Swimmer's Daily

  • Following the decision on 19 March 2020 to postpone LWC2020 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the ILS has discussed alternative solutions with the Italian Lifesaving Federation (FIN) and with the host of the LWC 2022. Both agreed with the proposed plan, which is to move the LWC 2020 to 2022, to keep the LWC 2024 at the Gold Coast, Australia and to plan the LWC 2026 in Agadir, Morocco.

    Read ILSF and the official letter which mentions also the postponement of the General Assembly, and which has a grim prediction of how also 2021 will be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic:

    The ILS Elective General Assembly and associated meetings planned to be held at LWC 2020
    will now be held prior to the ILS World Conference on Drowning Prevention 2021 in Colombo Sri
    Lanka in early October 2021.

    It was agreed to postpone the LWC 2020 to 2022 and not to 2021. The reasons are:

    • There is much uncertainty regarding the continuing spread of Covid-19.
    • It is not likely that a medication or a vaccine will be available for at least a year to 18 months.
    • Until that time, continued movement restrictions will likely still be in force in 2021.
    • There is already a crowded global sporting calendar in 2021 because so many events are being rescheduled to the second half of that year.
    • Many ILS Member Federations are already reporting that their income streams have been seriously affected. It will take much of 2021 to recover their losses and they will not be able to afford to travel to an LWC that takes place in 2021.
    • There is also another major ILS event in 2021, namely the World Conference on Drowning Prevention. The Conference will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka in early October 2021.
    • The host federation, Italy, also needs time to recover financially from the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic so that it can deliver the rescheduled events.
    • If an LWC event was rescheduled to 2021, and 2022 was maintained in Morocco, there could be an adverse impact on both events as participants may not be able to afford to attend both events in relatively quick succession
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  • This is be a very special episode from #FFTLive that will be relevant to ALL athletes across ALL sports. One of the greatest sprint coaches of all time and one of the greatest sprinters of all time will be discussing how a positive mental attitude affects performance.

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  • Stunning footage of glowing dolphins gliding through the water was captured off the Newport Beach coastline Wednesday night.

     

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  • In this 20th episode, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, discusses how to use the Finis Freestyler paddles with our unique drill, the Javelin, to help you swim straighter when you get back to the open water.

  • Falling Upwards is the concept of falling against the gravity, Pooja Banerjee talks about falling emotionally. This swimmer turned actress did not have it easy in her journey which she shares on the TEDxFORESchool platform. She talks about her falls, her adversities, and how she overcame them. The life lessons learned through the races that she won but still didn’t win were the ones providing her with experiences and the belief that we all are made of something much bigger than any fall that we might face in our life. Pooja Banerjee has represented Maharashtra at the national level swimming tournaments. She swam the 5 km sea race at the Arabian Sea and 14 km river race at river Hooghly. Banerjee has also played a swimmer, Rewa Mathur in Swim Team on Channel [V] India. She has played strong female figures on television and has broken a lot of female-oriented stereotypes.