Katie Ledecky was the unanimous choice for Female World Swimmer of the Year, and she wins top female performance of the year as well. For sure, Ledecky’s gold medal-winning effort
It’s been another amazing year of aquatics competition, including the long-awaited Rio Olympics, and Swimming World had our readers covered every step of the way. During the next few days, we’ll
After months of denying any form of sponsored doping occurring, Russian officials are no longer denying the Olympic doping operation. The doping operation is considered to be one of the
Earlier this year Shirley Babashoff sat down with Swimming World’s publisher Brent Rutemiller for an exclusive interview about the 1976 Montreal Olympics and the East German women swimmers. Watch the full interview here: Rutemiller touched
Almost nine years ago, Carl Jenner sent a talented 14-year-old swimmer to her first European Championships in Eindhoven. It was at that meet that Sarah Sjostrom kicked off her fruitful international career with—what else—a
By Ailish Dougherty, Swimming World College Intern. Knowledge about nutrition is vital for young swimmers. Before college, my nutrition knowledge was limited to the idea that swimmers could eat whatever
It’s been another amazing year of aquatics competition, including the long-awaited Rio Olympics, and Swimming World had our readers covered every step of the way. During the next few days, we’ll
By Jason Tillotson, Swimming World College Intern The month of December plays host to several of the nation’s fastest meets. During the last month of the year we saw the
Penny Oleksiak did not participate at the 2015 World Championships. Just 15 years old at the time, her big meet for that summer came a month later, at the Junior
By Erin Himes, Swimming World College Intern As I hopped in my local pool while on winter break this week, I looked over at the club team practicing with younger
