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Laure Manaudou is First French Athlete in 2024 Olympic Torch Marathon French swimmer Laure Manaudou was the first representative of France to receive the Olympic torch in the relay from Greece to Paris that began Tuesday. The flame was lit in Ancient Olympia Tuesday morning at a ceremony overseen by...

Jacy Dyer Returns to Toledo as Head Coach of Alma Mater Jacy Dyer has returned to her alma mater to lead the women’s swimming and diving team, the university announced last week. Dyer was a four-time All-MAC pick and Toledo’s first MAC Swimmer of the Year in a stellar career that culminated in 2011....

Illinois State Hires Riley Hilbrandt as Head Coach Illinois State on Monday named Riley Hilbrandt as the school’s new swimming and diving head coach. Hilbrandt has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina. “I would like to thank Dr. Jeri Beggs, Leanna Bordner, Paul Kabbes,...

With the upcoming World Aquatics Diving World Cup 2024 Super Final as a backdrop, World Aquatics and Duraflex have announced that all upcoming international diving and high diving competitions will have the highest quality equipment. Under the Official Supplier contract, Duraflex will supply diving...

Jessica Long Featured in 'Strong Like Her: A Celebration of Rule Breakers, History Makers, and Unstoppable Athletes' Jessica Long has broken many barriers and become one of the most decorated Paralympians of all time. With 29 Paralympic medals, she is one of the faces of swimming - and strength. She...

Thirty-Three Swimmers Selected To Team GB For Paris 2024: Adam Peaty Set For Tilt At Three-Peat Adam Peaty will look to do the 100m breaststroke three-peat at Paris 2024 after being named to a 33-strong Team GB squad across pool and marathon swimming. Three-time Olympic champion Peaty is joined ...

A Cuts for Jere Hribar, Taiko Torepe-Ormsby Underscore NCAA’s International Reach For some time, sprinting at the NCAA Men’s Championships has been an international affair. It can become cliché to suggest that an NCAA final in any event resembles an Olympic final. But it has never felt more accurate...

Matt Richards On Doing "Amazing Things" At Paris 2024, Expectation And The James Guy Effect At 2015 Worlds Thirty-three swimmers selected to Team GB for Paris 2024 For Matt Richards, the spotlight that is shone on the biggest stage of all is "part and parcel" of being a leading force at the top tabl...

Miron Lifintsev Goes 52.34 In 100 Back To Set World Junior Record At Russian Championships Miron Lifintsev set a world junior 100 back record of 52.34 at the Russian Swimming Championships in Kazan. The 18-year-old split 25.34/27.00 to eclipse the previous WJR of 52.53 held by fellow Russian Kliment...

Announcing the launch of Swimming World's brand new Job Board! Here you'll find positions for head coaches, summer camp instructors and counselors, lifeguarding, administration, and more! Do you have an open position in aquatics? If your organization has an open position related to swimming, diving,...

What Makes a GREAT Coach? An Athlete and Coach Perspective The best coaches are people who are influential, motivational, supportive, caring, positive and willing to help their athletes. Many mentors might display some of these qualities, but it takes someone special to represent them all. Great coa...

ISHOF Holding Contest to Rename Monthly Newsletter (Choice of Awards For Winner) The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is looking for a new name for its monthly newsletter and has decided to have a contest and give all our favorite swimmers, aquatic athletes, and fans a shot at naming ...

Danish Open: Thea Blomsterberg Delivers 2:23.49 200 Breast to Win Denmark’s Thea Blomsterberg supplied the fastest swim of the Danish Open on its final day on Sunday, going 2:23.49 in the women’s 200 breast. That time is nearly a half-second under the Olympic A Cut. Blomsterberg had been 2:22.42 at ...

CITI Para Swimming: Elizabeth Marks Sets Record; Anastasia Pagonis and Gia Pergolini Make Returns Elizabeth Marks set an Americas record among two gold medals on Friday, the second night of the three-day CITI Para Swimming World Series stop in Indianapolis. Marks went 5:19.62 in the 400-meter freest...

U.S. Women’s Water Polo Sweeps Australia in Three-Game Exhibition Series The U.S. Women’s Water Polo team swept Australia in a three-game exhibition series in California this week. The U.S. used 15 saves from Ashleigh Johnson to start it with a 10-4 win last Sunday at Dos Pueblos High School in Gole...

Surging Torri Huske Shakes Up Indy and Paris Status Quo The 2023 World Championships did not go as planned for Torri Huske. Individually, she swam only the 50 and 100 butterfly, and she fell to bronze in the 100-meter race after swimming almost one second off her American record. After racing on fou...

University of Michigan senior Kathryn Ackerman will use her fifth year of eligibility to compete for Purdue University. Ackerman announced her decision on social media. "The last four years on this TEAM have been nothing short of incredible. Practicing, racing and competing for the Block M with my b...

Road to Paris: After Making History at NCAAs, Delaware’s Toni Sabev Targeting Olympic Cut The road to the Olympics takes swimmers from all over the world through the American college system. From far and wide, countries big and small, a litany of colleges can contribute to the 800 or so Olympic swim...

Ali Truwit: Triumph Over Adversity and the Quest for Paralympic Glory Just after graduating from Yale University, Ali Truwit was the victim of a shark attack while on vacation in Turks & Caicos. Doctors and a teammate rushed to save her life and while she lost her foot and part of her leg, she has p...

Next Gen Dolphins Making A Splash In The Top Ten Takeaways From The 2024 Australian Age Championships The nine-day Australian Age Championships have come to a close on the Gold Coast after an action-packed show of class and depth with defending club champions, Australia’s powerhouse club, ...