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Australia’s latest international freestyle star Ariarne Titmus has dethroned swimming’s queen Katie Ledecky for the second time in two days in another stunning gold medal swim in the 200m freestyle in Tokyo – to take a golden double in the pool. The 20-year-old Tasmanian-born Queenslander was too fa...

With Huge Time Drop, Honduras’s Julimar Avila Fills Final 200 Fly Semis Seat Julimar Avila saw the empty chair, smiled and let herself dream for just a moment. Avila understood the math, even without the benefit of the biology degree the 24-year-old earned at Boston University. The preliminaries of ...

Olympics: After Katinka Hosszu Scratch, All 16 Advance in Formality of 200 Fly Prelims Some prelims are a matter of surviving and advancing. Tuesday night in the women’s 200 fly, merely surviving would’ve sufficed. With 17 swimmers entered, and a late scratch from Katinka Hosszu, all it took was a l...

Olympics: Kate Douglass, Alex Walsh Go 1-3 in Women's 200 IM Semifinals The past year has been incredible for Virginia swimming, and there is still a chance at it finishing even better. After winning the NCAA championship for the first time in school history, the Cavaliers sent five swimmers (includ...

Lydia Jacoby Pulls Off a Stunner to Win 100 Breast; Lilly King Third The plan was set. If Lydia Jacoby was going to be in Tokyo for the Olympics in 2020, it would be as a ticketed spectator. A tentative plan was sketched out. Jacoby would, just after her sophomore season of high school, get a first ...

Four Olympic Records Set Up Showdown for Regan Smith, 100 Back Field The speed in the 100 backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics should not be a surprise to anyone. In the only Olympic event with a world record set since the end of 2019, historically fast times were not just anticipated but almost expecte...

Olympics: It's a Magical Golden Moment For Canadian Maggie MacNeil in 100 Butterfly It took a few moments to sink in but World and Pan Pac champion Maggie MacNeil has today been crowned the Olympic champion, winning Canada’s first swimming gold of the Tokyo Games with a stunning 100m butterfly victo...

With Penny Oleksiak Anchoring, Canada Delivers Relay Silver You Can Swear By With silver medals around their necks, the Canadian women’s 400 free relay team was all smiles, giggles and hugs Sunday afternoon in Tokyo. And before the race, for a swimming program renowned for its collegial nature? “The...

After Swimming Faster 400 IM than Olympic Gold Medalist, Carson Foster More Motivated Than Ever Six weeks before Jay Litherland moved up from sixth place after 300 meters into silver medal position at the finish in the men’s 400 IM final at the Olympic Games, Litherland pulled the exact same comebac...

Olympics: United States Overcomes Apparent Weakness for Hot Start in Tokyo It would have been easy to excuse a slow start for Team USA on day one. Coming out of Olympic Trials, the team had significant weaknesses across various events, particularly on the men’s side. The U.S. men won medals in all b...

Simone Manuel will make her Tokyo debut tonight, anchoring the 400 free relay. The finals relay for the U.S. will start with Erika Brown, then Abbey Weitzeil, then Natalie Hinds before Manuel takes the anchor. Team USA coach Greg Meehan had plenty of options to pull from in the final since ultimatel...

The thin field in the women's 400 individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics just got thinner, with Sydney Pickrem withdrawing from the event Saturday afternoon. Pickrem pulled out of the event with what Swimming Canada in a statement termed "medical reasons not related to COVID-19." She is still slate...

Ryan Held Reflects On Brutality Of the Sport and Growth opportunities In Missing Tokyo Games The long-awaited Tokyo Olympic Games are underway, with the swimming events hours from starting. Team USA is made up of both fresh and familiar faces. One notable absence is 2016 Olympic gold medalist Ryan H...

Carson Foster Swims 4:08.46 400 IM at Austin Sectionals, Fastest Time in the World The eyes of the swimming world are focused squarely on Tokyo right now with the Olympics swimming competition underway. Nineteen-year-old American Carson Foster will not be in Tokyo after finishing third in the event ...

US Masters Short Course Nationals Day 3: National Champion Breaststrokers Share Their Technique Advice By Daniel Paulling Breaststroke can be a difficult stroke to perfect, whether you’re learning how to kick properly, nail your timing, or do any other number of things. But don’t worry. All breastst...

Former NCAA swimmers needed for brain imaging study! Compared to contact sports like American football, swimming poses less risk for traumatic brain injury, including concussion. Concussive hits are a concern in football, because the repeated concussive and subconcussive hits may contribute to ...

After ACL Tear, Dominican Republic’s Josue Dominguez on a Mission in Tokyo Josue Dominguez’s choice of which dream to pursue wasn’t much of a choice when he sat down to think about it in 2015. Dominguez had gravitated toward the pool from a young age in the Dominican Republic. He was electrified by ...

U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) is leading a letter to FINA signed by 14 senators urging it to reverse its ban on caps designed for natural Black hair in competition. The letter, posted this week, was sent to FINA president Husain Al-Musallam. It was also signed by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Il...

Kysa Crusco Happy to Swim Again After Breast Cancer By Daniel Paulling The first thought that went through Kysa Crusco’s mind when she heard she had invasive breast cancer in April 2019 wasn’t about her chances for living. Instead, the New England Masters Swim Club member cried and wondered whether ...

One of Arizona’s most celebrated swim clubs, Scottsdale Aquatic Club (SAC), is pleased to announce Andrew Nguyen as the new Head Coach & CEO and will begin his role on August 16th. This decision comes after the current head coach, Kevin Zacher, announced his acceptance as head coach at the Santa Cla...