Swimmer's Daily

  • A 23-year-old man has drowned after being dared to swim in a lake at the Emerald Lakes Golf Club in the Gold Coast over the weekend.

  • Special Olympics swimmers return to in-person Louisville swim meet for the first time since 2019

  • The performance “Swimming Through” is a call for action in support of the Ukrainian people who are facing genocide committed by Russia.

  • Follow free diver Johanna Nordblad in this documentary as she attempts to break the world record for distance traveled under ice with one breath.

  • Watch live British Swimming Championships 2022 action from Ponds Forge, Sheffield. This evening’s session will feature four finals across the below events – a Junior Final, a Priority Paris Final, a B Final and the A Final (whose winner will be declared British champion):

    • W 800 Freestyle – Fastest Heat
    • M 50 Breaststroke
    • W 50 Butterfly
    • M 200 Butterfly
    • W 100 Backstroke
    • M 100 Backstroke
    • W 200 Breaststroke

  • Watch live British Swimming Championships 2022 action from Ponds Forge, Sheffield. This evening’s session will feature four finals across the below events – a Junior Final, a Priority Paris Final, a B Final, and the A Final (whose winner will be declared British champion):

    • W 50 Breaststroke
    • M 50 Backstroke
    • W 200 Freestyle
    • M 400 Freestyle
    • W 400 Individual Medley
    • M 100 Breaststroke

  • More than 150 students put underwater robots they designed to the test on Saturday. This was part of the annual “SeaPerch Challenge” at Jenks Aquatic Center.

  • Family members identified the victim as 30-year-old Shandell Harris.

  • Host side Olympiacos retained the Euro League trophy and became the seventh club in the competition’s history to win back-to-back titles. The Greeks outplayed 5-time champion Sabadell in the final, jumped to a three-goal lead early on, and maintained that gap till the end. This also completed a Greek double – four days after fellow Piraeus side Ethnikos won the LEN Trophy, Olympiacos claimed the Euro League victory, it’s the ninth time since 2000 that the winning clubs represent the same nation. Padova snatched the bronze with a magnificent 6-1 rush in the last period to achieve the best-ever result in the club’s history.

    Read the full press release on LEN.eu

    Photos courtesy of Deepbluemedia/G. Scala

    Olympiacos Piraeus Celebrating Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Olympiacos Piraeus (White Cap) v Astralpool Sabadell (Blue Cap) Gold Final Papastratio Swimming Pool Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    Olympiacos Piraeus Coach Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Olympiacos Piraeus (White Cap) v Astralpool Sabadell (Blue Cap) Gold Final Papastratio Swimming Pool Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    Olympiacos Piraeus Winner 2022 Euro League Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Gold Final Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    8 DARIO Sara PAD Plebiscito Padova UVSE Unguest Budapest (Yellow Cap) V. Plebiscito Padova (Blue Cap) Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Bronze Final Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    5 QUEIROLO Elisa PAD Plebiscito Padova UVSE Unguest Budapest (Yellow Cap) V. Plebiscito Padova (Blue Cap) Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Bronze Final Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    5 SZUCS Gabriella UVS UVSE Budapest UVSE Unguest Budapest (Yellow Cap) V. Plebiscito Padova (Blue Cap) Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Bronze Final Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    UVSE Budapest defending UVSE Budapest UVSE Unguest Budapest (Yellow Cap) V. Plebiscito Padova (Blue Cap) Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Bronze Final Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    Olympiacos Piraeus Winner 2022 Euro League Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Gold Final Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    Olympiacos Piraeus Winner 2022 Euro League Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Gold Final Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto
    Antonio Silva, LEN President gives the cup to Olympiacos PiraeusWinner 2022 Euro League Euro League 2022 Final Four Women Water Polo Gold Final Piraeus, Greece 20220403 Photo Giorgio Scala / DBM /Insidefoto