Swimmer's Daily

  • Just how sold the 35-year-old Olympian is on the SPIRE Academy’s Swimming program is evident in his most recent video, in which he is seen touring the Academy’s swim complex. SPIRE Academy features a 10-lane, 50-meter Olympic size pool with 2 movable bulkheads, a 25-yard recreation pool, 4 therapeutic pools to support training and rehab activities, full locker room facilities, and a world-class SPIRE Performance Training Center.

    “I’ve been swimming since I was 5 years old, so I’ve seen just about everything in terms of training programs and facilities,” said Lochte. “But SPIRE is special in so many ways. From an athlete development and training perspective, we have the potential to build something here that is totally unique. I’m excited to be a part of that process, and I look forward to helping SPIRE make a major impact on the sport of swimming– both in and out of the pool.”

    See Spire Institute

     

  • Police are still searching for the driver of this car in a Lemon Grove hit-and-run.

  • The body of a teen swimmer was found in the San Jacinto River after he went missing Wednesday morning, prompting search and rescue efforts from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

  • Hydropool Inc have announced a collaboration to allow our GB Olympic Swimmers to continue to train at home for Tokyo 2021 during the current UK lock down.

    The exciting new partnerships sees that GB Swimmers James Guy, Ben Proud, Anna Hopkins, Luke Greenbank, Tom Dean, Adam Peaty MBE, Sarah Vasey and Jack Burnell have been provided with our popular Reverse Current Swimming Pools, also known as Swim Spa units for their home gardens.

    Fans will have already noticed GB swimmers posting videos of their training social media account and updates will continue to be shared in the coming weeks. through their social media account and updates will continue to be shared in the coming weeks.

    James Guy who is now using one of Hydropool’s flagship 16ft Executive Trainer swim spas added:

    “It feels unreal to be back in the water again, a massive thank you to Bedfordshire Hot Tubs and Hydropool. The support that I have had from them has been second to none and the way they have conducted themselves around me and provided me a pool is unbelievable. To actually be in the water every single day is amazing, you don’t actually realise you miss it until it’s gone. I am doing real sessions in there and its definitely going to give me an advantage for next year leading into the Olympic games.”

    See thehottubandswimspacompany.com

  • “My sexual abuse was 100% preventable,” Grodensky said Wednesday during a video conference.

    Grodensky said King abused her from ages 11 to 16 when she was a swimmer in Danville, California, in the early 1980s. Now 51 and living in New York, she said she has suffered from years of depression as a result of the abuse. Grodensky said King’s grooming of her extended to her family, friends and teammates.

    In 2010, King was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading no contest to 20 child molestation charges.

    “I want this lawsuit to wake up USA Swimming,” Grodensky said. “I want cultural change and mandated education for this great sport.”

    Read AP News

  • From goggles and competitions to black shades and cool down, elite athletes know exactly when and where to let their hair down. We PROUDLY PRESENT our open water stars Ferry Weertman from the Netherlands, Olympic Gold medallist and Hungarian Kristof Rasovszky, World Championships Gold medallist in our very first episode of #TheCouchByFINA. Find out more about these two world-class athletes!

    https://youtu.be/5uDd-Af3Qsw