Swimmer's Daily

  • An Olympic gold medalist in swimming was part of the group of President Donald Trump’s supporters that stormed the United States Capitol Building on Wednesday. The man in question, as first reported by SwimSwam.com, is Klete Keller, who won two gold medals as a relay teammate of Michael Phelps.

    Keller was identified by “a dozen people within the sport,” according to SwimSwam.com, in a review of footage and various screenshots from the riot that made its way inside the Capitol. The swimmer was identified not only because of his height — he stands at 6-feet-6-inches — but also because he was wearing a U.S. Olympics-branded team jacket during the charge into the federal building and did not have anything obscuring his face.

    The 38-year-old has deleted his social media accounts, but The New York Times reports that his feeds “included a stream of pro-Trump messaging” to the point that the people who identified him in the footage were not surprised he was in the Capitol building.

    Read CBS Sports
    https://youtu.be/lqpIcAo3QyQ

  • The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is searching for information on the person or persons responsible for the harassment of a manatee discovered Sunday in the headwaters of the Homosassa River. The animal had the word “Trump” scraped into its back.

    Craig Cavanna, senior federal wildlife officer, and current investigating officer said of the situation, “I cannot comment on a current, ongoing investigation.”

    He added harassment of a manatee, protected by the Endangered Species Act, is a Class A federal criminal offense punishable by a $50,000 fine and/or up-to one-year in federal prison.

    Read Citrus County Chronicle
    https://youtu.be/S1QLA4pcUxc

  • A lot of swimmers don’t think about how they are breathing but it can make a huge difference in your freestyle swim technique. Even at the highest level, there are common mistakes in breathing. Nathan Adrian is perhaps the best ‘breather’ in the world when it comes to how he takes his breath in a race. He uses his neck muscles to force the head back down quickly to minimize the amount of drag caused by the head out of alignment. In this video Race Club, coaches teach swim drills to help the campers learn the proper way to breathe, like Nathan Adrian!

    https://youtu.be/CescdC7DAHQ

  • The Mooloolaba Mile is a feature on Queensland’s ocean swimming calendar and continues to attract swimmers from all over Australia.

  • Hungarian photographer and cinematographer András Ladocsi transmutes the tensions and fears of the past year into a mesmerizing dance for his latest film. “With the body and mind constrained during the pandemic,” says the director, “we wanted to liberate ourselves through movement, which is vital to life.”

    Seven dancers deconstruct strict and freeform movement in response to the music and location—a derelict swimming pool built on the site of a 100-year-old monastery during Hungary’s soviet regime.

  • From rabbits feet to wearing the same speedo several days in a row… here’s why superstitions really help athletes perform better.

  • Watch this interview with Peter Conroy, as part of our Thrive and Protect web series, where he talks about his connection to the sea and why he does what he does to protect it.

  • There has been high drama at the annual Blessing of the Waters at Glenelg, with an unauthorized swimmer causing fury by stealing the holy cross. As religious leaders tried to calm the angry crowd, the man was taken away by police.

  • The incredible story of the time we took two non-swimmers scuba diving for the first time on the outer edges of the Great Barrier Reef.