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Sporti, in collaboration with swimmer duo sisters Alex and Gretchen Walsh, who between the two of them have 24 NCAA Championship titles, 24-All American honors, 14 NCAA records and a Silver Medal from the 2020 Olympics, is proud to announce the launch of their Star Spangled Summer Collection.  The c...

Kaylee McKeown Could Chase Unique Company at Olympic Games Only once in Olympic history has the gold medalist of the women’s 200-meter individual medley also been the champion of a 100-meter event during the same Games. That scenario unfolded at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where Hungarian K...

Up and Comers: Annika Huang Is On the Rise for Bend Swim Club Annika Huang of Bend Swim Club in Oregon is on the rise. She may not be the biggest swimmer out there—she’s only 12 years old—but as her coach, Heather Thomas, says, “She is small, but mighty!” Huang recently won two state titles for Oreg...

WADA 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 ...

'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...

Chinese 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...

Alex Walsh Will Return to Virginia For Fifth Year of Eligibility Alex Walsh has led the University of Virginia to four consecutive NCAA Championships. The Cavaliers have gone from never winning a team title to a dynasty. Walsh wants to make sure she is around for as much of the dynasty as possible. ...

Notre Dame Adds Ellie Butler To Class Of 2025 NEW COMMIT: The University of Notre Dame has secured a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Ellie Butler of Orinda, California. She will join Maddie Faikish and Tess Heavner in South Bend next fall. Regarding her commitment, she s...

Column: 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...

Ohio State Finalist Cooper Burt Commits To In-State Buckeyes NEW COMMIT: The Ohio State University has secured a verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from in-state U.S. Open qualifier Cooper Burt of Okeana, Ohio. He told Swimming World: "I am extremely excited to announce my verbal co...

Alice Dearing Retires After Historic Career That Encompassed Olympics, World And European Championships Alice Dearing has announced her retirement less than three years after she became the first black female swimmer to represent Great Britain at the Olympics when she contested the open water in Tok...

Motivational Monday: Evaluating Your Recently Completed Season; How to Learn Ah, yes. The offseason. For many athletes, this time of year could mean multiple months without organized training. For swimmers, however, the offseason picture is painted much differently. Upon the conclusion of the short ...

Christian Diener & Timo Sorgius Among The Winners As Berlin Swim Open Concludes The Berlin Swim Open came to a close on Sunday with victories for Timo Sorgius and Christian Diener. Josha Salchow Goes Through The 48 Barrier With German 100 Free Record Of 47.85 in Berlin Link to results Josha Salchow ...

Vlad Stancu Heads 1500 Free As Romanian Championships Wrap Up Vlad Stancu was among the winners as the Romanian National Championships wrapped up on Sunday in Otopeni. The 18-year-old posted 15:33.54, more than 33secs outside the national record of 15:00.51 that secured silver behind Turkey's Kuzey ...

Tang 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...

Amid Chinese Doping Controversy, We Remember When Rick DeMont Was Not Granted Similar Leniency With the revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the 2020 (2021) Olympic Games in Tokyo, several instances of inadvertent banned-substance have come to mind. Mad...

USA 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...

Olympic 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...

USADA 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....

Chinese 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 ...