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Swedish swimmer Louise Hansson never envisioned herself swimming in college in the United States. But as she prepares for this month’s women’s NCAAs, the University of Southern California senior says that moving to the U.S. was the best thing she’s ever done. At her first Olympics in Rio de Janeiro,...

Simone Manuel (From November's Swimming World Magazine) Through a constant drive for bettering herself, Simone Manuel has crafted a career for which she may eventually be remembered as the greatest American sprinter ever. But she has forever changed the sport, her impact reaching far beyond any meda...

Ryan Murphy The January issue of Swimming World Magazine included a feature on Ryan Murphy, the triple Olympic champion from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The profile takes a look at Murphy's preparation for the 2020 Olympic season. The January issue can be purchased here as a PDF while subscrip...

Navigating the U.S. Olympic Trials Gauntlet in Men's 100 Freestyle Will Be No Easy Task (October Issue - Swimming World Magazine) For most of the 21st century, the American men have struggled to maintain hold of the 400-meter freestyle relay. Almost every time they did finish atop the podium at a ma...

Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indicates just a minor tremor, while a “10” means a race brought massive upheaval. Duncan Scott, Regan Smi...

World Swimming Championships Florian Wellbrock Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Finals Men's 1500 Free For 1400 meters, the top three seeds in an all-European 1500 free final swam neck and neck, rarely separated by more than a couple tenths. That trio included Ukraine's Mykhailo Romanchuk in lane three, Italy...

World Swimming Championships Zane Waddell Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Finals Men's 50 Back Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov held the world record in the men's 50 back and posted the top time in the semifinals at 24.35. But Kolesnikov appeared to get off to a poor start and emerged well behind the field, leavi...

World Swimming Championships Katinka Hosszu Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Heats Women's 400 IM Hungary's Katinka Hosszu has captured three straight world titles in the 400 IM, and even after a quiet World Championships by her standards, she will be heavily favored to capture a fourth straight gold medal an...

World Swimming Championships Regan Smith Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Finals Women's 200 Back After taking down a legendary world record in the semifinals, Regan Smith of the United States won her first international gold medal with an utterly dominant performance. Smith went out well under world record-p...

Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indicates just a minor tremor, while a “10” means a race brought massive upheaval. Caeleb Dressel On July ...

World Swimming Championships Sarah Sjostrom Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Semifinals Women's 50 Free Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom had just minutes to recover after winning gold in the women's 50 fly before she had to return to the pool for the 50 free semifinals, and Sjostrom did what was necessary to earn lane...

World Swimming Championships Kliment Kolesnikov Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Heats Men's 50 Back Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov entered the 100 back earlier this week as a medal contender and certainly the top Russian after winning last year's European title in 52.53, but Kolesnikov finished a disappointing ...

World Swimming Championships (Regan Smith) Gwangju 2019 Day Six Semifinals Women's 200 Backstroke Regan Smith of the United States looked impressive in the women's 200 back prelims when she broke her own world junior record with a 2:06.01, but as it turns up, that was just the beginning. Smith looke...

Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indicates just a minor tremor, while a “10” means a race brought massive upheaval. Anton Chupkov The co-wo...

World Swimming Championships Caeleb Dressel Gwangju 2019 Day Six Semifinals After the first two semifinals of the evening at the World Swimming Championships produced world records in the men's 100 fly and women's 200 back, action came back to Earth just a smidge with action in the men's 50 free and...

World Swimming Championships 4x200 Free Relay Gwangju 2019 Day Six Heats Men's 4x200 Free Relay A relatively-unknown Italian foursome put up the fastest mark in the 4x200 free relay qualifying heats, as Filippo Megli (1:46.97), Matteo Ciampi (1:46.42), Stefano Ballo (1:45.66) and Stefano di Cola (1:...

World Swimming Championships (Sarah Sjostrom) Sarah Sjostrom Gwangju 2019 Day Six Heats Women's 50 Butterfly Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom looks poised to go after a third straight world title in the women's 50 fly after she easily recorded the top time in the qualifying round at 25.39, just off her No. 1...

World Swimming Championships Regan Smith Gwangju 2019 Day Six Heats Women's 200 Backstroke 17-year-old Regan Smith of the United States didn't need to swim anywhere close to her lifetime best of 2:06.43 (also the world junior record) in order to comfortably qualify for the semifinals, but Smith put ...

Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indicates just a minor tremor, while a “10” means a race brought massive upheaval. freestyle relay Even te...

Each day during the FINA World Swimming Championships, Swimming World will present “Rieder’s Richter Scale,” an analysis of the impact of each swimming final on the sport’s wider landscape: “1” indicates just a minor tremor, while a “10” means a race brought massive upheaval. When Simone Manuel dove...