Liz Byrnes - Europe Correspondent - (Author)

Cody Miller (Champions Mojo Podcast) For the first time this week, Swimming World introduces its readership to the Champion's Mojo Podcast, which has emerged as an elite podcast in the sport by featuring interviews and conversations with top athletes and coaches. Hosted by Kelly Parker Palace and Ma...

Maggie MacNeil (Minnesota Invitational) At last summer’s World Championships, Maggie MacNeil pulled off a major shocker when she upset Sarah Sjostrom for the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly. Since that point, nothing MacNeil does in the pool is stunning. On Friday night, during the third day o...

The Sydney Six (From November's Issue of Swimming World Magazine) At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, six American male teenagers broke through during their first Olympic foray and remained major players in the sport in the years ahead. The scenario that unfolded for Michael Phelps, Anthony E...

Caeleb Dressel Men's 50 Freestyle (Skins) Behind a performance of 21.20, the New York Breakers' Michael Andrew led the field into the semifinals, with the Cali Condors' Caeleb Dressel also moving on to the next round. The L.A. Current advanced a pair of swimmers into the semifinals, as Michael Chadw...

ISL American Derby - Day Two The two American spots in the International Swimming League finale next month in Las Vegas are guaranteed, the L.A. Current and Cali Condors standing head and shoulders above their United States opposition, the D.C. Trident and New York Breakers. After holding their own ...

ISL American Derby (Day One) Vegas Baby! As the International Swimming League season resumed on Saturday with the American Derby at the Eppley Recreation Center in College Park, Maryland, there was one over-arching emphasis: Nail down a berth to next month's championship competition in Las Vegas. Wh...

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...