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Training Sets From the Past: The Stunning Work of 17-Year-Old Ian Thorpe Next week will mark the 24th anniversary of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where Ian Thorpe dazzled on home soil. So, it seemed like an appropriate time to revisit some of the training sets Thorpe endured as a teenager on th...

ISCA Hall of Fame Class to be Honored at Eastern States Clinic; Big Names to Be Recognized (Video Tributes) The International Swim Coaches Association (ISCA) will induct three coaches into its Hall of Fame next week. Dick Shoulberg, Sid Cassidy and Jack Bauerle make up the Class of 2024. The inducti...

Women's Swimming Revamp: What Events Are Awaiting New Rising Stars Scan through the women's results from the pool swimming competition at the Paris Olympics, and you will find plenty of big names entering or in the midst of their prime: Canada's Summer McIntosh, the only woman to win three individua...

Japanese Swimming Federation Refutes Reports of Leadership Shakeup The Japanese Swimming Federation has refuted a report published earlier Tuesday that it is replacing its director. Olympic website Inside The Games, citing sources, reported that Takayuki Umehara will step down from his job as the he...

Paralympics: Emotions Overflow for Australian Gold Medal Winners Ben Hance, Callum Simpson A golden day for Australia and one filled with emotion with Ben Hance dedicating his back-to-back backstroking win to his late father and rookie schoolboy Callum Simpson overcome with tears of joy as Australi....

Paralympics Day 9 Finals: Leanne Smith Breaks World Record; Raleigh-Crossley Wins Again Day 9 of the 2024 Paralympic Games continued from La Defense Arena in Paris. China's Guo Jincheng and Lu Dong, USA's Leanne Smith and Canada's Sebastian Massabie set world records while USA's Christie Raleigh-Cro...

Claire Weinstein & Brinkleigh Hansen Clinch USA Double At World Junior Open Water Championships Claire Weinstein and Brinkleigh Hansen made it double gold for the USA with victories in their respective 7.5k and 5k races at the 2024 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Alghero, ...

Swimming Australia Sacks Paris Olympic Team Coach Michael Palfrey for being “Un Australian” Australian swim coach Michael Palfrey, the man at the centre of comments made supporting a South Korean athlete during the Paris Olympics, has been sacked. Swimming Australia today confirmed Palfrey’s immed.....

Sacha Velly & Claire Stuhlmacher Enjoy Contrasting 10k Victories At World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships France’s Sacha Velly and Claire Stuhlmacher of the USA claimed respective 10k victories at the 2024 World Aquatics Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Alghero, Sardinia. Af...

Paralympics, Day 7: Australia’s Latest Swim Sensation Alexa Leary Rocks Paris With A Golden Swim And A Second World Record in the 100m Freestyle S9 Australia’s Alexa Leary has rocked her way into the Paralympic historic books – winning a second gold medal and in her second world record time on a ch....

The 2024 Paralympic Games continued from Paris with the Day 6 finals from La Defense Arena. Ihar Boki and Daria Lukianenko claimed world records, while several Paralympic records were broken. Live Results Day 1 Recap Day 2 Recap Day 3 Recap Day 4 Recap Day 5 Recap Here is a look at the events: Men's...

Paralympics Day 5: Alexa Leary Take A Bow After Triumphant Freestyle Anchor Gives Australia A  Memorable Mixed Medley Gold Australia needed an anchor swim for the ages and its live wire Paralympic debutant Alexa Leary delivered in spades at the Paris La Defense Arena tonight spearheading Australia’....

How Science Can Be Used to Promote Faster Swimming; Competitive Swimming Needs Radical Change By Rod Havriluk If a swimmer was asked about his/her: Index of Coordination (quantifies arm coordination), Active drag coefficient (quantifies technique), Intracycle velocity variations (identifies general ...

Paralympic Games: Former Lifesaving Ironman Tom Gallagher Makes Remarkable Return To Podium After Near Death Experience In Tokyo Standing on the Paralympic gold medal podium in Paris Thursday has been three painful, determined years in the making for former WA lifesaving ironman Tom Gallagher who r....

Paralympic Games: Swimmers to Watch During 10 Days of Competition in Paris With the 2024 Paralympic Games set to begin, the world's top athletes will take center stage at La Defense Arena in Paris. The Paralympic swimming competition runs from Aug. 29 through Sept. 7. The U.S. has 23 returning Paral...

Small Team, BIG Results: Team FINIS Wins 11 Olympic Medals in the HydroX Suit An Impressive 70% of FINIS-sponsored swimmers medaled at the most recent Olympic Games in Paris wearing the HydroX tech suit. Representing a diverse array of nations from Ireland to Australia, featuring returning champions...

Paralympic Games: Australia’s World-Beating IMer Tim Hodge Aiming for Golden Splash in Paris Australia’s world beating IM star Tim Hodge will begin his jam-packed 2024 Paralympic Games program in Paris on Friday - aiming to add the one thing that has eluded the 23-year-old Sydneysider – Paralympic ....

Video Analysis: How Pan Zhanle Shattered World Record in the 100 Freestyle (Athletes Only Podcast) At the Olympic Games in Paris, only two individual world records were set. While American Bobby Finke established a global standard in the 1500-meter freestyle on the final night of competition, China'...

Swimming Without the Black Line: How Blind Athletes Adapt This article from the Swimming World archive, written by Paralympian McClain Hermes, details the approaches used by visually impaired swimmers. By McClain Hermes, Swimming World Intern When I began swimming at the age of four, I told my paren...

Paralympic Games: What You Need to Know about Swimming in Paris Competition is about to rev back up in La Defense Arena in Paris. After an historic 2024 Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games are set to take center stage as athletes from around the world will compete in a variety of swimming events. Th...