Editor’s Note: Given the devastation in Italy, Swimming World has taken particular interest in the circumstances surrounding aquatics sports in the country hit hardest by the coronavirus crisis. The situation
As of today, the International Olympic Committee has insisted that the Olympic Games are still on for a July 24 start date as intended. U.S. Olympic Officials are backing this
Australia’s head swimming coach Jacco Verhaeren knows first hand that this year’s Tokyo Olympics will not be swum “on a level playing field” and has sent an impassioned and unprecedented
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee issued a response to USA Swimming’s call to postpone the 2020 Olympic & Paralympic Games in Tokyo. As of this writing, the Games
The European Aquatics Championships, the continental showcase event for swimming scheduled for May 11-24 in Budapest, Hungary, has been postponed. The news on a shift to tentative dates in August for
The British Olympic Association (BOA) will not “endanger the health and wellbeing of the athletes” as they prepare for Tokyo 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. There
The Toronto Titans signing spree continues, with American sprinter Blake Pieroni and Icelandic Olympian Anton Sveinn McKee joining the roster of the newest International Swimming League franchise Friday. Pieroni, 24,
Swimming Australia’s athletes, coaches and staff have today sent their heart warming support to their international colleagues as the world comes to grips with COVID-19. In a statement issued today
The groundswell of sentiment pushing for postponement of the 2020 USA Olympic Trials and 2020 Olympics Games in light of the coronavirus global pandemic is growing. Thursday, it gained a
Taylor Covington is a senior swimmer at Boston College. She is a former Swimming World Intern and current Swimming World contributor. She was swimming at the CSCAA meet when the
