Swimmer's Daily

  • Two friends, out for a day of swimming (illegally) in Kaliasot Dam in Bhopal, got more adventure than they bargained for when a crocodile tried to make a meal of one of them on Tuesday.

    The croc clamped its jaws on the right thigh of 30-year-old Amit Jatav. But his friend Gajendra Yadav’s courage, and a wooden pole they used as a selfie-stick, turned into croc-poke-stick, saved the day. Jatav is in hospital, minus a chunk of his thigh and plus 30 stitches, and the two friends have a wild story to tell and re-tell.

    Read Times of India

    https://youtu.be/Oo5gFUShk7Y

     

  • A Florida family captured video of an alligator trespassing on their property and taking a dip in their backyard swimming pool.

    Carlos Rivera said he had to convince his family he wasn’t pranking them when he alerted them to the gator swimming in the pool behind their Hillsborough County home.

    “I noticed there was a gator in there. I told everybody, but everybody thought I was just joking,” Rivera told WFTS-TV.

    Rivera and his daughter, Veronica, called for backup from Veronica’s boyfriend and decided to handle the trespasser without calling wildlife authorities for help.

    “We saw him walking around for a while and we were wondering who we should call like my dad said and then we decided it’s probably best because it was a baby alligator so we thought we could handle it,” Veronica Rivera said.

    The group scooped the gator up in a garbage bin and released it in a nearby pond where alligators are known to reside.

    See UPI

  • A cliff diver was rescued Wednesday afternoon after he was knocked unconscious at Beale Falls.

    According to Cal Fire, the victim jumped from approximately 70 feet above the water and was knocked unconscious upon impact with the water.

    Fortunately, a group of competitive swimmers from the Bay Area witnessed the whole thing and swam over to rescue the victim.

    “It was about three minutes he was face down in the water,” Jacklyn Scheberies, one of the hero swimmers, said.

    Scheberies is a sophomore at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas and is on the Rebels swim team. Friends Lauren Francis, Malia Henry and Sarah Livingston swam with Scheberies at Castro Valley High School and on a summer swimming team.

    “Something is so wrong and we need to fix it. There was no thought process. It was just happening. So much adrenaline. It was just a go for it moment. Mind completely blank,” Francis, another hero swimmer who just graduated from Castro Valley, said.

    The swimmers were able to get him to the shore and waited until rescuers arrived.

    See CBS Sacramento

  • A devastating fire burned to the ground Lochearn Community Club Swimming Pool on what was supposed to be the Opening Day for its 62nd season.

    Brian Pinkney has been a volunteer swim coach at the facility for 21 years. Over the last few weeks, he’s been working with members to get the swim club ready for Opening Day.

    “I still have some marks on my thumb from raking weeks prior,” he said.

    But those efforts have since been halted as investigators try to determine what caused the fire. Flames tore through the main office – built in the 1950’s – which housed the locker rooms and all of the pool equipment.

    It also destroyed mementos, awards and memorabilia from over the years.

    Pinkney said the silver lining, though, has been the incredible response from the community.

    “Tributes and the testimony that they’ve put on our Facebook page and GoFundMe page. It brings tears to your eyes,” he said.

    See CBS Local

  • As more businesses begin to reopen, many are still waiting to get started.

  • Turkish Para swimmer Sumeye Boyaci shows that you can do anything you put your mind to. Born with no arms, the teenage talent has become one of Turkey’s most successful Para swimmers as well as a successful artist. This is her story so far.

  • Three rounds of two dives each chasing a Gold Medal at the FINA World Championships. This was the mission of France’s Laura Marino and Matthieu Rosset at the FINA World Championships 2017 in Budapest! Relive their outstanding performances in the Mixed 3m/10m Team Final, which ended in a well-deserved victory. They won the Gold Medal ahead of Mexico and the USA.

  • On today’s Propulsion Swimming Podcast we discuss what swimming pools could look like when they reopen and how it can be safely achieved while balancing the need for them to make money. ⁠

    We also suggest different training methods swimming clubs could use to combat social distancing, including locating individual swimmers start positions at 10m intervals around the pool!⁠

  • Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Wednesday she is further relaxing restrictions and allowing businesses to reopen in more capacities.

    During a news conference, Gov. Reynolds announced effective Friday, June 12 the 50% capacity limit currently in place for Iowa businesses will be lifted.

    Reynolds said certain businesses such as restaurants, bars and theaters will still be required to maintain social distancing measures.

    “Eliminating the capacity restrictions will allow businesses the flexibility to adjust their specific operations accordingly, to best meet the needs of their employees and customers,” said Gov. Reynolds.

    See KTIV