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USA Swimming, the National Governing Body of swimming in the United States, today announced the names of 60 athletes who will represent the U.S. internationally this summer at the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, which take place August 24-27 in Honolulu, Hawaii; or the 2022 Mel Zajac Jr. Inte...

Renowned Coach Jozsef Nagy: What's Next in Breaststroke - Reloaded? An argument can be made that Jozsef Nagy possesses more knowledge about the breaststroke than any other individual. After an international career as a breaststroker, the Hungarian-born Nagy shifted into a coaching career that brough...

The World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA) has released its position statement on transgender swimming. It has been a year of debate with this issue within the sport, especially with the emergence of NCAA champion Lia Thomas. Many scientists and experts have weighed in. The WSCA’s position is tha...

Race Of the Century: When Two Stalwarts and a Rising Star Clashed For History (Video) The 200 freestyle had enough substance at the 2004 Olympics, thanks to a repeat clash between the Netherlands’ Pieter van den Hoogenband and Australia’s Ian Thorpe. But when Michael Phelps entered the fray, too, th...

Experts Cite Data and Research For Why Transgender Participation Should Be Outlawed in Female Sports In a recent article in The Australian, scientists Emma Hilton and David Handelsman offered the latest input on the topic of transgender participation in women’s sports. Hilton has long been a leading...

The field for next month’s World Championships in Budapest was further weakened on Wednesday, when two-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty revealed he suffered a broken bone in his right foot. The injury will prevent Peaty from chasing fourth consecutive world titles in the 50 breaststroke and 100 brea...

The Deaflympics in Brazil concluded with many strong performances and gold medals won by several countries. There are a plethora of sports at the Deaflympics, including swimming. Early on in the meet, the U.S. and Ukraine had strong performances on Day 1-3. That success continued on Day 4 as the Ukr...

The Four World Records Not Going Away Anytime Soon (Video) As we rapidly approach the summer, which will feature several major competitions, eyes will be on world-record pursuits. Some at the World Championships. Some at the Commonwealth Games. Some at the European Championships. How many global mar...

Leading Sports Scientist Ross Tucker Sheds Light on Transgender Participation Debate The issue of transgender participation in women’s sports has been a major topic in swimming, most notably Lia Thomas – a three-year men’s team member at the school – representing the University of Pennsylvania and w...

World University Games in Chengdu Postponed to 2023 The World University Games in Chengdu have been postponed until 2023. The FISU (International University Sports Federation) Games had initially been scheduled for the summer of 2021, but were rescheduled because of the postponement of the Tokyo Oly...

From Swimming World Magazine's May issue, World Record Flashback, a new series, visits the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and the spectacular performance delivered by Great Britain's David Wilkie in the 200-meter breaststroke. Get Swimming World Magazine and Swimming World Biweekly FREE When You Bec...

‘I was super depressed’: Chad Le Clos on Pre-Tokyo Trauma and Recovery Chad le Clos underwent a traumatic experience in January 2021, something that clouded his Olympic experience in Tokyo. It’s only now that he’s opening up about that experience and seeking help in the aftermath. Le Clos revealed t...

The Deaflympics made their return after the COVID-19 pandemic, kicking off this week in Brazil. There are a plethora of sports at the Deaflympics, including swimming. Three days into the meet, the U.S. has claimed several medals as has Ukraine. On the first day of the meet, Ukraine’s Illia Sultanov,...

Berlin, Toronto and Indianapolis will host three stops on the FINA World Cup tour in October and November 2022. The cluster of events starts in the German city - which has staged 17 World Cup events since 2001 - from 21-23 October before heading to Canada to visit Toronto from 28-30 October and then...

U.S. International Team Trials: Regan Smith Edges Katharine Berkoff in 50 Back Prelims, Sets U.S. Open Record At the U.S. International Team Trials, backstroking speed was on display in the final heat of the women's 50 backstroke as Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff went head-to-head. Berkoff, who t...

From the April issue of Swimming World Magazine, Editor-in-Chief John Lohn discusses the importance of appreciating history in his latest Voice for the Sport column. Get Swimming World Magazine and Swimming World Biweekly FREE When You Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame New! ...

Joseph Schooling to Reassess Olympic Cycle Plan after SEA Games Joseph Schooling, the 2016 Olympic champion in the men’s 100 butterfly, said in an interview this week that he will reassess his plan for the road to the 2024 Olympics. Schooling is 26. He’s scheduled to compete at the Southeast Asian G...

The Dark Days of Kristin Otto: How the East German Star Rose to the Pinnacle of the Sport The image is iconic in Olympic lore. As he crossed the finish line, index finger pointing to the sky, Canadian Ben Johnson was the most-celebrated athlete on the planet. He had just won the 1988 Olympic title i...

Diogo Ribeiro Sets Two Portuguese Records at Danish Open Portuguese sprinter Diogo Ribeiro set a pair of records at the Danish Open, part of a multi-national cast at the event that ran from April 15-19. The meet produced winners from several countries and four automatic time cuts for the upcoming Wo...

Duel in the Pool Revival Has Potential to Become Captivating Rivalry Showdown The Duel in the Pool is back. This made-for-TV, rivalry-style event has been absent from the international calendar since December 2015, when the United States faced a team of European All-Stars in Indianapolis, and the la...