Heat sheets for night five of semifinals and finals at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games have been released and are available here. Check out Swimming World’s predictions here. Ippel Watanabe of Japan enters tonight as
Cate Campbell started this morning off with an Olympic record in the women’s 100 freestyle with a 52.78. Her sister Bronte will join her in tonight’s semifinals. Simone Manuel was the second qualifier this
By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Intern The diving well, located in a facility adjacent to the same pool used for water pool, in Rio has been the talk of the
Welcome to Swimming World’s Set Of The Week! This week’s set is a sprint set that works on developing both distance per stroke, controlling pace, and high tempo swimming. Take
Allison Schmitt led the United States out to an early lead in this morning’s 800 freestyle relay with a 1:55.95. She was followed by Missy Franklin (1:57.03), before Melanie Margalis (1:57.04) had a back and forth
Ryan Lochte of the USA shut it down at the end, but still secured the top seed with his 1:57.38. He was followed by Philip Heintz of Germany, who posted a 1:57.59 for
Denmark’s Rikke Moller Pedersen posted a 2:22.72 for the top spot in tonight’s women’s 200 breaststroke semifinals. Rie Kaneto of Japan entered with the top time in the world this
A pair of Hungarian relays were disqualified at the Olympic Games for a violation of FINA bylaw 9.3.6.2, which mandates that all swimmers brought to the Games for relays only must
Russia’s Evgeny Rylov stopped the clock in 1:55.02 to take the top spot for semifinals of the men’s 200 backstroke tonight. Rylov was sixth in the 100 back Monday night, but he
World record holder Cate Campbell of Australia finished in a new Olympic record time of 52.78 this morning in the 100 freestyle prelims. That was still seven tenths shy of the 52.06
