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Valerie Van Roon Ousts Quarantined Femke Heemskerk For Olympic Spot in 50 Free; Kamminga, de Boer Set Record The Olympic qualifier at Rotterdam was packed with strong performances and a stunning storyline as swimmers from the Netherlands vied for spots on the 2021 Olympic team in Tokyo. Unsurprising...

Kosuke Hagino put together a strong start to the 2020 Japan Swim, especially considering he is coming off of the International Swimming League semifinals just a few weeks ago. The meet is being swum at the official 2021 Olympic Aquatic Center in its first taste of action 233 days ahead of the 400 IM...

Adam Peaty stood behind the blocks and stared down his lane at the Duna Arena ahead of the final race of the ISL in Budapest. Alongside him was Mel Marshall, his coach since he was 14 when he walked through the doors at the City of Derby club and with whom he has reached the Olympic pinnacle. At 6ft...

Femke Heemskerk will miss the Rotterdam qualifying meet in the Netherlands, which is scheduled for Dec. 3-6. Heemskerk will miss because of COVID-19 contact tracing protocols. Her husband has tested positive for the virus, so she will be forced to miss the meet. Heemskerk posted the news on social m...

The path looks clear for Thomas Bach to be re-elected as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC confirmed on Tuesday that Bach has no opponents for the election, which is scheduled for March in Athens. “I am honoured and humbled by the fact that there are no other candidates...

The Olympic rings installation has returned to Tokyo Bay after being temporarily removed for maintenance in August ahead of the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games. The structure – which stands 15.3m tall and 32.6m wide and weighs 69 tons – was installed in January 2020 in the Odaiba Marine Park, where the...

Gregorio Paltrinieri Has Olympic History Within Reach (From November's Swimming World Magazine) Despite the global pandemic, the Olympic postponement and a coaching change, Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri put together some of the best swimming of his career last summer in the 800 and 1500 meter freesty...

The International Swimming League (ISL) 2020 season was able to make it through to completion, even in a difficult year amidst a global pandemic. ISL Founder Konstantin Grygorishin reached out to the swimming community, as well as his team, to thank them for making the season possible. The season ha...

Ranking the 20-Greatest Swims of Michael Phelps' Career (Videos) Twenty years. It’s hard to believe that much time has passed since a 15-year-old Michael Phelps introduced himself to the world in 2000, first at the United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, and then at the Olympic Games in Sydney...

A study by a Stanford postdoctoral fellow published last week finds that Olympic swimmers are more than a third of a second faster, on average, in the evening than in the morning. The study is titled, “Gold, silver or bronze: circadian variation strongly affects performance in Olympic athletes.” It ...

Watch All Nine World Records Set in Second ISL Season Over the final two weeks of the International Swimming League season, which concluded with the Cali Condors claiming the team title over defending champion Energy Standard, nine short-course world records were set at the Duna Arena in Budapest. A...

As the 2020 ISL season came to a close over the weekend, and all the swimmers packed their bags to head home after six weeks on Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary, we have reflected on what was a successful season of racing where no COVID cases were reported from the "bubble" and eight world recor...

ISL Grand Final, Day 2 Session 3 Live: Title Up For Grabs! The Cali Condors soared to their first league title in franchise history thanks to Skins prowess from Lilly King and the speed and versatility from Caeleb Dressel. The Condors seemed to have no weakness throughout the entire season as they n...

Caeleb Dressel Perfectly Positioned to Surge Into the Olympic Year Some things will change for Caeleb Dressel in the coming days. After six weeks in the Budapest Bubble, he will return to the United States and his home base in Florida. The weekly meets he has become accustomed to during the Internat...

Another swim, another win for Siobhan Haughey in the 200 free. The Energy Standard swimmer from Hong Kong won the event in the International Swimming League (ISL) final in 1:51.11, a best time, breaking her own Asian record in the process. She is the second-fastest SCM performer in history. Haughey ...

Flash! Caeleb Dressel Shatters Another WR With Show-Stopper in 100 IM As Caeleb Dressel climbed atop the blocks for the 100-meter individual medley at the International Swimming League Grand Final, the only question was: By how much? The answer turned out to be a whole bunch, as the Cali Condors sup...

ISL Grand Final, Day 2 Session 2 Live: Condors Soaring; Energy Not Out Of It After Caeleb Dressel's monster world record in the 100 IM where he jackpotted the entire field and the Condors took all 37 points, and Olivia Smoliga's near world record in the 100 back, the Condors are soaring to their fir...

Flash! Caeleb Dressel Lowers American Record in 100 Freestyle The record-breaking show of Caeleb Dressel continues. One day after he set a pair of world records and an American record on the first day of the International Swimming League Grand Final, Dressel opened Day Two with another standard. Tou...

ISL Grand Final, Day 2 Session 1 Live: Can Cali Condors Grab Title? The ISL Grand Budapest Final is here as the same four teams from last year - Energy Standard, London Roar, Cali Condors and LA Current are vying for the team title in 2020. The Cali Condors are out to the lead after day one thanks t...

Watch Kliment Kolesnikov Set World Record in 100 Backstroke Russia's Kliment Kolesnikov, while handling the leadoff leg of Energy Standard's 400 medley relay, set a world record in the short course 100 backstroke on the opening day of the International Swimming League Grand Final. Racing at the Duna...