Swimming’s TopTenTweets of the Week: Croatia, Alligators, Anderson

#10

Home is where the water is. Dive in #TeamSpeedo @SpeedoUSA pic.twitter.com/j8ULUcvA0p

— Elizabeth Beisel ⚓ (@ebeisel34) July 24, 2015

Lots of fierce female swimming talent in one photo.  All smiles for Elizabeth Beisel, Natalie Coughlin, Maya DiRado, Shannon Vreeland and Micah Lawrence.

#9 and #8

When your husband sends you a text from the pool #YMCA #swimfasterrowdy #yesheswamwithit ??? @RowdyGaines pic.twitter.com/C6hlZzP9MD

— Jude Gaines ⚓️ (@judygaines) July 24, 2015

Swimming w a gator this morning! pic.twitter.com/Hf2A1s7MNY

— Rowdy Gaines (@RowdyGaines) July 24, 2015

So……an alligator in the pool is kind of unexpected.  Didn’t seem to rattle long-time swimmer Rowdy Gaines, in the least – he went on to get a workout in next to his new little friend.

#7

The lane line won. #thisisntthefirsttime pic.twitter.com/ndRnDJcAew

— Bettie Logan (@loganbettie) July 22, 2015

Although we don’t recommend it, an incident involving a head and a lane line is certainly one way to get out of practice, right, Alex Tschopp?

#6

Not sure why a gopher and a hoosier ended up rooming together in Spain…Going well so far. Haven't brought up B1Gs! @kierras @swimswamnews

— KennedyGoss (@kennedygoss) July 22, 2015

Friendly fire was engaged at the Canadian staging camp for Worlds.  Seems like it’s all in good fun…..right??

#5

Is this real life? #Croatia #Sharknado3 pic.twitter.com/Pyia4X1hgo

— Nicolas Fink (@Nic_Fink) July 23, 2015

Speaking of training camps, if you follow any of the United States’ Worlds team on Twitter, you’ve no doubt laid eyes upon their truly rough training environment in Croatia.  I mean, the terrible conditions under which America’s best is forced to prepare for Kazan…..geesh!

#4

Went to check out the open water venue this morning. When I came home to shower, I had a little friend in my suit pic.twitter.com/U9PBbVEfUk

— Ashley Twichell (@atwich616) July 23, 2015

Another wildlife-inspired tweet, this time from Ashley Twichell, who found a little buddy accompanied her home from an open water swim in Kazan this week!

#3

feeling strong before nationals! pic.twitter.com/QsOr8GNo7H

— Caeleb Dressel (@CaelebDressel) July 26, 2015

So, there’s ‘strong’, and then there’s Caeleb Dressel distorted-biceps-only-recognizable-by-the-tat-strong.

#2

Yes, this is technically on Instagram, but was tweeted as well.  Michael Phelps walked in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, which kicked off in Los Angeles this past weekend.

#1

Congrats @SwimHaley on winning the open water 5K at #Kazan2015! ?? http://t.co/Zw2aQYhhHL pic.twitter.com/60dxwV9W4A

— U.S. Olympic Team (@TeamUSA) July 25, 2015

Congratulations to American swimmer Haley Anderson who earned the first competitive swimming medal of the 2015 FINA World Championships, claiming gold in the women’s 5k open water race.

WANNA MAKE THE LIST?

We’re always on the look out for “Top Ten Tweet”-worthy pictures and swim-isms in the Twitterverse, but it doesn’t hurt to follow @kfortegon and @rettarace.  Happy tweeting this week!