Swimmer's Daily

  • An Oldham County family is likely putting your quarantine productivity to shame. In March, the Weber family decided to take on a DIY project unlike any other— making plans to build their own in-ground swimming pool.

  • A swimmer who went missing in Lake Travis on Friday has been identified, according to the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.

  • A Tennessee woman who was attempting to rescue swimmers in distress at an Alabama beach struggled in the rough water herself and died.

  • TeamSA swimming icon Cameron van der Burgh has spoken about how he still has no sense of smell despite the fact that he has fully recovered from Covid-19, writes Gary Lemke.

    Van der Burgh, who won 18 gold medals in breaststroke competition at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and World Championships, was talking to rising TeamSA sensation Tatjana Schoenmaker, herself a breaststroker who was one of the favourites to win gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games before the Covid-19-enforced postponement. Van der Burgh contracted Covid-19 in March.

    ‘It was an awful experience,’ Van der Burgh told Schoenmaker from London in Team SA’s #FlashbackToInspire2020 campaign. ‘Luckily we caught it quite early, but it was scary, because of the stats a couple of months ago. I had a really high fever, 39.5 degrees, and [wife] Nefeli is pregnant, so it’s scary. We followed the advice at the time, which was to take paracetamol and drink a lot of water.

    ‘Eventually it eased off. But, I still can’t smell anything. I love my wine, but I can’t smell it. The thing is that I can smell onion in the house even though there’s no onion. I have to do what amounts to smell training, learning to smell things again, like coffee or cinnamon. The upside is that we now have the antibodies so hopefully we are immune to catching it again, for now.’

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  • For former competitive swimmer Michael Phelps, it’s important to think small to accomplish big things. Watch this video to know more.

  • It’s a hot, dry day in July when you decide to explore the Amazon basin by boat. You feel pretty comfortable with your local guide showing you the exotic environment. But all of a sudden, your boat capsizes and you fall overboard into the still, warm water. Luckily, you’re a strong swimmer. Wait a minute. What are all those fishes? And why are they swarming?

  • Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Veterans, Vince & Cody, watch famous Hollywood Water scenes and react. Watch as they review whether the movie scenes are FACT or FICTION as they even breakdown some underwater scenes, diving scenes, combat scenes, special forces scenes, military scenes and even war scenes. Welcome to the aquatic world of the Rescue Swimmer Mindset.

  • An eight-year-old boy has had an incredible encounter with a dolphin that’s started calling Torquay beach it’s home.

    https://youtu.be/Lb_uMfePO_4