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Amy Bilquist was hoping to get though one year without a major injury. After dealing with multiple setbacks during her career, she was hoping 2019 would finally be her year. It was — but not nearly how she envisioned it. Bilquist’s 2019 was the most successful in her career as a swimmer. But she als...

Pro Series - Knoxville (Day Four) Results The Regan Smith Express continues to roll along toward the Olympic Games in Tokyo, as the American teenager delivered another standout performance on Sunday night to close out her weekend at the TYR Pro Series stop in Knoxville. Contesting the 200-meter back...

TYR Pro Series - Knoxville (Day Three) RESULTS The expectations surrounding Regan Smith and what she might accomplish at this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo are massive, fueled by what the teenager managed at last year’s World Championships. Given what Smith did on the third night of the TYR Pro Se...

Allison Schmitt knows a little something about starring at the Olympic Games, and the veteran freestyler certainly opened her Olympic season in stylish fashion on Friday night. Kicking off the second night of the TYR Pro Series stop in Knoxville, Schmitt produced a strong performance to secure top h...

USA Swimming announced a new partnership on Wednesday with the mental health service Talkspace, that will give new mental health services at no cost to all members of the US National team and the 2016 Olympic team. “Our role in the National Team division is to support our National Team athletes and ...

Erica Sullivan (Pro Swim Series - Knoxville) The United States’ Olympic season officially started on Thursday night in Knoxville, Tenn., as the second stop of the TYR Pro Series opened at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center. With competitors focused on flourishing at the appropriate time, the winning tim...

There is little worse that injury at the start of Olympic year for the swimmer dedicated to making the cut for the Games. In the United States, that also means getting past the toughest domestic test in the world: the U.S. Olympic Trials. No let-out clauses, no discretion of selectors and coaches, n...

The TYR Pro Swim Series heads to Knoxville for the weekend, starting Thursday. It’s the first big North American meet of the year (and second Pro Swim Series stop of the season) where a multitude of Olympic hopefuls can lay down early markers for the pivotal year that lies ahead. Four years ago, wha...

FINIS, Inc. is proud to announce the signing of three-time NCAA champion, Katie McLaughlin. The California native and recent graduate from Cal said on joining #TeamFINIS, “I’m so excited to partner with FINIS! FINIS is innovative, fun, and loves the water as much as I do.” https://www.instagram.com/...

17-year-old Californian Luca Urlando announced late Monday night in an Instagram post that he dislocated his left shoulder during a swim workout last Saturday. He wrote: "Not the way I was hoping to start an Olympic year, but I dislocated my left shoulder during a swim workout last Saturday. Recover...

The 2020 Knoxville Pro Swim Series will kick off the new year in style in Knoxville, Tennessee as some of USA Swimming's best will be in attendance at the University of Tennessee from January 16 - 19. Individual World champions Simone Manuel and Regan Smith will be in attendance as they continue the...

Split times for the 200 Long Course Meters Individual Medley is sponsored by LumaLanes. Today we look at Nashville Aquatic Club's Alex Walsh and her new national age-group (NAG) record in the 200 IM, swum at the recent Toyota US Open Championships in Atlanta, GA. We will be comparing her race and su...

From the outside looking in, Tom Shields seemingly had everything going for him. He had swam in the Olympic final in 2016, won two national team titles at Cal, broke American records, won NCAA titles, and enjoyed a happy marriage to his wife Gianna. But towards the end of 2018, Shields admitted he t...

The Greensboro Aquatic Center in North Carolina will play host to five YMCA National Championships between 2020 and 2023 as the short course championships will be held in 2021, 22, and 23, and the long course championships will be in 2020 and 21. Greensboro hosted the short course championship each ...

2020 is already here: time to take a look at what's coming up in the sport of swimming this year. A new decade dawns, as does another Olympic year. Rio 2016 feels a long way back. Here comes Tokyo 2020. It is an exciting time for swimmers and swimming; and not just because the Olympics are happening...

A Decade Ends (Michael Phelps) In a nation as stacked as the United States, choosing 10 highlights from the past decade was not an easy task. As readers peruse this piece, several will stop and wonder, “why was this moment left out?” Managing a consensus is rarely an achievable feat when compiling l...

Swimming World Magazine's 2019 Parting Shots Sponsored By It was another incredible year of photography for Swimming World Magazine Parting Shots in 2019.  We feature some of the best as our Parting Shots of each issue of our magazine. Big names like Reece Whitley, Koti Ngawati, and members of...

Gregg Troy (U.S. Coach of the Year) The selection of United States Coach of the Year is a delicate exercise and is dependent on the lens used for the selection. Should the coach of the most dominant athlete receive the award? Or, should the honor go to the coach who guided the most successful group ...

Swimming World Interviews of the Year - United States 2019 has been a great year for the sport of swimming. With less than a year to go until the 2020 Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, we decided to take a trip down memory lane to commemorate the 15 best interviews of the year 2019 from pools across...

Natalie Coughlin (Champion's Mojo Podcast) Once again, Swimming World is thrilled to partner with the Champion's Mojo Podcast to highlight an interview with a prominent name in the sport. The podcast, hosted by Kelly Palace and Maria Parker, has generated a dedicated following and, on a bi-weekly ba...