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This commentary by Steven V. Selthoffer, was originally published over 2 years ago. Swimming World thought it was worth republishing in light of Michael Phelps and Anthony Ervin making the 2016 USA Sw...

A monster anchor from Katinka Hosszu delivered the title for Hungary in the women's 800-meter free relay at the 2016 European Championships. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (1:58.60), Evelyn Verraszto (1:58.16) and...

Two of the brightest stars in USA Swimming at slated to compete at the 2016 Longhorn Elite Meet in Austin, Texas spanning June 3-5. Michael Phelps is scheduled to compete in the 100 fly, 200 free, 200...

Marcin Stolarski picked off the Polish record in the men's 100-meter breast at the 2016 Polish Nationals. Stolarski stopped the clock in 1:00.24 for the win, and broke Dawid Szulich's 2013 record of 1...

Tomasz Polewka clipped the Polish record in the men's 50-meter back at the 2016 Polish Nationals. Polewka hit the wall in 24.72 for the win, breaking his own record of 24.80 set last year in Szczecin....

Swimming World Magazine contributor and Open Water Swimming advocate Steven Munatones, who suffered a heart attack on May 13, released an update on his thoughts and experiences from the last two weeks...

Kosuke Hagino picked up a pair of titles to close out the 2016 Bergen Swim Festival in Norway. Hagino raced his way to a win in the men's 100-meter fly with a time of 52.85.  Jan Sefl took second in 5...

Maria Gadea led the way on the final night of the 2016 Romanian Nationals by doubling up. Gadea turned in a 2:19.72 to win the women's 200-meter IM title.  Ana Dascal touched second in 2:22.42 with Al...

It's been a 30-and-over type of week this week with some veterans all posting U.S. Olympic Trials Cuts.  On the heels of 32-year-old Kevin Swander and 35-year-old Ed Moses both clearing the Trials cut...

Kevin Swander, an assistant coach with South Carolina, felt inspired today after 35-year-old Ed Moses turned in an Olympic Trials cut yesterday with reportedly little training in the past four years. ...

Michael Phelps took to Facebook Live again today while at the Olympic Training Center as he just finished up a weight session. Phelps, who has been sporting a serious beard the last few weeks, showed ...

Kosuke Hagino dominated the men's 200-meter free in a time of 1:47.00 at the 2016 Bergen Swim Festival.  He's been faster with a third-ranked 1:45.50 from Japanese Nationals.  Mark Small placed second...

Kacper Majchrzak took down the Polish record in the men's 200-meter free at the 2016 Polish Nationals. Majchrzak clocked a winning time of 1:46.46, lowering the previous record of 1:46.59 set by Pawel...

Robert Glinta swept the backstroke events at the 2016 Romanian Nationals. Glinta picked up another title today with a 2:00.57 to win the men's 200-meter back.  Daniel Martin touched second in 2:02.30 ...

The World Health Organization has rejected an open letter call from more than 100 scientists and health experts to either cancel, postpone or move the 2016 Rio Olympics due to the Zika virus in Brazil...

Katinka Hosszu competed in a total of five prelims during day 1 of the 2016 Bergen Swim Festival at the Alexander Dale Oen Arena in Norway. Day one of the meet featured all prelims, setting up a super...

Ed Moses, who won an Olympic gold medal as part of the 2000 Sydney Games men's 400-meter medley relay, decided to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials on a lark this weekend. Swimming during preli...

Konrad Czerniak turned up the heat in the men's 50-meter free at the 2016 Polish Championships. Czerniak, already ranked 13th in the world with a 21.95 from the Spanish Spring Championships, took the ...

The 2016 LEN European Masters Championships are dealing with some administrative issues in London a week after LEN put together a successful 2016 European Championships meet. With more than 10,000 swi...

Just weeks after the Harvard Public Health Review called for the 2016 Rio Olympics to be cancelled due to the Zika virus, a group of 125 scientists and health experts have written a letter to World He...