Swimmer's Daily

  • The 24-year-old is, without doubt, the most dominant athlete in men’s swimming, so many people are asking: can the American emulate Phelps’ record of eight medals in a single Olympic Games? It looks possible, although not certain, given his events, and he insists it is not on his mind – but he could make history regardless.

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  • In a recent interview with Graham Bensinger, Sheckler detailed how Phelps played a part in him committing to sobriety after falling into relapse.

    “That he had been through a similar situation and that he knew exactly what I was feeling and he had been there, and he could relate,” Sheckler said when asked about a phone call he shared with Phelps.

    “When I got [him] calling me and taking time out of his day to give me hope, experience, strength, I was like, ‘Bro, all right, I can do it. I can do this,’ ” he continued.

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  • Miami-Dade County has posted no-swim signage in certain areas following a sewage spill in Biscayne Bay.

  • Swimmer Emily Muteti will represent Kenya at the Olympics in Tokyo this summer.
    Story: https://gculopes.com/news/2021/5/5/wo…​

  • Swim in the wild. Four distances, 1,000 swimmers, 170 kayakers and a magnificent lake. Whatever your level, there is a distance for you: 1 km, 3 km, 5 km and the ultimate 12 km. It’s an epic experience. It’s the swim of a lifetime. It is the Traversée du Lac Tremblant. — Swim your wilderness. Four distances, 1,000 swimmers, 170 kayakers, and one magnificent lake. Whatever your level, there is a distance for you: 1km, 3km, 5km and the ultimate experience of the 12km crossing of Lac Tremblant. It’s an epic adventure. It’s the swim of a lifetime. It’s the Traversée du Lac Tremblant / Ultraswim Canada.

  • “The difficulties you face now won’t last forever.
    Remember always forwards, never backward.
    One day you will make yourself proud.”

    Omar Abbas, FINA Scholarships Programme
    Life always gives you an opportunity to prove yourself.
    Grab it and create your own destiny like Omar, a swimmer from Syria who decided to leave his home country to fulfill his dream.

  • If you’ve ever experienced anxiety around the swim start in a triathlon, don’t worry, you’re not alone -even strong swimmers can struggle with the start of a triathlon swim. With experience and practice, this fear can be tackled and we’re here to help!

  • Ukraine shines, Italy comes 1-3 in women’s 1m

    Ukraine clinched two titles on the second day in Budapest: one in artistic swimming and one in diving. Marta Fiedina won the solo technical, while Kseniia Bailo and Oleksii Sereda came first the mixed 10m synchro despite practicing only for a week together. The last final brought two medals for Italy, Elena Bertocchi finished atop, Chiara Pellacani came third.

    • Heimberg Michelle SUI Diving – 1m Women preliminary XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Duna Arena Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Gold Medal FIEDINA Marta UKR Solo Tech Final Artistic Swimming Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Duna Arena XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • BAILO Kseniia SEREDA Oleksii UKR Mixed 10m Synchro Platform Final Diving Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Duna Arena XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Gold Medal BAILO Kseniia SEREDA Oleksii UKR Mixed 10m Synchro Platform Final Diving Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Duna Arena XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Gold Medal BERTOCCHI Elena ITA Silver Medal HEIMBERG Michelle SUI Bronze Medal PELLACANI Chiara ITA 1m Springboard Women Final Diving Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Duna Arena XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Bertocchi Elena ITA Diving – 1m Women preliminary XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Duna Arena Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Gold Medal BAILO Kseniia SEREDA Oleksii UKR Silver Medal WILLIAMS Noah SPENDOLINI-SIRIEIX Andre GBR Bronze Medal BELIAEVA Ekaterina MINIBAEV Viktor RUS Mixed 10m Synchro Platform Final Diving Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Duna Arena XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Photo Giorgio Perottino / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Artistic Swimming Solo Technical Final UKR UKRAINE FIEDINA Marta XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Duna Arena Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Photo Pasquale Francesco Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Artistic Swimming Solo Technical Final GRE GREECE PLATANIOTI Evangelia XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Duna Arena Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Photo Pasquale Francesco Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Artistic Swimming Solo Technical Final Podium Silver Medal GRE GREECE PLATANIOTI Evangelia Gold Medal UKR UKRAINE FIEDINA Marta Bronze Medal BLR BELARUS KHANDOSHKA Vasilina XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Duna Arena Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Photo Pasquale Francesco Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Diving Synchronised 10m Mixed Final Greait Britain WILLIAMS Noah GBR SPENDOLINI-SIRIEIX Andre GBR XXXV LEN European Aquatic Championships Duna Arena Budapest – Hungary 11/5/2021 Photo Pasquale Francesco Mesiano / Deepbluemedia / Insidefoto
    • Marta Fiedina (UKR) Artistic swimming preparations Duna Arena, Budapest 11/05/2021 Budapest/Hungary Photo © A. Kovacs/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

    As usual in artistic swimming, if no Russian in the competition, the road opens up to the top of the podium – and this time it was Ukrania’s Marta Fiedina who went all the way in the solo technical. Her routine was rated slightly higher than Greece’s Evangelia Platanioti’s fine performance, the gap was 2.5 points. The bronze went to Vasilina Khandoska from Belorussia. The mixed synchro event in diving offered some real excitements. For a while Russia’s Victor Minibaev and Ekaterina Beliaeva seemed to have it but their last two dives went wrong and the rivals thanked the opportunity.

    Ukraina’s golden boy Oleksii Sereda and championship rookie Kseniia Bailo came up with the best effort of the evening, an 80-pointer in the fourth round and their last dive was also good enough to land the title. It’s a fairy tale story for the two since they had one week to practice together, after a sudden illness had brought the originally nominated duo down. Sereda, still only 15, but visually stronger than he had been in Kiev 2019 when he had become the youngest ever European champion, continued his winning streak from two years ago. He also paraded with a couple of English comments, another significant change for the shy boy we knew from Kiev.

    Britain’s Noah Williams and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix also surprised themselves with the silver medal as they spent a single hour with joint trainings before the competition – sometimes less is more, as the saying goes.

    The first individual final saw Italy’s first gold here in Budapest. Until the last round Chiara Pellacani was in pole position but at the end it was compatriot Elena Bertocchi who finished atop. All divers were a bit tense, perhaps the 2017 champion managed to stay the calmest among them to win the event by 4.35 points ahead of Michelle Heimberg. The Swiss had written history by becoming the first-ever diving medallist for her country and now she added a silver chapter to the story. Pellacani had to settle for the bronze at the end, trailed by 1.4 points behind the Swiss.

    Press release from LEN, photos courtesy of Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto