Swimmer's Daily

  • Don’t miss out this amazing Women’s 100m Backstroke Final from the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne! Record holder and Olympic Champion Natalie Coughlin was very motivated to win a Gold Medal being the favourite at the starting blocks. With a terrific performance the American star beat all the contenders breaking her own World Record set in 2002 with a time of 59.44!

  • During the 1980s, Canadian swim titans Alex Baumann and Victor Davis ruled the pool.

    Baumann was a quiet, analytical IM and freestyle specialist who would win two gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, while Davis, a fiery and brash world-record-breaking breaststroker, had his life tragically cut short when he was hit by a car a year after winning gold in the 200-meter breaststroke in Los Angeles.

    The Fast and The Furious is a swimming documentary made by the Canadian Broadcasting Company that follows the training and achievements of the two Canadian swimmers as they navigate injuries, conflicts with their coaches, and international competition.

    A must-watch swimming documentary for swim fans, swimmers, coaches, and parents alike.

  • The Paris 2024 organising committee has made further revisions to its construction plans, announcing that it will no longer build two temporary venues as part of a suite of cost control measures to ensure the French city delivers the Olympic Games within its initial €3.8bn ($4.5bn/£3.5bn) budget.

    Paris had originally planned to build a permanent 15,000-seat aquatics centre next to the Stade de France in the Saint-Denis region of the city. However,  in June 2018 it was announced that the aquatics competition would instead take place at a temporary 15,000-seat arena with water polo and diving staged at a smaller 5,000-capacity permanent facility next to the stadium.

    The scaled back plans came in response to concerns expressed by the French government’s financial inspectors that they were facing a potential overspend of up to €500m.

    But now these plans have been scaled back even further, with the city revealing that it will no longer build the temporary aquatics arena either. A temporary venue in the Le Bourget region of Paris that was scheduled to host volleyball events has also been scrapped.

    The swimming and water polo finals will now be held at the existing Paris La Défense arena, while the volleyball will also take place in an existing venue, which has yet to be announced.

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  • USA’s Jordan Wilimovsky, Gold medallist at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, takes us through some of the insights of Open Water Swimming.

  • Listen to Gregg Parini talk about how elite-level swimming is alive and well in NCAA Division 3!

  • 4 ways to swim freestyle and they can all be fast. You just need to practice the small details of each one. I hope this video helps you finding the best way to swim for you.

  • Join Coaches Corner host Mike Murray as he welcomes Coach Mark Hesse for a discussion on why having a curious mind is an essential component for your growth as a leader in the sport of swimming. Mike & Mark will investigate some strategies for coaches to gain a deeper understanding of how to evolve, ways to develop your personal coaching philosophy and why being a lifelong learner is critical in the business of coaching!

    One of the most well-known faces across national championship pool decks, Coach Hesse most recently worked as a USA Swimming Performance Development Manager from 2012 to 2020 . He has over 27 years of coaching experience as a club coach at Fort Washington Township, Sugar Creek Swim Club, Ft. Worth Area Swim Team, Mission Bay, and Burke Barracudas. Mark is an ASCA Level 5 Certified Coach and has placed swimmers in Olympic Trials Semi-Finals and on USA Swimming’s National Junior Team.

  • This is a must-watch video for the triathlon swimmers who want to improve their swimming.

    Unless you have the time to invest into swimming 5 times plus per week and under the supervision of a swim coach then we don’t recommend spending your time using swimming drills in your training.

    Except for these two swim drills – front scull and one arm drill with paddles which will give you both a technique and a strength benefit which are well worth the time that you will put into them.

    Check out the video as Mark explains both the benefits and how to complete the drills.

    For more info head to our website www.worldmultisport.com

  • China’s team of Xu Jiayu, Yan Zibei, Zhang Yufei and Yang Junxuan lowered the world record in the mixed medley relay at the Chinese National Swimming Championships in Qingdao with a 3:38.41. The swim lowers the Americans’ world record of 3:38.56 from the 2017 World Championships, as this marks the first official world record in the sport of swimming in 2020.

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