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Federica Pellegrini One of Four Athletes Elected to IOC Athletes’ Commission Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini was one of four athletes to be elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission this week. Pellegrini and the other three successful candidates were chosen from a...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here The Swimming World August 2021 Issue Presents The Netherlands' Inge de Bruijn: One of the Greatest Sprinters of All Time By John Lo...

Tokyo Olympics: Who Will Capture Gold Medals in Unpredictable Open Water 10K Races? In 2016, the final hurrah of the Olympic swimming competition in Rio saw the Netherlands emerge with gold medals in the women's and men's 10-kilometer races, held at Copacabana Beach. A day after Sharon van Rouwendaa...

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) today announced the 240-member 2020 U.S. Paralympic Team, including six guides for visually-impaired athletes, that will compete at the upcoming Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Following the year-long postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Tokyo Olympics Analysis (U.S. Men): Dressel Shines, Finke Stuns on Biggest Stage For the first 85 meters of the 100 freestyle final, Caeleb Dressel breathed every stroke to his left side as he opened up a big lead. But when he passed the red buoy on the lane marking 15 meters to go, Dressel put his ...

Olympics: USA Men’s Water Polo’s Journey Ends in Quarterfinal Loss The USA men’s water polo team’s medal quest ground to a halt Wednesday in Tokyo with a 12-8 loss to Spain. The U.S. came up small in the fourth quarter, with Spain running away to the tune of a 5-2 margin in the final 10 minutes. The...

The Next Level: 3 Key Differences Between High School and College Swimming To swim or not to swim? Eventually, every high school-level athlete will face this question sooner or later. And sometimes it can be very difficult to decide what the best course of action might be. Change can be both excitin...

‘Most Decorated’ Canadian Penny Oleksiak Relishes in Illustrious Second Chapter Penny Oleksiak was barely out of the water when she heard those two words, ones she tried not to think about entering the Tokyo Olympics but which soon became unavoidable. When uttered for the last time on deck at the To...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here The Swimming World August 2021 Issue Presents Donna De Varona and the Past, Present, and Future of Women's Swimming By Bruce Wigo ...

NEW COMMIT: Cornell University has picked up a new addition for the Class of 2026 after receiving a verbal commitment* from U.S. Open qualifier Lindsay McCormack of San Francisco, Calif. She told Swimming World: "I am so excited and honored to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at Corne...

Alice Dearing's debut Games experience may have been "bittersweet" but what cannot be disputed is the fact she made history as the first black woman to represent Britain in swimming at the Olympics. Dearing made her bow at the marathon swimming at Odaiba Marine Park, c0ming in 19th, 5.32mins behind ...

Over 550 junior divers from across the country flocked to Indianapolis, Ind. for the 2021 USA Diving Junior National Championships at the IUPUI Natatatorium. The USA Diving Jr. National Championship competition on Wednesday, July 28, ended with two newly crowned National Champions. Divers in the 11 ...

Olympics: Australia’s Marathon Swimming Bronze Medallist Kareena Lee And A Magical Bond With Her 82-year-old Coach “JR” Moments after Queenslander Kareena Lee claimed Australia’s first ever Olympic marathon 10km swimming medal in Tokyo today she was straight on the phone to the man who got her there...

NEW COMMIT: Washington State University has picked up a new verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season and beyond from U.S. Open qualifier Emily Lundgren of Chula Vista, Calif. She will join Kirsten de Goede of Durban, South Africa as a member of the Cougars' Class of 2026. She told Swimming World: "I...

U.S. National Team Member Charlotte Hook Verbally Commits to Stanford for 2022 NEW COMMIT: U.S. National Team member Charlotte Hook of Raleigh, N.C., arguably one of the most sought-out recruits in her year, has announced her verbal commitment to Stanford University as a member of the Class of 2026....

Speedo Summer Championships: Trenton Julian Posts USA's Top 200 Fly Time in 2021 in Irvine During the first evening of finals at the Speedo Summer Championships meet in Irvine, Calif., Cal's Trenton Julian recorded the fastest time in the United States in 2021 in the men's 200 butterfly. Julian, who...

Olympics: Ana Marcela Cunha Claims Gold in 10K; 2016 Champion van Rouwendaal Earns Silver Competing in the warm waters of Tokyo Bay at the Odaiba Marine Park, the 25 women qualified for the 10-kilometer marathon swim went off at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in Tokyo. As the field spread itself out, A...

Speedo Summer Championships: Charlie Clark Swims 15:04 1500 Free in Greensboro; SwimMAC Sets NAG Relay Record The Speedo Summer Championships meets kicked off Tuesday with two meets taking place on opposite sides of the country. Half the swimmers are in Greensboro, N.C., while the other half are in ...

2016 Olympic Gold Medalist Maya DiRado Announces Pregnancy; Baby Boy Due in January Maya DiRado, who captured Olympic gold in the women's 200 back during a four-medal performance at the 2016 Olympics, has announced that she will give birth to her first child in January 2022 with husband Rob Andrews....

Even in Latest Star Turn, Caeleb Dressel Not Afraid to Show Vulnerability Caeleb Dressel walked through the mixed zone at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre for the final time Sunday, too spent to put on a shirt. As he stood with his teammates in the men’s 400 medley relay, minutes after they’d capped the Tok...