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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 disc...

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...

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 leg...

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 ...

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 j...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 S...

World Championships (Regan Smith/Team USA Review) The scene was Shanghai, and the 2011 edition of the World Championships had just moved past their midway point. Until then, teenager Missy Franklin – ...

World Swimming Championships (Regan Smith) Gwangju 2019, Day 8 finals Women's 400 Medley Relay Attention swim fans, there’s a two-for-one deal in Lane Four. In a little less than four minutes, the Uni...

World Swimming Championships (Daiya Seto) Gwangju 2019, Day 8 finals Men's 400 Individual Medley On the road to the World Championships, Japan’s Daiya Seto put together a flurry of superb performances...

World Swimming Championships (Olivia Smoliga) Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Heats (Men's 400 Medley Relay) The balance of the United States was on display in the prelims of the 400 medley relay, and that bal...

World Swimming Championships (United States Medley Relay) Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Heats (Men's 400 Medley Relay) A third consecutive gold medal in the 400 medley relay won’t be easy to come by for the ...

World Swimming Championships (Daiya Seto) Gwangju 2019 Day Eight Heats (Men's 400 Individual Medley) The 400 individual medley showdown that was expected between Japan’s Daiya Seto and American Chase ...

World Swimming Championships (Caeleb Dressel) Gwangju 2019, Day 7 finals Men's 100 butterfly The analysis is pretty simple. At the moment, Caeleb Dressel occupies a different stratosphere than the res...

World Swimming Championships (Nathan Adrian) Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Heats (Mixed 400 Freestyle Relay) With the mixed 400 medley relay added to the Olympic schedule for 2020 in Tokyo, it was not surpri...

World Swimming Championships (Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom) Gwangju 2019 Day Seven Heats (Women's 50 Freestyle) Through a trio of events at the Nambu University Aquatics Center, Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom has...

Throw away that paper bag. Put down the antacids. Get off the ledge. There’s no need to hyperventilate. No reason for indigestion. Jumping is an overreaction. A year out from the 2020 Olympic Games in...

World Swimming Championships (Simone Manuel) Gwangju 2019, Day 6 finals Women's 100 freestyle Is there anyone in the sport as clutch as Simone Manuel? For the third straight time in a major worldwide ...