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U.S. Open Prelims: Caeleb Dressel Goes 22.35 in 50 Free Return for B Final Caeleb Dressel’s first swim at the U.S. Open in Greensboro Thursday morning was the men’s 50 free, resulting in a time of 22.35 for 13th place. The swim lands Dressel in the B final. He was well off the pace set by Quintin Mc...

Bringing a new approach to coaching golf, Skillest partners coaches from around the world with athletes to analyze their games from a digital perspective. Now, the company has moved to swimming and is taking the same approach. Skillest is an app-based teaching tool that pairs coaches and athletes fr...

Kenyan Teen Haniel Kudwoli Downs Jason Dunford National Mark in SCM 50 Breast Kenyan teenager Haniel Kudwoli this week took down a national record that had belonged to Jason Dunford since 2010. Kudwoli was competing in the 26th Speedo Invitational Short Course Meet in Dubai. Swimming for Nairobi-bas...

World Anti-Doping Agency Releases 2024 Banned Substance List: Tramadol Now Banned In-Competition A new list of banned substances takes effect throughout international sports on January 1, 2024. The document provided by the World Anti-Doping Agency specifies which substances are prohibited in-competi...

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 ...

World Aquatics Sets 2024 Short-Course Worlds Dates in Budapest Dec. 10-15 World Aquatics on Wednesday announced the dates for the 2024 Short-Course Worlds in Budapest, Hungary, which will run from Dec. 10-15. The world governing body returns to the Duna Arena for the 25-meter World Championships, wh...

The Dolphin Kick Controversy of Kosuke Kitajima vs. Brendan Hansen The final of the 100 breaststroke at the 2004 Olympics in Athens was shrouded in controversy after Japan’s Kosuke Kitajima was shown performing an illegal dolphin kick on the way to defeating American Brendan Hansen. The move by Kita...

Tech Tuesday: The Evolution of Technology in Competitive Swimming By Reed Karosich and Isabel Hromas In the ever-evolving world of technological progress, sports, particularly competitive swimming, has become a focus for innovation. The swimming world is witnessing a surge in advancements aimed at b...

World Aquatics Swimming World Cup to Visit Asia for 2024 Swing The World Aquatics Swimming World Cup will confine itself to Asian venues for the 2024 season, all to be held in the fall following the Paris Olympics. The three-city tour will include meets in Shanghai, China; Incheon, South Korea; and ...

World Record Flashback: When David Wilkie Wowed the World in 200 Breaststroke at 1976 Olympics Call him the forgotten man. Overlooked. Underappreciated. Lost amid an iconic week by the globe’s premier power. Truthfully, it’s an unfortunate circumstance, although not difficult to understand. With the...

When South Africa Soared to Olympic Gold in Athens 400 Freestyle Relay In Swimming World's latest Olympic flashback, attention is paid to the 2004 breakthrough triumph of South Africa in the 400 freestyle relay. The victory arrived on August 15, 2004 at the Athens Games. As they walked to the blocks...

Ranking the 6 Most Impressive Swims From the Pan American Games; Sydney Pickrem Shines The recent Pan American Games featured several standout performances. Here's a look at the most-impressive efforts from the competition in Santiago, Chile. Women 1. Sydney Pickrem (Canada), 2:09.04 - 200 IM Pickre...

Name That Swimmer! Who Is This Week's Mystery Legend? (Take the Poll) Happy Friday, and welcome to another edition of Name That Swimmer! This feature has become a regular aspect of Friday FunDay and tests our readers’ knowledge concerning some of the great athletes in the sport. If you don’t know th...

Throwback Thursday: Chad le Clos Chases Down Michael Phelps For Stunning Olympic Gold Before the 2012 Olympic final of the men's 200 butterfly, no one had beaten Michael Phelps in a major final of the event for 12 years. For all the accolades Phelps earned in his greatest-of-all-time career, the 200...

World Swimming Coaches Association: Severing Of Ties By USA, Canada, Australia & GB Is Unnecessary & Disappointing The World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA) says the actions of the National Swimming Coaches Associations of USA, Australia, Canada and Great Britain are “disappointing, unnecessary ...

BREAKING: Swimming Coaching Powerhouses USA, Canada, Australia and Great Britain Resign From World Coaching Body In a bombshell pact, the American, Canadian, Australian, and British swim coaches associations have sensationally resigned from the World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA). ...

Olympian Virdhawal Khade Announces “Last Event in India” at National Games Olympic swimmer Virdhawal Khade has this week called the National Games in India his “last competitive event … in India,” pointing to the end of the career of one of India’s most notable swimmers. Khade stopped short of using...

Training Sets From the Past: The Stunning Work of 17-Year-Old Ian Thorpe In the late 1990s, the name of Australian teenager Ian Thorpe became known around the world. He first captured a world title in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1998 World Championships. In the years that followed, world records ...

Zhang Yufei Enters Olympic Year in Pole Position in 100 Butterfly Few races on the annual World Cup circuit will garner much acclaim, but one showdown at the middle stop in Athens featured the four fastest swimmers ever — and the only swimmers to garner World Championships or Olympic gold in the rac...

5 Reasons Why 'Casual' Masters Swimming is Important Masters swimming is seen by many as a way to continue competing after high school and college. However, most Masters swimmers do not compete in meets. US Masters Swimming estimates that fewer than half of its members compete. Even though these swi...