The final night of Olympic swimming is here and medals will be awarded in all four contested events. Heat sheets are available here. Check out Swimming World’s predictions here. Pernille Blume of Denmark has
By Dan D’Addona The U.S. women’s water polo team used a second-quarter surge to cruise into the quarterfinals undefeated at the 2016 Rio Olympics. A 5-1 scoring edge in the
By Annie Grevers, Swimming World Staff Writer Many have pleaded for 23-year-old Maya DiRado to stay in the sport, but today the 4-time Olympic medalist wakes up a retired swimmer. “They’ve already
For the final time at the Olympic Games in Rio, Swimming World’s David Rieder and SwimVortex’s John Lohn teamed up to recap the exciting finals sessions from Thursday and Friday and preview the last
By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World College Intern Women’s three-meter, the first of the individual diving events will move forward today, as the semifinals are scheduled for 3:00pm ET. heading into
By Jake Renie, Swimming World College Intern You may have learned several facts about each U.S. Olympic athlete by now, but maybe you don’t know exactly how to recognize them.
By Annie Grevers, Swimming World Staff Writer Simone Manuel doesn’t want to be known as “Simone the black swimmer”. Not because she is the least bit ashamed of her African American
On Friday, August 12th, the United States District Court for the District of Arizona dismissed a defamation action filed by Hungarian Swimmer Katinka Hosszu against Swimming World’s parent company, Sports Publications
By David Rieder. Katie Ledecky had pulled it off. She led wire-to-wire in the final of the women’s 800 free and won the race by more than 11 seconds over
By David Rieder. The 100 fly was supposed to be the perfect cap on Michael Phelps’ career in individual events. The story had already been written—Phelps would come from behind
