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With swimming meets and competitions cancelled and the Olympics postponed, coaches and swimmers grapple with the unknown.  Read about what governing bodies, coaches and swimmers are saying about the sport in this issue of Swimming World Biweekly The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now...

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Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers, dreading the thought of not being able to swim for six months, has returned home from a road trip back to his roots on the remote South Australian coast to a surprise that will put his Olympic plans back on track – and literally in his own backyard. Chalmers had left ...

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) selected its All-American teams for the 2019-20 season, with an unprecedented number of selections because of how the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the winter championship season. The CSCAA Board adjusted the selection cr...

Last year, Wayne Goldsmith put together a series of terrific short videos while he was on tour in the UK and Ireland, writes Craig Lord. I was lucky enough to be at the Swim Ireland clinic at which coaches learned just how important it is to challenge some of the myths of swimming in the way the...

The Soak - Swim News In Brief Collated weekly Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of April 6 - 12, ...

This update was posted by Bruce Furniss's family on April 7: Not a good day. I just called Bruce who answered with three short phrases: "I am not doing well. They are transferring me downstairs (ICU). Pray for me." This morning Bruce had the angiogram which was followed by a procedure to insert a de...

Rowdy Gaines - A Wait Worth It Following the postponement of the Olympic Games in Tokyo from this summer to next summer, many athletes are playing the waiting game until their opportunity to shine on the biggest stage in sports. From the archives, here is the story of Rowdy Gaines, who endured the b...

Wayne Goldsmith says, 'Believing in Yourself' shows confidence and is a critically important athletic quality. However, it is not solely the responsibility of the coach to help swimmers to develop the quality of confidence. It is a team effort in which coaches, athletes and parents work together...

Paul Kueterman has resigned as the head coach of Siena College’s women’s swimming and diving team, the school announced Tuesday. Kueterman had been in charge for 10 seasons and was the winningest coach in program history, compiling 59 dual-meet wins and five top-five finishes at the Metro Atlantic A...

Bringing back this story by Dylan Evangelista, Swimming World College Intern.  Now is the time to focus on good form at home to translate to good form in the water...we shall return!  Whether you're a competitive athlete, or just looking for a way to stay active, swimming is a fantastic form of exer...

Cecilia McCloskey was hoping to be on top of the world in swimming. An Olympic trials qualifier in 1964 and 1968, she was hoping to make the Olympics and perform at the top of her sport. It didn’t quite happen as she hoped. McCloskey, formerly Dougherty, missed the Olympic team by one spot in 1968. ...

The breaststroke strength series in Swimming World Magazine brings you the third of a four-part series that will focus on stroke-specific exercises designed to help strengthen the proper muscles for each stroke. By acquiring more strength, you will be able to deliver more power and speed in the ...

Egyptian Olympic swimmer Farida Osman is grateful to be back in her home county, where she is on a two-week quarantine after traveling from the United States. Osman, who trains at Virginia Tech under Sergio Lopez Miro at Pinnacle Racing, was among 275 Egyptian nationals brought back to the country l...

Konstantin Grigorishin, the International Swimming League founder and funder, talks to Swimming World about the sport's unique chance to move into the League of professional sports on Solidarity Swim Camp. "Now is the chance for them all to come together, train together, compete together in a fr...

Triple Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu has given her backing to the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, being moved back a year to 2022. The competition was due to be held from 16 July to 1 August 2021 but the rescheduling of the Olympic Games to 23 July-8 August because of the coronavirus (COVID...

Champion's Mojo Podcast (Andrew Seliskar) Andrew Seliskar loves to race anyone, anywhere, anytime. Known by his friends as being competitive, hear how this trait has served him in his swimming career. Having been on the United States National Team since 2013, his resume includes a World Championship...

This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Konstantin Grigorishin and the International Swimming League (ISL) for announcing the Solidarity Program, which will fully fund all 320 swimmers in the league for ten months leading up to the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. All swimmers will receive $15...

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Agonswim.com is now making disposable medical gowns at our factory in Spain. These surgical gowns are being produced for local nursing homes and other first line medical staff who are in desperate need of personal protective equipment. [caption id="attachment_4261...

ISHOF is sad to announce that Terry Sayring, the 2017 Paragon Award recipient for water polo, passed away on March 16, 2020, after a courageous battle against cancer. Terry was 81 years old. Sayring first became involved in water polo when, upon being discharged from the Marine Corp in California, h...