Read moreAustralia Fast in April, Americans Preparing for Paris Primetime Clash24 April 2024Australia Fast in April, Americans Preparing for Paris Primetime Clash Last week's Australian Championships, not the country's selection meet for this summer's Olympic Games, saw most of the country's top swimmers performing at a high level despite the relatively low stakes of the meet. Perhaps most...
Read moreChinese National Championships: Yang Junxuan Fires National Record 52.68 in 100 Free23 April 2024Chinese National Championships: Yang Junxuan Fires National Record 52.68 in 100 Free Yang Junxuan set a national record in the women’s 100 freestyle of 52.68 seconds on Tuesday at the Chinese National Championships. Yang undercut the record set twice, in 2020 and 2021, by Zhang Yufei at 52.90. Yang ...
Read moreAustralia Names 40-Strong Junior Dolphins Swim Team For 2024 Junior Pan Pacs in Canberra23 April 2024 Australia Names 40-Strong Junior Dolphins Swim Team For 2024 Junior Pan Pacs in Canberra Australia will field an experienced 40-strong team including 11 swimmers from last year’s successful World Junior Championship campaign when it hosts this year’s 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships i...
Read moreAquatics GB Respond To Chinese Doping Controversy, Points To "Potential Loss Of Trust"23 April 2024Aquatics GB Respond To Chinese Doping Controversy, Points To "Potential Loss Of Trust" Aquatics GB have released a statement expressing their "extreme concern" following the news that 23 Chinese athletes tested positive for Trimetazidine before going on to compete at the Tokyo Olympics without any s...
Read more1WADA Says ‘Athletes Should Not Have Concerns’ Over Chinese Doping Case22 April 2024WADA Says ‘Athletes Should Not Have Concerns’ Over Chinese Doping Case In a nearly two-hour press availability Monday, officials from the World Anti-Doping Agency endorsed its handling of doping positives within the Chinese program in 2021 as evidence of its protection of athletes. The case stemmed ...
Read more1'We Would Do Exactly the Same Thing:' WADA Answers Questions on Chinese Doping Case (Full Press Conference Video)22 April 2024'We Would Do Exactly the Same Thing:' WADA Answers Questions on Chinese Doping Case The World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday held a press conference with global media to address details and fallout from the weekend’s revelation of doping positives within the Chinese swimming program from early 2021 th...
Read moreChinese National Championships: Wan Letian, Zhang Zhanshuo Lead Olympic Qualifiers22 April 2024Chinese National Championships: Wan Letin, Zhang Zhanshuo Lead Olympic Qualifiers Four swimmers qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday during the fourth day of the Chinese National Championships. Wan Letian and Wang Xueer qualified in the women's 100-meter backstroke, while Zhang Zhanshuo a...
Read moreColumn: As Chinese Doping Controversy Rages, Clean Swimmers Rightfully Angry About 'Irreparable Damage'22 April 2024Column: Amid Chinese Doping Controversy, Clean Swimmers Rightfully Angry About 'Irreparable Damage' Why were 23 Chinese swimmers not sanctioned after testing positive for trimetazidine in early 2021? How were these swimmers allowed to compete in the Olympics and win medals despite their positive tes...
Read moreTang Qianting Again Lowers Asian Record in 100 Breaststroke at Chinese Olympic Trials; Pan Zhanle Claims 200 Free Title21 April 2024Tang Qianting Again Lowers Asian Record in 100 Breaststroke at Chinese Olympic Trials; Pan Zhanle Claims 200 Free Title While the doping controversy surrounding 23 Chinese athletes from ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games has been the main story in the sport over the past few days, China has simultaneo...
Read more3USA Swimming, Swimming Australia Respond to Chinese Doping Revelation20 April 2024USA Swimming, Swimming Australia Respond to Chinese Doping Revelation USA Swimming and Swimming Australia Saturday night released responses to WADA’s revelation that it allowed Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a performance enhancer to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Swimming Australia was br...
Read moreVladimir Morozov Announces Retirement: 'We Need to Call it a Day'20 April 2024Olympic medalist Vladimir Morozov is officially retired. His plan had been to "swim at least to Paris," however, "factors that I could not control intervened." Morozov detailed his retirement in an interview with Match TV. Morozov was a short-course world champion in 2013 after winning a bronze meda...
Read more1USADA CEO Travis Tygart Blasts WADA’s 'Defense Tactics' as It Threatens Legal Action20 April 2024USADA CEO Travis Tygart Blasts WADA’s 'Defense Tactics' as It Threatens Legal Action Following the revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) months before the Tokyo Olympics but none were suspended and their test results never publicly disclosed, the CEO of the U.S....
Read moreChinese National Championships, Day 2: Tang Qianting Blasts Asian Record 1:04.68 in 100 Breaststroke20 April 2024Chinese National Championships, Day 2: Tang Qianting Blasts Asian Record 1:04.68 in 100 Breaststroke Day two of racing at the Chinese national championships saw world champions Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang book their spots at the Paris Games, but the standout performance came from Tang Qianting, who ...
Read moreRebecca Diaconescu Downs 38-Year-Old Romanian Record; David Popovici Wins 4th Title20 April 2024Rebecca Diaconescu Downs 38-Year-Old Romanian Record; David Popovici Wins 4th Title Rebecca Diaconescu went 55.15 in the women’s 100 freestyle Saturday at the Romanian Championships to down a national record set in 1986. It was the highlight of the fourth and penultimate day of the meet that include...
Read more3'What happened to strict liability?' Adam Peaty Hits Back at WADA over Chinese Doping20 April 2024'What happened to strict liability?' Adam Peaty Hits Back at WADA over Chinese Doping Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Adam Peaty has hit back at the World Anti-Doping Agency over its handling of the reported 23 positive tests within the Chinese swimming program. Peaty took to X, former...
Read more1Column: Lack of Transparency in Chinese Doping Tests a Glaring Failure of Anti-Doping Authorities20 April 2024Column: Lack of Transparency in Chinese Doping Tests a Glaring Failure of Anti-Doping Authorities For a year in the middle of his career, Markus Thormeyer was essentially nowhere, by statutory requirement. The Canadian Olympic swimmer tested positive for a banned substance on Jan. 19, 2022, in an ou...
Read more1WADA Releases Statement on Chinese Doping Positives; Claims All Steps Were Properly Followed20 April 2024WADA Releases Statement on Chinese Doping Positives; Threatens Legal Action In response to the reports that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games but were allowed to compete in Tokyo, WADA released the following statement. *********************** ...
Read more223 Chinese Swimmers Cleared To Compete At Tokyo Olympics Where Some Won Gold Despite Positive Drug Tests: Reports20 April 2024Twenty-Three Chinese Swimmers Cleared To Compete At Tokyo Olympics Where Some Won Gold Despite Positive Drug Tests: Reports Twenty-three Chinese swimmers - some of whom went on to win gold - were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for trimetazidine because World Aquati...
Read more3American Swimmers Told of Chinese Doping Violations at Tokyo Olympics19 April 2024American Swimmers Told of Chinese Doping Violations at Tokyo Olympics Three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese swimmers captured six medals, including gold medals by Zhang Yufei in the 200 butterfly and gold in the women's 800 freestyle relay, with Zhang swimming the third leg, later that even...
Read more1Chinese National Championships Day 1: Li Bingjie, Pan Zhanle Lead Four Olympic Qualifiers19 April 2024Chinese National Championships Day 1: Li Bingjie, Pan Zhanle Lead Four Olympic Qualifiers Four swimmers qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics on the first day of the Chinese national championships. There were two qualifying finals on Friday and two semifinals on the schedule for the opening day of c...