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Farida Osman has been honored by Forbes Middle East as one of the 30 most influential people from the Middle East under the age of 30. "Thank you @forbesmiddleeast for featuring me alongside such inspiring group of men and women," Osman posted on Instagram. Forbes posted this: "Farida Osman is a pro...

The Emergence of Eric the Eel In Swimming Lore (Video Included) It's been 20 years since Eric Mousambani, from Equatorial Guinea, entered Olympic waters and doubt emerged as to whether he would need to be saved. Here is the piece that Craig Lord wrote for Swimming World at the 2000 Olympic Games in ...

When Jim and Jonty Chased Sub-50: A Unique Summer Pursuit (Swimming World Magazine - Sept. Issue) The most iconic barrier-breaking performance in sports history is not difficult to decipher. It is the 3:59.4 mile run by Great Britain’s Roger Bannister in 1954, marking the first time the four-minute ...

Mel Marshall says that creating independent athletes is paramount for a coach if they are to succeed on the biggest stage of all. Marshall has coached Adam Peaty to Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth gold with the Briton having taken the 100m breaststroke into new waters. The double Olympian ...

The International Swimming League (ISL) announced a multi-year media rights agreement with CBS Sports on Thursday to showcase the league's events across CBS Sports platforms to the American audience, according to a release sent out by the league. The ISL, which debuted in 2019 on ESPN's online strea...

Name Your Race: Which All-Time Head-to-Head Showdown Would be the Best? A couple of weeks ago, we asked our readers to offer their opinions for the title of Greatest Female Swimmer in History, since there is a valid debate on the topic. The feedback we received was plentiful, with fans of the sport ...

The preliminary list of sports for the 2023 European Games in Poland has been published with swimming noticeable by its absence. Artistic swimming is set to make an appearance at the competition in Krakow-Małopolska in three years' time but there will be no pool competition or diving. Neither will t...

Sydney Games 20th Anniversary: Night Australia Ended American Streak in 400 Free Relay (Video) More than 17,000 passionate Australian fans stood and yelled, anticipating a moment their country had long envisioned. The Sydney Aquatic Center was the focal point of the 2000 Olympic Games, and as the fi...

Former 200 breaststroke world record holder Ippei Watanabe raced in Saitama this weekend, putting up a 2:09.89 in the 200 breaststroke. The time was not far off his season best of 2:08.40, which he swam in January at the FINA Champions Series in China. Watanabe won the last two bronze medals in the ...

Who Is Out? Numerous Big Names Bypassing Second Season of ISL As the International Swimming League announced its participants for the second season, there were some notable big names missing from the league's roster. There are still uncertainties with the COVID-19 pandemic still affecting much of th...

Australian Olympic hopeful Nioka Thomas plans to embark on a grand adventure in the United States. Starting next fall, the 12th year high school water polo player from Meriden School will join the women’s polo program at the University of California Irvine. A member of the Aussie Stingers’ junior na...

ISL Expansion Teams Toronto Titans, Tokyo Frog Kings Reveal Inaugural Rosters The success of the inaugural International Swimming League (ISL) season propelled the league to add two new teams for its second season, increasing its international reach into Canada and Japan. Wednesday’s kickoff press c...

The second season of the International Swimming League (ISL) has been launched with two additional teams, new rules  and a possible trip to Tokyo for the grand final in December. ISL founder Konstantin Grigorishin, technical director Apostolos Tsagkarakis and Hubert Montcoudiol, head of commercial o...

The rosters for the second season of the International Swimming League (ISL) were released on Wednesday, as Energy Standard has reloaded its roster to push for a second straight league title after taking the first ISL title in 2019. The four European returning teams – Energy Standard, London Roar, T...

Ponds Forge may reopen to the public before April 2021 following a vocal campaign which included the likes of Becky Adlington, Max Litchfield and Leon Taylor. It was announced last month that the pool in Sheffield, northern England, would remain closed for the foreseeable future before a reopening d...

UK Sport CEO Sally Munday says "there is no room in sport" for those who do not adhere to highest standards of ethics and integrity after the government agency released its Culture Health Check survey. More than 1500 - 1,517 to be exact - athletes, coaches and stakeholders across high-performance sp...

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...

Speedo have joined forces with the Black Swimming Association (BSA) in an ongoing partnership between the two. It will see the swimwear manufacturer provide support for key forthcoming BSA projects along with providing swimwear and equipment which will be used to support organisations working with t...

International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates insists the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead next year "with or without COVID". The Games were pushed back a year because of the pandemic and there has been much speculation and debate as to whether the rescheduled Games will go ahead. Coates he...

Cameron van der Burgh, 2012 100m breaststroke champion, and wife Nefeli Valakelis have announced the birth of their first child, a boy called Harry David. Harry David van der Burgh was born on Friday 4 September with the South African announcing the news on social media, saying: "Harry David van der...