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Italian swimmers Fabio Lombini and Gioele Rossetti died in a plane crash that took place shortly after takeoff over the weekend, write Andy Ross and Liz Byrnes, European Correspodent. The ultralight plane departed from the Crazy Fly flight school in Nettuno. It was flying over the area of ​​Via Avez...

NEW COMMIT: NC State has earned a new verbal commitment for their growing class of 2025 from Nathan Kempiak of Gilbert, Az. He will join Alexander Noergaard, Aiden Hayes, David Curtiss, Garrett Boone, Arsenio Bustos and Sam Hoover in Raleigh at the start of the 2021-22 season. Regarding his commitme...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. USA national team members Simone Manuel and Natalie Hinds used their voices to speak up about the death of George Floyd this past weekend, as his death sparked conversations across the United States and the world. Other prominent national team members, past a...

Harvard's Dean Farris will be back in Cambridge this fall after taking an Olympic redshirt year that was disrupted by the COVID-19 cancellations. Farris, who was training down in Austin, Texas this past season under legendary coach Eddie Reese, will be swimming for Harvard this coming season in what...

The Canadian Olympic Committee, Paralympic Committee and Own the Podium announced a $5 million investment Monday in the return of high-performance sport after the coronavirus pandemic. The funds will be directed by a Return to Sport Task Force, which aims to set up a framework for Canadian athletic ...

There’s probably been several times where you’ve asked yourself “why are swimmers doing that?” I know that I’ve heard my family and even random people out in restaurants asking questions about the things swimmers do at the pool. So let’s clear some things up! Why wear goggles under the swim cap? Eve...

The death of George Floyd and murder charge against one of four police officers caught on camera at the heart of events that have sparked nationwide protests in the United States over racial discrimination and the treatment of minorities by police and society, have prompted African-American swimmers...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! In this combined May/June 2020 issue, read about swimming sisters Gretchen and Alex Walsh, who are chasing the Olympic dream together from within the Nashville Aquatic Club. Also featured ...

As many took to the streets to protest the treatment of minorities by police and society in the U.S. this weekend, many influential swimmers, led by Cullen Jones and Lia Neal, took to social media to voice their own concerns about race relations in the United States. These messages came from black s...

The CG Sports Network enters its final week of Season 1! Since bursting onto the scene in March, CGSN has provided over 150 broadcasting hours of free entertainment and content for the swimming and Olympics community. This week includes special guests Kelsi Dahlia on The Mind Game with Dr. Megan Can...

Commentary: We live in troubled times in many places and on many fronts. Silence is only the friend of those who would silence you. In that context, the best news this Sunday of Pentecost is this: we were called out by Simone Manuel for a headline and article that gave priority to what her USA and S...

Who could really benefit from the Olympic Games postponement to 2021? When the Olympic Games got pushed back a year, there was a huge sigh of relief for many athletes who were struggling to find adequate training locations to be at their best this year. So with the Games moved to 2021, that provides...

Swimmers are renowned for their dedication to their sport. We train long hours at ridiculous times and spend all day at meets only to spend a few minutes actually racing in the pool. However, all swimmers reach a point in their careers when they question why they're still doing it. Although many rel...

George Floyd Olympic champions and world record holders Simone Manuel and Katie Ledecky - Stanford teammates - and fellow pro-swimmer Natalie Hinds shared their thoughts on the death of George Floyd on social media on Saturday. Floyd's name has been heard all around the world the last week following...

World Record Untouchables As the sport sits in competitive limbo, the day when racing will resume is nothing more than a guessing game. Will athletes chase times again in the fall? Could racing be further down the road? The lack of clarity is frustrating, a powerful virus calling the shots. At some ...

Our helicopter over a comparison of water safety in 2019 and 2020 conducted with Professor Vincenzo Spica yesterday veers off and comes to rest on an outcrop affording us other angles on the issues swimming has to consider as it plans its revival in a season of postponement, cancellation and closure...

Even with no swim meets going on, Matt Grevers was still competing - and winning. The 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 100 backstroke participated in ESPN's Peloton Show on Saturday against other professional athletes including basketball player Gordon Hayward and golfer Rory McIlroy. Grevers won t...

An effort to map the effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on swimming around the world is underway via the World Swim Status Report. The effort, launched by trainingstudy.com, asks swim clubs at various levels of the sport to report how affected they have been by the pandemic restrictions via a two-minute o...

Swimmer Chandler Bray and soccer forward Alyssa Howell are the University of Florida's nominees for the 2019-20 Brad Davis Southeastern Conference Community Service Leaders of the Year. As Florida's nominees, each receive $5,000 postgraduate scholarships. Next week, the league announces the overall ...

Who could really benefit from the Olympic Games postponement to 2021? When the Olympic Games got pushed back a year, there was a huge sigh of relief for many athletes who were struggling to find adequate training locations to be at their best this year. So with the Games moved to 2021, that leaves a...