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Great Races: 1976 US Olympic Trials Men’s 400-Meter Freestyle (From the Archive) By Dave Bartlett and Brenda Borgh Bartlett “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” Loren Eiseley Great races are made of great racers.  Great racers start out with a dream.  That dream becomes real...

The 5 Phases to Becoming a Distance Swimmer By Kelly Lennon (From the Swimming World Archive) Potentially the worst part of being a distance swimmer, besides the unbelievable amount of yardage that comes with it, is finding out you’re a distance swimmer. It’s very similar to going through the stages...

Non-swimmers might think we're elitist when we accidentally roll our eyes at their questions. We might think they are ignorant. If we're elitist, we're sorry. If non-swimmers are ignorant, I'm here to help! We do not expect a non-swimmer to know what 12x75s on 1:00 means or even how to move forward ...

The Former Swimmer: 5 Things They Miss From the Daily Grind (From the Swimming World Archive) By Lauren Williams, Swimming World Intern I never thought the day would come when I would miss getting in the water. Like many of my former teammates, I waited for the last day of our conference championshi...

Why I Shouldn’t Have Quit Swimming (From the Archive) By Swimming World Guest Contributor, Nicholas Zhu First let me start off with why I did quit. As a kid, I hated swimming. I would cry when my parents dragged me to the pool for basic safety lessons. They used to bribe me with White Castle Sliders...

Great Races: Women's 100-Meter Backstroke at the 1964 Olympics By Dave Bartlett and Brenda Borgh Bartlett “In one drop of water is found all the secrets of all the oceans.” – Kahlil Gibran Dedication: We would like to dedicate our article to all female swim coaches over the decades, including one of...

11 Things Your Swimming Coach Is Always Yelling By Allison Peters, Swimming World College Intern We all know what it is like to have your swimming coaches yelling at the top of their lungs during practice, trying to get our attention. Here's a few things that you can improve on to reduce some of thi...

Guest Commentary: Don't Mix My Olympics With Politics Swimming World is running this guest editorial by Charles Hartley in regard to IOC Rule-50, which deals with athlete protests during the Olympic Games. An editorial from the other view on this situation will be posted in the days to come.  By Cha...

Guest Commentary By Bob Heimbrock Ten years ago this month, Frank Busch began serving as USA Swimming's National Team Director, providing the overall vision and leadership for the sport's top coaches and athletes. Under his tenure, USA Swimming won 31 medals at the London Games (2012) and 33 medals ...

Mexican National Team Athletes Pleading For Support; Olympic Dreams Hang in Balance By Daniela Navarrete A group of 14 national team members are desperate for support from the Mexican Swimming Federation (FMN) and the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports (CONADE) Many of the athletes ...

In honor of Black History Month, ISHOF presents the inspirational story of Nate Clark.  The support for nominating Nate Clark to be inducted into the ISHOF, is the 2018 induction of Willie O’Ree into the Pro Hockey Hall of fame.  O’Ree played in only 46 games in the NHL, had four goals and ten assis...

Ultimate Swimmer Podcast: Swimming Across the Globe With Darian Townsend By NOAH YANCHULIS Darian Townsend was interviewed on the Ultimate Swimmer Podcast this past week and he shared some of his insights on what it takes to compete at the highest level year after year. Below are some of the highlig...

This day in history: The City of Fort Lauderdale opened the Las Olas Casino pool in 1928. Contributed by the Aquatics Director of Hall of Fame Aquatic Center Laura Voet 93 years ago today, on January 29, 1928, the City of Fort Lauderdale dedicated the Las Olas Casino Pool (1928-1967), the first ...

A Letter to Klete Keller: An Opportunity to Grow for Fallen Olympic Champ On occasion, Swimming World will run an article or commentary submitted by a member of the readership. Ben Fisher, a former swimmer for and 2006 graduate of the University of California-Santa Barbara, reached out over the last...

Ryan Held Assesses His Career on the Ultimate Swimmer Podcast The latest episode of the Ultimate Swimmer Podcast with Josh Davis featured Team USA sprinter Ryan Held, a member of the 2016 gold-medal winning 400 freestyle relay at the Olympic Games in Rio. Here is a look at some of the topics that He...

How the Marathon Swimming Greats Have Been Immortalized Around the World By Ned Denison The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) enshrines the aquatic greats in its Fort Lauderdale Museum and its annual inductions and awards. Aquatic greats are further honored in hundreds of other discipline-...

Ultimate Swimmer Podcast - Ryan Murphy: The New King of Backstroke By NOAH YANCHULIS Ryan Murphy, a.k.a “The King of Backstroke,” is a multi-time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Ryan came home with three gold medals (100/200 backstroke, 400 medley rel...

English Channel Crosser's Open Water Message for 2021: 'Find Inspiration in it' By Kat Hall, Swimming World Contributor. During the past eight months, most of us have had our athletic events, whether competitive or recreational, cancelled. As courts, fields, rinks, and tracks have closed, then slowl...

If you’ve never tried cupping before, it’s important you try it out, either on the performance or recovery side of things. Personally, I would respond well to it, but feel crummy in the water for the next day or two afterward. On the flip side, some people feel great right after. So, it’s important ...

Lockdown is the word that now brings fear into any swimmer's heart. Virtually all pools, lakes, beaches, and even the local swimming holes were affected by the 2020 pandemic. Every place to swim except private home pools has been dramatically affected by COVID-19, and this has been a dismal year...