UK Swimming

Taking Swimming From Wales to the World

Gareth Johnson | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK Tech
Gareth Johnson

"I'm always looking for new toys and gadgets, so a few years ago I was trawling through the app store and there was heaps of stuff related to running but nothing really for swimmers. So I decided to build one - that's where Splashpath came from."

Wild Swimming: Celebrating Romance on the River

Jon Wilks | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Jon Wilks

There's a big wedding anniversary on the horizon and I'm in charge of festivities. The wife wants to celebrate the big 10 by doing "something unusual". I can only hope we're on the same wavelength, as I've spent the last few weeks knocking about on the internet looking for wetsuits and picturesque pools in to which we shall be submerged.

Hidden London - The Men's Pond at Hampstead Heath

Gareth Johnson | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Gareth Johnson

London is one of those cities that makes you work hard to discover some of its best features. I'd lived here nine years before making my first visit ...

Armstrong Pulls Out Of Swimming Championships

PA | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK Sport

Lance Armstrong has abandoned his plans to return to competitive sport this week after swimming's world governing body objected to his participation i...

WATCH: How To Swim In A Hallway

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Comedy

Budding Olympic swimmers! In dire need of training facilities? Fear not! Simply train in the hallway of your college/school/office. Click play ...

WATCH: The Fastest Way To Put On A Swimming Cap

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Comedy

Three things strike us about this video: 1. How did they discover this trick? 2. Isn't it brilliant? 3. Doesn't the boy sitting there remind ...

Armstrong To Return To Competitive Sport As A Swimmer This Weekend

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Sport

Lance Armstrong is planning to make a return to competitive sport as a swimmer this weekend. The disgraced American cyclist, who was stripped of hi...

Open Water Swimming in Zürich

Gareth Johnson | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Gareth Johnson

A combination of lake and river swimming facilities means that the city of Zürich has one of the highest densities of swimming facilities in the world.

A Vaccine Against Drowning - Lifeguards and Swimming Lessons Can Keep Africa's Children Afloat

Jane Labous | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK
Jane Labous

Drowning is a leading cause of death and claims over one million lives per year. The majority are children. In Africa, most drownings go unrecorded and there is a startling lack of research into the scale of the drowning epidemic on the continent.

'Toxic Culture'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK Sport

The review into Australia's swimming team at the London Olympics has uncovered a 'toxic culture' that was not reined in by team leadership. In a st...

Teenage Swimmer Tipped For Olympics Dies In Bed At Home

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.02.2013 | UK

A teenage swimming star tipped for the Rio Olympics has died in bed at home just hours after winning her latest award. Schoolgirl Chloe Waddell, 16...

Adlington Announces Retirement

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK Sport

Rebecca Adlington has announced her retirement from competitive swimming. The 23-year-old under-performed at the London 2012 Olympics as she took b...

British Olympic Diver Has Funding Cut

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK Sport

British Olympic diver Peter Waterfield says he will have to quit the sport after discovering that his funding will be cut from April. Waterfield, w...

Swimming: 100m Freestyle

Jen Offord | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK Sport
Jen Offord

Life has been getting in the way of this project a bit, of late. Life does get in the way of exercising generally, doesn't it? I find it hard enough to fit exercise in around having a full time job and seeing my friends and family.

Should Swimming Have Suffered A £4m Budget Cut?

PA | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK Sport

British Swimming has vowed to step up its performance in response to a cut in Swimming funding announced by UK Sport. Swimming was the major casual...

Lochte Hints Phelps Could Return For 2016 Games

PA | Posted 12.12.2012 | UK Sport

Eleven-time Olympic medallist Ryan Lochte has predicted that 18-time champion Michael Phelps will return to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 201...

Nine-Year-Old Boy Feared Dead After Crocodile Attack In Australia

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.12.2012 | UK

A nine-year-old boy is feared dead after he was snatched by a crocodile in Northern Australia. The boy was swimming with a group of people at the m...

Water Polo

Jen Offord | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK Sport
Jen Offord

It's pretty difficult to run a water polo team. It's an expensive sport because you have to hire a pool, and it can't just be any old pool, it has to be deep enough for you not to be able to stand up in. It's also not a particularly mainstream sport in the UK, so I guess people aren't going to be naturally inclined to seek it out. So then, how do you get the funding if the demand isn't great?

Seven-Year-Old Girl 'Killed By Crocodile'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK

A missing seven-year-old Aboriginal girl is feared to have been killed after human remains were found in the stomach of a crocodile in Australia. T...

Ian Thorpe: 'I Was Surrounded By People But Had This Intense Loneliness'

The Guardian | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK Sport

Following the return of a former great sportsman is always poignant but, with the Australian Ian Thorpe, there is a sense that swimming also provides ...

Pretty In Pink?

Posted 01.11.2012 | Home

James Corden and Jack Whitehall have indulged in a little synchronised cross-dressing aquatic shenanigans whilst filming the latest episode of 'A Leag...

Leisure Centre Admits Failures That Led To Death

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.10.2012 | UK

A leisure firm has admitted health and safety charges over the death of seven-year-old girl at a swimming pool. Michelle Gellard was pulled unconsc...

If Italy Doesn't Support Its World Class Athletes...

Stefania Mattana | Posted 14.12.2012 | UK Sport
Stefania Mattana

As an Italian, I'm quite jealous of Team GB and Britain's sport system. It's not just about your Olympic and Paralympic medals, it's about the respect and the esteem that Britain harbours for their athletes.

PICTURES: Dallaglio And Foster Stand Up To Cancer

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK Sport

England rugby union World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio and Commonwealth, European and World championship medallist Mark Foster have united to front C...

PICTURES: Phelps Holes 150-Yard Putt

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.10.2012 | UK Sport

Michael Phelps, not content with winning 18 gold Olympic medals, showcased his golfing ability at St Andrews on Friday with a mammoth 150-foot putt at...