The Week That Was: Kliment Kolesnikov Closes 2017 with World Record
Russian youngster Kilment Kolesnikov closed out 2017 with one more record breaking swim, slipping by the world record in the short course 100 back at a meet in St. Petersburg.
120 Years Ago: Celebrating Collegiate Swimming and The First Intercollegiate Swimming Championship of 1898
By Bruce Wigo In January of 1897, the University of Pennsylvania became the first American college to make a swimming pool available to its students. To supervise the activities at
Top Eight Swim Meets to Pay Attention to in 2018
By David Rieder. No, there is no long course World Championships in 2018. It’s that awkward middle year between Olympic cycles where the world’s best swimmers will never all be
Swimming World Presents the “Top 5 Stories of 2017”
Top 5 Stories of 2017 There were many stories to be told in 2017, but there were some that rose above the rest. Swimming World’s David Rieder compiled a list of the
2018 New Year’s Resolutions From Swimming World College Interns
In 2017 Swimming World welcomed another new class of college interns who provided new, fresh content to the site. The program has continued and interns continue to fill the site with stories. As
Canada’s Kylie Masse Lights Up Swimming World’s January 2018 Cover
ON THE JANUARY COVER Canada’s Kylie Masse admits that the outstanding performances at the Rio Olympics by their women’s team gave them the confidence to do even greater things. After
Swimming World Magazine Parting Shots in Review – 2017
It was another incredible year of photography for Swimming World Magazine Parting Shots in 2017. We feature some of the best as our Parting Shots of each issue of our
Swimming Community Memoriam: 2017 People to Remember
The aquatic community lost many talented and wonderful people in 2017. Here is a swimming community memoriam with links and photos to obituaries posted this year. January 1952 Olympic bronze medalist
Splashbacks: Gretchen Walsh, Zane Grothe Post New Records in Nov-Dec 2017
It’s been another amazing year of aquatics competition, including an exciting trip to Budapest for the World Championships, and Swimming World had our readers covered every step of the way. During
Male World Record Performance of the Year: Adam Peaty’s 50 Breast
Adam Peaty became the first man under 26 in the men’s 50 breast in the semi-finals of that event at the FINA World Championships, posting a time of 25.95, and