Read moreTorri Huske's World Championships Put Her In Elite Company27 June 2022Torri Huske's World Championships Put Her In Elite Company By the end of the eight days in Budapest, Torri Huske admitted she was feeling the effort. Four individual events and four relays will do that. Carrying around all those medals really starts to strain the back after a while. Not to mention a...
Read more2World Championships: Summer McIntosh Wins 4th Medal, 2nd Gold in 400 IM25 June 2022World Championships: Summer McIntosh Wins 4th Medal, 2nd Gold in 400 IM It’s time to declare this, in your best George Costanza voice, the Summer of McIntosh. Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh won her second gold medal, set her third World Junior Record and bagged her fourth total medal of the meet, w...
Read moreUPDATED World Championships: Justin Ress DQ Overturned for U.S. 1-2 in 50 Back25 June 2022UPDATED World Championships: Justin Ress DQ Overturned for U.S. 1-2 in 50 Back The final night of the 2022 FINA World Championships brought a dose of controversy. Justin Ress touched the wall first in the final of the men’s 50 backstroke, but was originally disqualified. Upon appeal, though, and aft...
Read moreWorld Championships: Wholesale Changes for 7th-Place U.S. Medley Relay25 June 2022World Championships: Wholesale Changes for 7th-Place U.S. Medley Relay The United States’ women’s 400 medley relay just snuck into the final in seventh place in Saturday’s prelims at the 2022 FINA World Championships. The foursome that finished seventh in the morning will be completely replaced for ...
Read moreWorld Championships: Katie Ledecky Wins 800 Free, First to Win 5 Straight World Titles24 June 2022World Championships: Katie Ledecky Wins 800 Free, First to Win 5 Straight World Titles If anyone can understand how difficult it is to win five straight World Championships, it might just be Katie Ledecky. She won the 400 freestyle at three straight Worlds before Ariarne Titmus dethroned her in 2019...
Read moreWorld Championships: Kasia Wasick, Sarah Sjostrom 1-2 in 50 Free Semis24 June 2022World Championships: Kasia Wasick, Sarah Sjostrom 1-2 in 50 Free Semis Friday brought World Championship No. 9 for Sarah Sjostrom. The Swedish superstar is seconds away from double-digits. Sjostrom took care of business in the semifinals of the women’s 50 freestyle at the 2022 FINA World Championshi...
Read moreWorld Championships: U.S. Ends 800 Free Relay Drought with Dominant Swim23 June 2022World Championships: U.S. Ends 800 Free Relay Drought with Dominant Swim The sting for Drew Kibler hasn’t abated in 11 months. Finishing off the podium in the 800 freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics – that’s just something a proud American program doesn’t do. To be part of that foursome was, for K...
Read moreAmerican Artistic Swimmer Anita Alvarez Rescued By Coach After Fainting During Competition23 June 2022American Artistic Swimmer Anita Alvarez Faints During Competition, Saved by Coach The artistic swimming competition at the 2022 FINA World Championships was the site of a dramatic scene when American Anita Alvarez fainted during competition and had to be rescued by a coach. Alvarez lost consciousnes...
Read more1World Championships: Lilly King Uses Last 50 to Top Jenna Strauch in 200 Breast23 June 2022World Championships: Lilly King Uses Last 50 to Top Jenna Strauch in 200 Breast If we concede that Lilly King is the old dog of the women’s breaststroke field, she’s certainly capable of learning new tricks. King won her ninth World Championships gold medal Thursday and her first in the 200 breast, ...
Read moreWorld Championships: Kristof Milak on Course for Butterfly Double23 June 2022World Championships: Kristof Milak on Course for Butterfly Double A butterflying Kristof Milak is a thing of beauty. It also may be a well-night unbeatable site for his rivals in Budapest. Milak lowered his world-best time in 2022 by winning the semifinals of the 100 butterfly at the 2022 FINA World...
Read moreThe Teflon Record: How 100 Freestyle World Mark of Cesar Cielo Keeps on Surviving22 June 2022The Teflon Record: How 100 Freestyle World Mark of Cesar Cielo Keeps on Surviving The feeling should’ve been familiar to swim watchers with certain experience. David Popovici entered Wednesday’s final in the men’s 100 freestyle with big hopes. His semifinals time of 47.13 mounted a brief charge at t...
Read moreDrew Livingston Hired as LSU’s New Diving Coach22 June 2022Drew Livingston Hired as LSU’s New Diving Coach Drew Livingston on Tuesday was hired as the diving coach at LSU, joining the staff of head swimming coach Rick Bishop. Livingston spent the last four seasons as the head diving coach at the University of Virginia, contributing to the Cavaliers back-to-...
Read moreWorld Championships: Jenna Strauch Leads 200 Breast Semis with Americans Poised22 June 2022World Championships: Jenna Strauch Leads 200 Breast Semis with Americans Poised Jenna Strauch led the way in the semifinals of the women’s 200 breaststroke Wednesday, her time of 2:22.22 setting the pace at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest. Strauch won the first heat of two, leading a p...
Read more2World Championships: David Popovici Adds 100 Freestyle Title in Thrilling Race22 June 2022World Championships: David Popovici Adds 100 Free Title in Thrilling Race David Popovici’s World Championships just keep on getting better, but he had to work hard for the latest piece of hardware Wednesday night. The Romanian wunderkind surged on the final 50 meters to claim the 100 freestyle title...
Read more1World Championships: Leon Marchand Earns 200 IM Top Seed to Cap Double21 June 2022World Championships: Leon Marchand 200 IM Top Seed to Cap Double The 200 fly/200 IM double was no problem for Leon Marchand Tuesday evening in Budapest at the 2022 FINA World Championships. After grabbing the silver medal in the men’s 200 butterfly, the Frenchman turned around to batter the field in...
Read moreWorld Championships: David Popovici Lowers WJR to 47.13 in Caeleb Dressel-Less 100 Free21 June 2022World Championships: David Popovici Lowers WJR to 47.13 in Caeleb Dressel-Less 100 Free The collision of the world’s top 50 freestyler and the world’s best 200 freestyler … will have to wait. David Popovici lowered his world junior record in the men’s 100 free, escalating his chase for Cesar Cielo’s...
Read moreSwimmers Alaa Maso, Eyad Masoud Among 44 IOC Refugee Scholarship Recipients20 June 2022Syrian Swimmers Alaa Maso, Eyad Masoud Among 44 IOC Refugee Scholarship Recipients The IOC has announced 44 scholarship recipients for the Refugee Olympic Team on the pathway to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The group includes athletes from 12 countries in 12 sports and includes swimmers Alaa Maso a...
Read moreBentley Swimmer Emily Sweet Nominated for Honda Inspiration Award20 June 2022Bentley Swimmer Emily Sweet Nominated for Honda Inspiration Award Bentley University swimmer Emily Sweet, who has been nominated for the 2022 Honda Inspiration Award, will be featured Monday night in the CBS Sports Network special for the award. Sweet and her two co-finalists will be featured on “De...
Read moreWorld Championships: Kristof Milak Eases to 200 Fly Top Seed in 1:52.3920 June 2022World Championships: Kristof Milak Eases to 200 Fly Top Seed in 1:52.39 The quick summation of the men’s 200 fly at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest reads, “everyone is chasing Kristof Milak." In the water Monday, that looked not only true but like a pursuit that will ultimately be futile. M...
Read moreWorld Championships: Farida Osman Reclaims African Record in 100 Fly20 June 2022World Championships: Farida Osman Reclaims African Record in 100 Fly Egypt’s Farida Osman reclaimed the African record in the women’s 100 fly Sunday at the 2022 FINA World Championships. Osman finished seventh in the event with a time of 57.66 seconds. That clips one hundredths of a second off the A...