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From South Africa to Southern Illinois, Ruard van Renen Has Historic NCAAs Ruard van Renen did his research before deciding on Southern Illinois as his college destination. The small-town feel of the Missouri Valley Conference school met the South African backstroker’s specifications. He arrived in ...

The World Aquatics Swimming World Cup 2023 will visit three European cities over three consecutive weeks with three days of action-packed long course (50m) racing at each stop this October. The compact event series kicks off again in Berlin (GER) from 6-8 October before heading to Athens (GRE) from ...

IOC Issues Recommendations For Russian And Belarusian Athletes' Return To Competitions The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday issued recommendations for the return to international competitions of Russian and Belarusian athletes. The IOC's recommendations relate only to international competi...

Chinese Spring Championships: Qin Haiyang, Zhang Yufei Turn in Record Swims Fast swims continued from the Chinese Spring Championships on Friday. There were five events in finals and two of them were won with record-breaking swims. Qin Haiyang broke the Asian record with 26.63 in the prelims of the ...

The Con of Michelle Smith: How the Irish Lass Cheated the Swimming World Her presence on the international stage was inconsequential. She didn’t affect the makeup of podiums. She didn’t influence any championship finals. At least, that’s the way the career of Michelle Smith unfolded for most of the ...

Dong Zhihao Beats 200 Breast World Junior Record at Chinese Spring Champs; Wang Changhao Lowers National Record On the fifth day of China's Spring Championships, veteran Qin Haiyang produced a swim in the 200 breaststroke that would have earned him a silver medal at last year's World Championships, ...

Zhang Yufei Hits 56.58 100 Butterfly on Day Four of Chinese Spring Champs The most recent Chinese swimmer to capture an Olympic gold medal was in action on the fourth day of the Chinese Spring Championships. Zhang Yufei, who dominated the 200 fly butterfly at the 2021 Olympics after winning silver i...

Three-Time Olympian Wu Peng Back at Chinese Nationals after 10-Year Retirement Three-time Olympian Wu Peng is staging a comeback in the pool at Chinese Spring Nationals this week, a decade after he retired from competitive swimming. Wu, 36, represented China at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics, the ...

Li Bingjie Swims 4:02 400 Freestyle at Chinese Spring Championships As the Chinese Spring Championships continued, Li Bingjie put together a strong performance in the 400 freestyle that sets her up for a strong summer coming up. Li, the 21-year-old Olympic bronze medalist in the 400 free and since N...

Qin Haiyang and Li BIngjie Dial Up Swift Performances At Chinese Spring Championships Fast times dotted the second day of the Chinese Spring Championships, with Qin Haiyang and Li Bingjie producing the top performances. Coming off a runnerup finish in the 200-meter individual medley, Qin was dominan...

Chinese Teen Wang Haoyu Clocks Sub-48 In 100 Freestyle At Spring Champs; Olympic Titlist Wang Shun Looks Strong Another teenager is making noise in the 100-meter freestyle, as 17-year-old Wang Haoyu broke the 48-second barrier at the Chinese Spring Championships. With the World Championships in Fuku...

China’s Zhang Yufei Setting Paris Olympics Sights on 100 Fly China’s Zhang Yufei assembled one of the best performances of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, with two gold medals and two silvers. As the 24-year-old looks toward the Paris Olympics next year, her eyes are trained on the 100 fly as her main g...

Passages: World-Record Setter and Olympic Medalist Shiro Hashizume Dies at 94 ISHOF Honoree Shiro Hashizume died recently at the age of 94. Up until his death on March 9, 2023, Hashizume was Japan’s oldest living Olympic medalist. Born in 1928, Hashizume should have been at his peak for the 1948 Oly...

If Not For His Swimming Prowess, Julius Caesar Would Not Have Lived to the Ides of March “Beware The Ides of March!” Had Julius Caesar not been a strong swimmer, we would never know the term – he would have died in 48 BCE and never lived to die on the Ides of March in 45 BCE. ***************** It is...

ISHOF Announces Spectacular Class of 2023; Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman Among Honorees The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is proud to announce its prestigious Class of 2023. This year, ISHOF will induct 13 honorees from eight countries: five swimmers, two coaches, one diver, one water ...

Kasia Wasick flew all the way from Poland to Fort Lauderdale for the TYR Pro Swim Series stop. While many athletes use the series to develop multiple events, try doubles and gauge where they stand in several races, Wasick was there to race. In fact, she flew all the way from Poland for less than 25 ...

Australian World Champion Freestylers Emma McKeon and Lani Pallister Born Into Golden Gene Pools Little did they know it at the time but former Australian surf lifesaving rivals Ron McKeon and Rick Pallister would father two of Australia’s greatest swimmers – Emma McKeon and Lani Pallister. Between ...

Kaylene Corbett Posts Strong 200 Breaststroke; Coetze, van Niekerk Win Again at Durban Grand Prix On the first day of Swimming South Africa's Grand Prix meet in Durban, both Lara van Niekerk and Pieter Coetze recorded "A" qualifying times for this summer's World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, and ...

Joseph Schooling Pulls out of Singapore Squad for SEA Games Joseph Schooling has pulled out of Singapore’s squad for the SEA Games in May in Cambodia, the Olympic gold medalist citing a lack of preparation and form. He released a statement this week that read, “After careful consideration with my te...

Lara van Niekerk, Pieter Coetze Post Strong Performances at Durban Grand Prix Several of South African's top swimmers are racing this weekend at a Grand Prix meet in Durban, and World Championship medalist and Commonwealth Games champion Lara van Niekerk produced a strong swim in the 100 breaststrok...