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2021 Atlanta Classic Psych Sheets: Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Lochte Headline Star-Studded Field While the final stop of the TYR Pro Swim Series will be taking place next week in Indianapolis, many of the best from the Southeast will be at the Atlanta Classic at the 1996 Olympic Games pool. The meet will ...

Chad Le Clos Takes 200 Free at South African Grand Prix in Stellenbosch The 2021 CANA Grand Prix Swimming Meet wrapped up today at the Stellenbosch University Swimming Pool with two gold medals each for Matthew Sates, Rebecca Meder, Lara van Niekerk and Hannah Robertson. In the fast-pace 50m freesty...

Yu Hexin, Zhang Yufei Take 50 Free Titles on Final Night of Chinese Nationals The 2021 Chinese Nationals concluded Saturday from Qingdao with the finals of the men's and women's 50 free and the men's 1500 freestyle. Yu Hexin won the men's 50 free and got under the A standard with a 21.89 as he was u...

Olympic silver medalist Georgy Prokopenko passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021. He was a two-time Olympian for the Soviet Union at the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. Prokopenko won the silver medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, finishing behind Australia's Ian O'Brien, who...

Matthew Sates Picks Up Olympic Qualification in 200 IM at South Africa Grand Prix The first 2021 CANA Grand Prix Swimming Meet finals session kicked off today at the Stellenbosch University Swimming Pool with Matthew Sates adding his name to the Olympic Qualification shortlist. Sates posted an Olymp...

Wang Jianjiahe Puts Up 8:20 800 Free, Liu Yaxin Hits 2:08 200 Back at Chinese Nationals The penultimate finals session from the 2021 Chinese Nationals concluded from Qingdao with four swimmers under the FINA A standard to pick up Olympic qualification for Tokyo this summer. Wang Jianjiahe won her se...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Thursday May 6, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Do you think all national federations should adopt one single meet as an Olympic qualifier or use any number of meets they deem appropriate? The United St...

As time was ticking down toward the official Brazilian Olympic Trials in April, veteran sprinter Bruno Fratus was apprehensive about traveling to his home country, which was struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. About 15 days prior to the TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo, California, Frat...

Wang Shun Puts Up 1:56 200 IM, Yang Junxuan Swims 53.2 100 Free Wang Shun won his third national title from Qingdao as he won his specialty in the 200 IM with a 1:56.78 as that is the third fastest time in the world this year. Wang won bronze at the last Olympics and adds the 200 IM to his repertoir...

2021 TYR Pro Swim Series Indianapolis: World Record Holders Lilly King, Regan Smith Highlight Pre-Scratch Psych Sheets The countdown to the 2021 US Olympic Trials in Omaha continues as USA Swimming will hold its final TYR Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis May 12 - 15 at the legendary IU Natatorium. Wo...

South Carolina head swimming coach Jeff Poppell announced the addition of Duncan Sherrard and Kyle Patnode to his Gamecock coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon. Duncan Sherrard most recently spent three years at Auburn as an assistant coach responsible for the sprinters. During his time on the plai...

Zhang Yufei continued her impressive run towards the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo as she won the 200 butterfly on day five of finals from Qingdao with a 2:05.44, putting herself 14th all-time and on top of the 2021 world rankings. Zhang is now fourth all-time in China as she improved on her previous ...

Two-time Olympian and double backstroke silver medalist Peter Rocca has joined ISHOF's One in a Thousand campaign, designed to help the Hall of Fame prosper during the COVID pandemic. "Here you have the history of swimming being kept in its purest form and looking at a global standpoint, why wouldn'...

Yang Junxuan Breaks Asian Record in 200 Free, Wang Jianjiahe Throws Down 15:49 1500 The 2021 Chinese Nationals continued Tuesday from Qingdao as the Chinese Olympic contingent for Tokyo is filling out nicely with some medal contenders emerging tonight. Yang Junxuan started the night with a 1:54.57 i...

La Salle University has reinstated Men's Swimming and Diving as a varsity program, effective immediately, the chair of La Salle's Board of Trustees announced. William W. Matthews, III, Esq., '90, shared the following with the La Salle community in a May 3 message: "Last fall, the Department of Inter...

Australian Swimming legend Ian Thorpe believes that his sensational 1:44.06 World record over 200 metres freestyle in 2001 remains one off the three most competitive four-length swims of the past two decades because "everyone in the world is swimming the 200 freestyle wrong." "You can't swim 150 met...

Two-time reigning world champ Xu Jiayu picked up a third Olympic berth as he won the 100 back final with a 52.88, which is slower than his best of 51.86 but is quicker than the FINA A cut of 53.85. Xu won silver at the last Olympics in Rio and has won gold at the last two World Championships. His ti...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. Two more nations selected their Olympic teams while Swimming Canada has postponed its Trials to June 19 - 23, around the same time as the United States and Australia. Read the five biggest stories of the week in The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. The We...

The 2021 Chinese National swimming championships kicked off Friday as Wang Shun and Yi Yiting achieved FINA A standards as this is serving as a selection meet for the 2021 Olympic Games. Wang won the men's 400 IM to start the meet with a 4:12.03 as he was well under the A standard of 4:15.84. His ti...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Friday April 30, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Do you think USA Swimming should have had Olympic Trials in the morning to mirror the Olympic schedule? The Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer will hold ...