Swimming

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 17. ON Monday, FINA formally announced the suspensions of two athletes for doping violations. Poland's Paula Zukowska and Brazil's Hugo Parisi will both be out of competiti...

3-time Olympic medalist Megan Jendrick did her first open water swim this weekend at the Flowers Sea Swim. But her first foray was only one mile. Today, Jendrick successfully completed her first 5 km sea swim. But the out-and-back course looked intimidating at first. "Where's the turnaround point?" she asked. It looks so far away on land...until you view the same distance in the water. From the water, all the distances look even longer. The open water swimmer's perspective of looking up and forward from only a few centimeters above the surface of the water makes everything look so far away. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water SwimmingFrom Open Water Source's Daily News of Open Water Swimming

Some athletes go out to bars and restaurants after a competition. Others, like open water swimmers, seem to stay in their comfort zone. Joey Pedraza, Nadine Williams, Kristy Kowal, Lexie Kelly, Luane Rowe, Brooke Bennett, Heather Maitland, Eney Jones, and Zsofia Balazs enjoyed swimming with sting rays at Rum Point on Grand Cayman Island in Cayman Islands. Never far out of their comfort zone, most definitely. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water SwimmingFrom Open Water Source's Daily News of Open Water Swimming

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 17. WATCHING a 3-year-old jump into a pool and splash around the water is nothing new. But to see a child of that age swimming the length of a 50-meter pool twice is a rare sigh...

ROSEVILLE, California, June 17. LESS than a month after breaking a national age group record in the 100 freestyle that was previously owned by basketball star Kris Humphries, Winn Aung lowered the rec...

Nenad Volaric, a native 30-year-old Croatian living and working in the Cayman Islands at the Grand Cayman Beach Suites, took off his regular shift today. And for good reason: he had his first marathon swim to attempt. Earlier in the year, Volaric decided to swim the Flowers International 10k event that started and finished at his employer's site. The Beach Suites are a marvelous facility right on the shores of Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island where many swimmers stayed during their visit. "I was scared that I was not going to make the cut-off time," described Volaric. "I have done shorter swims like 800 meters and Saturday's Flower Sea Swim, but this 10k swim was my longest swim in my life. It was not easy. I felt myself losing power on the second loop, but I wanted to make the entire swim under the cut-off time. Then something kicked in on the last leg and I was able to make it. It was a good race." Copyright © 2013 by Open Water SwimmingFrom Open Water Source's Daily News of Open Water Swimming

Lane 1 - Forbes posts "How Sports Can Help Your Career: Q And A With Olympic Gold Medalist Megan Jendrick.  In honor of the June 23rd anniversary date of Title IX, I interviewed Olympic gold medalist Megan Jendrick (maiden name Quann) to obtain a professional athlete’s perception of the positive impact sports can have on women’s careers and their personal success." Lane 2 - inside the games posts "Doping swimmer Glæsner stripped of world title.  Danish swimmer Mads Glæsner has been stripped of his 2012 1,500 metres freestyle world title and handed a three-month ban for doping at last year's World Swimming Championships in Istanbul." Lane 3 - MarketWatch posts "More than 35,000 Swimmers Expected to Break Fourth World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Swimming Lesson to Send the Message Swimming Lessons Save Lives(™).  Olympic Gold Medalists Janet Evans, Rowdy Gaines and Brendan Hansen, along with past and present members of the USA Swimming National Team kick off events taking place at more than 700 locations around the globe." Lane 4 - Property Observer posts "Former Olympic swimmer Giaan Rooney lists Port Melbourne terrace.  The former Olympic swimmer Giaan Rooney - now presenting the weather of Channel 7 - has listed her Port Melbourne cottage." Lane 5 - The Daily Telegraph posts "Mr Muscle Man Shane Charter's supplementary benefits .  Charter says he has given dietary advice to past members of the Australian swimming team and admits telling one international swimmer who won Olympic gold in Sydney how to "optimise" his growth hormone levels." Lane 6 - Metro posts "Olympic swimmer urges meningitis vaccinations for kids.  Twelve-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres is on a mission to amp up vaccination awareness, especially among parents of active children.  “It’s easier to contract something like that shared space,” she explains. Torres, who has a daughter, 7, and 13-year-old twins, got involved with the Get in the Game prevention campaign after finding out that meningitis can kill a healthy child in as little as 24 hours." Lane 7 - Speedo UK posts "Speedo Sculpture's Parade to the Pool with Gabby Logan.  Gabby Logan and Anjula Mutanda led a parade of dozens of women wearing only their Speedo Sculpture swimsuits through the streets of London to promote body confidence in women. The fantastic results are here!" Lane 8 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune posts "Pan-Am swim meet makes June 'awesome' for tourism.  After two weeks of swimming and exploring in and around Sarasota, 44-year-old Claudia Cornejo is returning home to Peru with a few medals and lots of memories.  Cornejo was one of 1,700 athletes from North, South, and Central America who swam in the 2013 Pan-American Masters Championships, a competition for adult swimmers that took place in the U.S. for the first time this year."

Chapped lips and small cuts to the lips, tongue and the inside of the mouth are common due to a variety of factors and injuries on land. The soft flesh in and around the mouth make these body parts particularly vulnerable to swelling and discomfort, especially when you stay in salty sea water for extended periods of time. Although medical advice recommends rinsing with salt water to clean cuts inside the mouth, the last thing that ocean swimmers want is to rinse their mouth in salt water after they have been immersed in the sea or ocean for long swims. They prefer things like lanolin to protect the lips, ice cream to cool the area, ice cubes to suck, or iced drinks to savor. Because there are so many blood vessels in the area, the lips and mouth can become sore quickly in the water, but they can also heal quickly when outside the water. The photos above shows the lips of an unidentified swimmer before and after swimming for over an hour in the Caribbean Sea. Copyright © 2013 by Open Water SwimmingFrom Open Water Source's Daily News of Open Water Swimming

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 17. LESS than a month into the new college recruiting season in the United States, Michigan has claimed a major commitment, with rising sprinter Paul Powers verbally pledging to...