Swimmer's Daily

  • Five-year-old Thai sensation Vanya Maisuenpon is making waves in the swimming world with her incredible talent, impressing audiences in international competitions.

  • Thousands of swimmers braved tough conditions to compete in the annual Portsea Classic. Now in its 39th year, the event has a rich history, matched only by its eldest competitor.

  • On Wednesday evening (January 15), around 20 people took part in a winter swim in Copenhagen’s harbor. The event, organized by Wonderful Copenhagen, the city’s tourist board, and several local hotels, invited both residents and visitors to take a refreshing dip in the cold harbor waters. Participants walked to the pool in bathrobes before jumping into the chilly water, with the temperature estimated to be around 2-3 degrees Celsius. Orlando, a student living in Copenhagen, said, “It’s really cold, but we love it.” The event aimed to showcase a different side of the city during the winter months.

  • Sky News host Caleb Bond discusses the Blue Mountains Council’s ban on G-strings in public pools.

    “The Blue Mountains Council has decided you cannot wear them at their public pools,” Mr Bond said.

    “Saying you know what swim wear is and is not acceptable.”

  • On Tuesday 21st January two extremely brave swimmers will take a big plunge and make their first attempt to swim across Falkland Sound from West to East Falkland.

    Esther Bertram and Nuala Knight will start at Jersey Point and swim 4.3 kilometres to Fanning Head.

    Money raised from The Big Swim will be split equally between the Stephen Jaffray Memorial Fund, Camp Education and Falklands Conservation.

    If you wish to support Esther and Nuala you can follow them on the “Esther and Nuala’s Big Swim” Facebook page:

    www.facebook.com/groups/922137519323211

    or donate at the Falkland’s Conservation office.

  • Bill Marsh can teach your kid to swim. In fact, he may be better at it than anyone else.

    If you think that’s no big deal, consider this: “In the United States, drowning is the leading cause of preventable death for children ages 1-4.” That statistic is cited in A Swim Lesson, the Oscar-shortlisted short documentary that follows Marsh in the pool as he instructs a new class of tots. For little kids, the 8-day-long process can be traumatic – at first.

    “They’re hysterical and then they’re vomiting, and then they’re crying, and then they’re running out of the pool,” shares Rashida Jones, the filmmaker and actor who directed the documentary with Will McCormack, a fellow actor-director. McCormack, Jones, and producer Emily Arlook all put their kids through Marsh’s program.

    Jones’s son participated in the class in August 2020. “Definitely, there was high drama,” she recalls. “We had a kid who kind of cried the entire class and never stopped crying, but learned how to swim while he was crying, and I was just fascinated with the process. And then Will and our producer, Emily had their kids in class, and we were kind of obsessed with Bill’s teachings, his wisdom beyond just this application for swimming. Emily said, ‘You guys should make a documentary.’ We said, ‘Yeah, absolutely.’”

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  • Tom Daley, born on May 21, 1994, in Plymouth, England, is a world-class British diver and Olympic champion. Starting his career young, he debuted at the 2008 Olympics at just 14. Daley won bronze in the 10m platform at the 2012 London Olympics and achieved gold in the synchronized 10m platform at Tokyo 2020 with Matty Lee.

    Outside sports, Daley is an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, publicly coming out in 2013. He married Dustin Lance Black in 2017, and they have a son. Known for his knitting hobby, he used it during the Tokyo Games to raise funds for charity​

  • The son of an Australian Olympian has just become the latest Aussie to sign with an American major league baseball team.

    Nicole Livingstone’s boy is packing his bags for the big time determined to make his mark from the pitching mound.