Swimmer's Daily

  • Miles Laflin (thep00lguy) is a professional pool engineer based in the UK. He has gone viral on TikTok and YouTube for his satisfying pool cleaning videos. Miles shows how he cleans the dirtiest pool he’s ever worked on from start to finish.

  • Tokyo 2020 organizers plan to hold discussions with the International Swimming Federation (FINA) this week, a senior official said, after the federation said it was reviewing whether to hold the Olympics diving qualification event scheduled for this month.

    “We are aware that they intend to cancel. On the other hand, we are still trying to confirm the details and we need to have further discussions with them,” Yasuo Mori, deputy executive director for the Tokyo 2020 Games Operations Bureau, said on Sunday.

    “We want to hold talks with them about such details,” he told an online briefing after a weekend test event for wheelchair rugby.

    Cancellation would be a setback for Tokyo organizers after they just restarted test events for the first time in over a year and need to test COVID-19 countermeasures for participants at venues.

    Media reports said FINA had decided to cancel the April 18-23 final qualification round, which is also an official test event for the Games, which were postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The BBC, citing a letter from FINA to national federations, said the event was canceled because the organizers’ planned COVID-19 precautions “will not properly ensure” the safety of athletes.

    Read Reuters
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  • A woman allegedly armed with a gun was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff with Los Angeles police Friday, during which officers opened fire and the suspect evaded police by swimming in a lake.

    See ABC News

  • Maybe you’re wondering: when is the right time to open up my swimming pool? Well, it’s better to open sooner rather than later. Otherwise, algae could start growing underneath your winter cover. So here’s how to know when to open your pool based on the weather in your area.

  • Russian teammates Vladimir Morozov and Andrei Minakov had a very tight race in the men’s 100m freestyle, going head-to-head in both legs of the 2020 FINA Champions Swim Series in China.

  • Watch the full Mixed 3m Synchronised Final from the 2019 edition of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju.

  • LEN regrets sharing the official letter we had to send out as an official communication to the National Federations.  We hope to have better news sometime in the future for our Masters Athletes.

    Cancellation of the LEN European Masters Championships in Budapest

    Dear LEN Member Federation,

    With this note, we share with you the official decision regarding the 2021 European Masters Championships in Budapest.

    The Local Organising Committee together with Hungarian authorities were evaluating how to proceed with the aforementioned event, which had also been postponed from 2020. As anticipated, two options were considered: 1) to further postpone the Event from May/June 2021 to late August 2021; 2) cancel the Event.

    Unfortunately, after careful consideration of all possibilities, due to the current pandemic situation and all foreseen issues linked to a mass-participation event in the scale of the Masters championships, the LOC took the painful decision to cancel the event. As they informed us, the OC, the Hungarian Government, and the relevant authorities see it impossible to create and manage a Covid-secure racing environment for several thousand athletes, mostly individuals.

    LEN could take only note of this decision and fully understands the reasons behind it.

    Sincerely yours,

    LEN Office

    See the official press release on LEN.eu
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  • The Karnataka government on April 2 issued a fresh set of COVID-19 guidelines in view of the coronavirus case spike, which will be in force till April 20, 2021. Karnataka added 4,991 fresh coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours alone, taking the COVID-19 tally to over one million

    https://youtu.be/ADUQsOQp3QI

  • Mohammad Shams Aalam was rendered paralyzed chest below after a failed surgery in his early 20s. Brakes were pressed on his dreams to be a karate champion. But then, like his mother said, when one door closes, another opens, and Shams Aalam channeled his energy into swimming. Since then he has picked up awards and medals representing India in many international games besides playing in domestic championships. This is his story.