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Roland Schoeman, the US-based South African sprinter who has five more weeks of a 12-month anti-doping suspension to serve, spent $16,000 in an attempt to discover the source of a low level of the banned substance GW501516 that showed up in a May 2019 control. Now 39, Schoeman's "honest, integrity a...

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 March 30-April...

Coach Mike Leonard is a profound figure in the YMCA swimming community. A 1988 graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Leonard has coached a multitude of national champions, national record holders and Olympic Trial qualifiers. His laundry list of accomplishments include multiple YMCA Coach of...

Like most elite athletes, Ky-lee Perry is used to being in control. The NC State sprinting sensation has worked extremely hard to be able to control every aspect of her race, but controlling everything in her power in and out of the water. The coronavirus has taken all of that control away. It took ...

Australian Dolphins Swim Team Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren says Queensland’s Gold Coast is the perfect place to host the International Swimming League’s Solidarity camp and match racing meets post the COVID-19. Verhaeren has revealed to Swimming World the behind-the-scenes role he has played to convin...

As fallout from the coronavirus outbreak stretches from days to weeks, the desire for what comes next—when it's again safe to congregate—is that much stronger. That includes water polo; all play is suspended and major tournaments like the national Junior Olympics, the world's biggest youth water pol...

Commentary by guest author and leadership coach Jeff Raker “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was...

Update posted by the Bruce Furniss' family Saturday morning: Sharon [Bruce's wife] reports that the Neurologist told her this morning that Bruce is so high functioning that he no longer needs to see him any more! I was stunned - this seems impossible. The neurologist reported he gave Bruce a math pr...

Gone but not forgotten, coaching legend Glen Hummer (1905-92) left an indelible footprint on YMCA and long distance swimming. An exceptional athlete and a Navy veteran, he earned a zoological science degree and football All-America football honors at the University of Illinois. Read more ab...

When the Olympics were postponed for an entire year, it left a lot of swimmers wondering if they could afford to keep their dreams alive. ISL swimmer Amy Bilquist was one of them. The reigning U.S. champion in the 100-meter backstroke, Bilquist is a full year removed from college at Cal and was look...

Coleman Stewart of NC State and Virginia’s Paige Madden were named the ACC men’s and women’s swimmer of the year, respectively, in Friday’s list of postseason honorees. Full list of honorees: Men’s Swimmer of the Year: Coleman Stewart, NC State Women’s Swimmer of the Year: Paige Madden, Virginia Men...

By Dr. G. John Mullen, Swimming World Contributor Swimmers are fascinating. Not to be biased or anything, but they are. Swimmers have superhuman-like capabilities. They can make their bodies do weird things. And they have some rather strange rituals. These 15 weird facts about swimmers will give you...

World record holder Caeleb Dressel of the United States was a key contributor for the Cali Condors in the first season of the International Swimming League (ISL) in 2019. Dressel set a world record in the 50 freestyle SCM and nearly won the most valuable swimmer award with the second most cumulative...

In a swimming career that took her to four Olympic Games, Jenny Thompson was known as one of the world’s best relay swimmers. In her second career, it’s former teammates that are helping her. Thompson works as an anesthesiologist at a hospital in Charleston, S.C. When she grew concerned about a shor...

Triple Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu believes the lifeline thrown by the International Swimming League will be of great benefit to lesser-known swimmers whose financial status would otherwise be precarious going into 2021. The ISL on Friday announced an $11million package for the 320 swimmers on t...

Much like the rest of the world, Indiana head coach Ray Looze has had difficulties processing the coronavirus pandemic that has caused normal life to be turned upside down. Looze and his Indiana team lost a chance to compete at the NCAA Championships and he has had to resort to coaching from home wh...

The United States Olympics and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Friday announced a Mental Health Taskforce to support Team USA athletes. The 13-member body includes three-time Olympian Allison Schmitt and USA Swimming sports medicine and science director Keenan Robinson. The group was organized in Febru...

Georgia Davies – world, European and Commonwealth medallist and Energy Standard athlete – has welcomed the International Swimming League’s financial package for swimmers as good news amid the relentless darkness of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The ISL unveiled on Friday morning an $11million...

Sixteen-year-old Katie Crom has a remarkable four 2020 Olympic Trials cuts. The Mission Viejo Nadadores’ swim star qualified in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle (2:00.71, 4:12.85), the 200 butterfly (2:10.31) and 400 IM (4:47.92). But it’s the high schooler’s 200 fly that earned her a coveted spo...

International Swimming League Solidarity Program to pay swimmers first regular wage in their sport: 320 athletes to receive $1500 a month $11m set aside for wages, bonuses and prize money All 10 ISL teams, swimmers, coaches and support staff invited - at ISL expense - to 5-week solidarity camp in O...