Swimmer's Daily

  • Through the free firmware update, all swim spa swimmers will now be able to experience FORM’s patented display and optics currently available for pool and open water swimming. Customizable metrics include time, calories, and optional heart rate, displayed in front of a swimmer in real-time. Additionally, through an exclusive connected swim spa experience, swimmers with compatible Jacuzzi®, Hydropool®, ThermoSpas® and SwimLife swim spas will also have the ability to configure the speed setting on their swim spa to their FORM Goggles, enabling them to see their distance. This is a game changer for swim spa swimmers, creating a more engaging meaningful swim experience. No more guessing.

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  • Last week Ben Fisher, a UC Santa Barbara Swimming alum, penned an open letter to Klete Keller that was shared on both Swimming World Magazine and Swim Swam.

  • Sara Faulkner became the first woman to graduate from the Coast Guard’s helicopter rescue swimmer school in North Carolina and joined the elite group of swimmers 20 years ago. Her problems began almost instantly when she first complained of sexual harassment. Things grew so intense that after 17 years in the Coast Guard, Sara had to find a lawyer just to stay in long enough to collect her full retirement. Sara joins us today with an empowering story and tells us what led to breaking her silence.

  • Follow along my journey to a PR after a 9 year break from competitive swimming! I will give you direct insights to my training. Find out why and how I train on land to become faster in the pool!

  • Come along with us on this once in a lifetime adventure as we swim with the manatees in Crystal River, Florida. The Adventure Center at Plantation on Crystal River invited us for an early morning tour during ‘manatee season’ which is December through March as manatees seek the warm spring waters.

  • At the 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup in Budapest, Brazil’s Nicholas Santos broke the short-course world record in the 50m butterfly, in a time of 21.75. A few months later he went on to tackle his own world record with a very close finish of 21.81 and a new Championships record at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Hangzhou. His time of 21.75 at the #SWC18 in Budapest still remains the best time today. Relive his performance from Hangzhou!

  • The race to host the 2032 summer Olympics looks set to be one of the most fiercely contested in history. So when the Lapland town of Salla announced its intention to vie with Jakarta, Istanbul and Seoul‑Pyongyang, it was competing against the odds. But the “coldest town in the world” had a secret weapon up its sleeve.

    “I’ve never felt warmth before, but I’m sure it’s coming,” said one resident in a promotional video released this week to launch the candidacy. “In 12 years the ice will be gone and this will be a perfect lake,” said another. “I can’t wait for the snow to melt,” said a third, wielding a surfboard. While other cities might have the infrastructure, Salla has the climate crisis.

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  • Economists and public health experts called into question a top Florida official’s request to the International Olympic Committee to consider relocating the 2021 summer games from Tokyo to his state.

    In his letter to the sports governing body, Jimmy Patronis ― the chief financial officer for the state of Florida ― cited reports that Japan has decided to call off this summer’s games due to the pandemic after already delaying the event by a year. (The IOC has called such reports “categorically untrue.”)

    “There is still time to deploy a site selection team to Florida to meet with statewide and local officials on holding the Olympics in the Sunshine State,” Patronis wrote. “I would welcome the opportunity to pitch Florida and help you make the right contacts to get this done.”

    He touted Florida’s “ample hotel capacity and well-maintained transportation network” as well as the state’s “12 major universities that have existing sporting facilities.”

    “I think most importantly, however, we have a state with leaders who are willing to get this done,” Patronis wrote.

    Victor Matheson, an economist at Holy Cross and an expert on the economic impact of the Olympics, called Patronis’ proposal “batshit crazy.”

    See HuffPost