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George Breen, a four-time Olympic medalist between the 1956 Games in Melbourne and the 1960 Games in Rome, died on Nov. 9 after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 84. Breen is considered one of the finest distance freestylers in the history of United States Swimming and was inducted into the Interna...

TYR Pro Series (Greensboro) - Day 4 Finals The sprints might have more scintillating finishes. Some events have better rivalries. But when it comes to the 800-meter freestyle, it can be argued that Katie Ledecky’s prowess is the finest artistry in the sport. Want to debate that statement? Ok. Start ...

TYR Pro Swim Series (Greensboro) The gold medal captured by Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle at last summer's World Championships would suffice for most athletes. However, the American star's trip to Gwangju was anything but was what was envisioned a year shy of the next Olympic Games. That win fo...

TYR Pro Swim Series (Greensboro) With the Olympic year just around the corner, Simone Manuel used the first stop on this year's Pro Swim Series to deliver a strong performance, as the reigning world champion in both sprint-freestyle events blew away the field in the 100 freestyle. After posting the ...

The fifth edition of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) World Conference opened on Tuesday in Katowice, Poland, with the opening day focusing on the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code. The Code is scheduled to be approved on Thursday and go into effect on January 1, 2021. Ahead of its approval, various ...

Daiya Seto - Japan's Multi-Event Star He’s medaled at the Olympic Games. He’s a multi-time world champion, both on the long-course scene and in the little pool. He’s captured titles at the Pan Pacific Championships and Asian Games and stood on the top step of the podium at the World University Games...

Takeoff to Tokyo Series (From the October issue of Swimming World Magazine) When the 2020 Olympic Games open next July, there will be no round-number anniversary of what Australian Dawn Fraser accomplished 56 years earlier in 1964. Rather, it is the site of the Olympiad that resonates. As Tokyo prep...

ISL, Lewisville: Day Two Live Results Despite the absence of several prominent team members, the London Roar uncorked a superb showing on the first day of International Swimming League action in Lewisville, Texas on Saturday, and that momentum continued into the second day of the meet as the Roar ro...

ISL, Lewisville: Day One Live Results During the past two weeks, as the International Swimming League made its debut with stops in Indianapolis and Naples, some of the world’s elite performers were limited to spectator status. As it opened its inaugural season, the ISL opted to contest back-to-back ...

International Swim League (ISL): Day One - Naples (Live Results) One week after the International Swimming League made its much-awaited debut in Indianapolis, with Energy Standard claiming victory, the ISL made its first stop in Europe. Racing in the second leg of their back-to-back meets, Energy St...

ISL (Day 2 - Live Results) The debut stop of the International Swim League rolled through Indianapolis on Sunday for Day 2 of action featuring international squads Energy Standard and the Aqua Centurions, and American-based clubs Cali Condors and D.C. Trident. During the opening session of the ISL, ...

On this date, Sept. 19, 1988...(Duncan Armstrong) Ranked 46th in the world in the 200 freestyle entering the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Australia’s Duncan Armstrong was an afterthought in medal discussions. When the championship final was over, however, Armstrong was the gold medalist and his stun...

Brian Job, a two-time United States Olympian and the bronze medalist in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1968 Games in Mexico City, has died at the age of 67. A former standout at Stanford University and for the Santa Clara Swim Club under coach George Haines, Job was found dead on Aug. 14 at the G...

Robert Nash “Pete” Higgins, one of the most accomplished high school swim coaches in American history, passed away at the age of 86 yesterday in Atlanta. His list of championships and accolades is legendary in the sport and he is recognized as the father of competitive swimming in the state of Georg...

Wonder how much Tom Shields cares about representing the United States in international competition? Wonder how much dedication he puts into his craft? Wonder how much a poor performance matters? For answers, look no further than the veteran’s Twitter account, and the Tweet he sent out on Tuesday ni...

Coming off a gutsy performance at the World Championships, where she battled through illness and rallied to claim gold in her final event of the meet, Katie Ledecky announced on Tuesday that she has joined the Built with Chocolate Milk Campaign. Ledecky revealed she uses chocolate milk as part of he...

Pan American Games Storyline (Nathan Adrian) With the countdown until the next Olympiad now under a year, American swimmers have had several opportunities to unleash their final warning shots for the 2019 campaign. Between the World University Games, World Championships and U.S. Nationals, clarity h...

Two weeks after she announced she was withdrawing from the World Championships for personal reasons, which ultimately proved to be a failed doping test, Australian freestyler Shayna Jack faced a media throng on Friday morning in Brisbane to emphasize she was prepared to fight to clear her name. Jack...

Swim Across America announces that Merck is making a $2 million charitable contribution to the nonprofit. Merck’s support of Swim Across America now totals $5 million including a $3 million charitable donation announced in 2017. The contributions allow Swim Across America to further expand its chari...

A few months ahead of making its debut in the International Swim League, the D.C. Trident has bolstered its sprinting corps with the addition of Robert Howard to the roster. Olympic medalist Kaitlin Sandeno, the General Manager of the Trident, made the announcement on Tuesday. Howard, out of the Uni...