around the corner, which means many people will be heading to the ocean. Those who are feeling a little more adventurous might even try out freediving, but this sport was ranked by a magazine to be one of the most dangerous sports in the world.

  • Milorad Cavic Explains Phelps Rivalry and 2008 Olympics | Kyle Millis

    May 22, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    In this week’s episode of Athletes Only, Olympic Silver Medalist, Milorad Cavic, sits down and shares his journey as a swimmer including his 2008 Olympics 100 Butterfly vs Michael Phelps which came down to 0.01 and sparked a much larger swimming controversy. That controversy turned into a rivalry with Phelps that led into the 2009 World Championships where they traded Butterfly World Records, back and forth.

    Milorad shares all the highs and lows of his career, his journey to the Olympics, and his Life at Cal swimming with Anthony Ervin and Nathan Adrian. He also shares lots of great stories about the ins and outs of professional swimming that not everyone gets to hear about, you’re definitely going to want to stick around for this!

  • Egyptian-Born Olympic Swimmer Now Calls Oklahoma Home | News 9 YouTube

    May 20, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    With the OKC River Sports Complex and other facilities, Oklahoma is making its presence known as a training ground for Olympic athletes from all over the world.

  • Search for Missing Pearl River Swimmer Hindered by Debris, Swift Current

    May 20, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Safety
  • Swim Lessons for Sinkers | Introduction | Sigma Swimming

    May 20, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Technique

    Welcome to Sigma Swimming! Our mission is to deliver the highest standard of aquatic programming for people of all ages to maximize their experience in water activities carried out by our certified and exceptional swim instructors.

  • New Orleans Seeks Lifeguards for Swimming Pools Over Summer | WWLTV

    May 20, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    The city is offering $16.72 an hour for lifeguards at New Orleans’ pools for children to have a place to cool off and have fun over the summer.

  • Record-Breaking Teen Swimmer Leah Hayes Blazes an Inspiring Trail in the Pool | Localish

    May 19, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Health

    The pool has always been the place where star teen swimmer Leah Hayes could really be herself! Illinois 15-year-old, Leah Hayes, was diagnosed with alopecia when she was just 6 years old. It is an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss. As Leah adjusted to life without hair, she concealed her condition at school with wigs and hats. But she never hid her alopecia around her supportive swim family at Aurora’s Fox Valley Riptides team.

  • Swim Area Closed at Cochiti Lake | KOAT

    May 19, 2023

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Nature
←Previous Page
1 … 375 376 377 378 379 … 2,883
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

Swimmer Dies at Ironman Texas Triathlon | FOX 26 HoustonApril 18, 2026
This Swim Came Out of Nowhere | The Swim ScribeApril 19, 2026
What We’re Learning About the Ironman Texas Athlete Who Died in the Woodlands Saturday | KHOU 11April 20, 2026
Why Connection Is the Key to Growing Swim Programs | SwimminglyApril 18, 2026
Swimming Non-Profit Lists 2024 Olympic Trials Pool for Sale After Funding Falls Through First at 5 | WANE 15 NewsApril 23, 2026

Categories

  • Adapted Swimming (100)
  • Artistic Swimming (242)
  • Baby Swimming (6)
  • Beach Life (290)
  • Can you do this? (38)
  • CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (697)
  • Charity (201)
  • Cliff Jumping (3)
  • Cold Water Swimming (2)
  • Competition (8,600)
  • 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 (342)
  • Life Saving (42)
  • Masters (119)
  • Mental Health (58)
  • Miscellaneous (1)
  • Nature (2,046)
  • Notice (4)
  • Nutrition (40)
  • Open Water (2,498)
  • Organization (3,264)
  • Other (7)
  • Ouch (6)
  • Para Swimming (290)
  • Politics (2)
  • Psychology (93)
  • Review (5)
  • Safeguarding (5)
  • Safety (3,715)
  • Science (247)
  • Scuba Diving (13)
  • Sea Swimming (13)
  • Sex Crime (1)
  • Special Olympics (13)
  • Sponsored Post (44)
  • Surfing (45)
  • Swimmer's Daily (49)
  • Swimming Pools (900)
  • Swimrun (15)
  • Synchronized Swimming (57)
  • Technique (655)
  • Technology (585)
  • Training (960)
  • Triathlon (194)
  • Uncategorized (59)
  • Water Parks (1)
  • Water Polo (174)
  • 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}