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A Cuts for Jere Hribar, Taiko Torepe-Ormsby Underscore NCAA’s International Reach For some time, sprinting at the NCAA Men’s Championships has been an international affair. It can become cliché to suggest that an NCAA final in any event resembles an Olympic final. But it has never felt more accurate...

Danish Open: Thea Blomsterberg Delivers 2:23.49 200 Breast to Win Denmark’s Thea Blomsterberg supplied the fastest swim of the Danish Open on its final day on Sunday, going 2:23.49 in the women’s 200 breast. That time is nearly a half-second under the Olympic A Cut. Blomsterberg had been 2:22.42 at ...

Road to Paris: After Making History at NCAAs, Delaware’s Toni Sabev Targeting Olympic Cut The road to the Olympics takes swimmers from all over the world through the American college system. From far and wide, countries big and small, a litany of colleges can contribute to the 800 or so Olympic swim...

Next Gen Dolphins Making A Splash In The Top Ten Takeaways From The 2024 Australian Age Championships The nine-day Australian Age Championships have come to a close on the Gold Coast after an action-packed show of class and depth with defending club champions, Australia’s powerhouse club, ...

Gutter Talk: What Has Your Previous Olympic Experience Taught You? Because it only comes along every four years, the Olympic experience is unique. For those who have the opportunity to compete in a second Olympiad, the experience gained during that initial trip can be highly beneficial. In this edit...

Marrit Steenbergen Lowers Her Dutch Record in 200 IM in Double Day in Eindhoven Marrit Steenbergen lowered her national record in the women’s 200 individual medley Saturday at the Eindhoven Qualification Meet, the Dutch dynamo’s second win of the day. Steenbergen clocked in at 2:08.86 in the final o...

SA National Championships: Erin Gallagher Wraps Up Meet with 50 Free Title Erin Gallagher capped an excellent meet at the SA National Championships on Saturday by edging Caitlin De Lange by .01 in the 50 free. Gallagher went 24.95. She overcame De Lange, who had set the pace in prelims at 24.98 and ...

Australian Age Championships: Fifteen-year-old Sienna Toohey’s 1:07.72 Closes In On Leisel Jones’ 24-Year-Old National Age Breaststroke Record Sienna Toohey, a 15-year-old girl from the NSW country town of Albury, has tonight continued her assault on a 24-year-old record set by Olympic leg...

Casper Puggaard National Record Highlights Youth Speed at Danish Open Casper Puggaard started the four-day Danish Open on Thursday by taking down a Danish record set when he was just four years old, the start of a fast opening two days at the meet for Denmark’s up-and-coming generation of swimmers. ...

Erin Gallagher Lowers South African 100 Fly Record; Matt Sates, Chad Le Clos Tie Erin Gallagher lowered her South African record in the women’s 100 butterfly on Friday, while Matt Sates and Chad le Clos tied for the 100 fly title. Gallagher ushered in a stirring night session on the fifth day of the...

Leon Marchand Turns Pro, Will Train with Bob Bowman, Who Will be Part of French Staff Leon Marchand is done swimming at Arizona State and is a professional. Coach Bob Bowman confirmed Marchand will train with him at Texas as Bowman, who recently took over with the Longhorns after leading Arizona Sta...

SA National Championships: Pieter Coetzee Dominates with 52.89 100 Back Pieter Coetzee confirmed his Olympic spot by going 52.89 to win the 100 backstroke at the SA National Championships Thursday. Coetzee was well ahead of the field in both prelims and finals. The 19-year-old went 53.05 in the morn...

Flynn Southam Stakes A Claim For New Age Australian 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team For Paris Olympics The race for what could well be a new look Australian men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team for the Paris Olympics just started to get a whole lot hotter after 18-year-old Flynn Southam unleashed his 1...

Hungarian Championships: Kristof Milak Marks Return With 200 Fly/50 Free Double in A Cut Times   Kristof Milak, in case you’re keeping score at home, is back. And in a very big way. Milak bookended the finals session of Day 2 of the Hungarian National Championships Wednesday by winning the men’s 200...

Tatjana Schoenmaker Drops Two 2:19s to Win 200 Breast at SA National Championships Reigning Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker dropped a pair of 2:19s in the 200 breaststroke Wednesday to book passage to the Paris Olympics. Swimming under her married name, Tatjana Smith, at the South African Natio...

Clad le Clos Opts for 100 Free, Finishes Second at SA National Championships Chad le Clos scratched the final of the men’s 200 butterfly Tuesday and fell short of qualifying for the Paris Olympics in the 100 free at the SA National Championships in Ggeberha. Pieter Coetzee won the 100 free to start ...

As Hype Builds for Paris Olympics, Men's 100 Butterfly Could Be a Race to Remember At the last Olympics, the men’s 100 butterfly unfolded as a showdown of two world-record-holding, Olympic-gold-medal-winning swimmers with very different racing styles. The United States’ Caeleb Dressel, already the g...

South African Championships: Erin Gallagher Sets National Record in 50 Butterfly; Tatjana Smith Shines in 50 Breast Both Erin Gallagher and Tatjana Smith made strong opening statements on the first day of action at the South African National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Monday. Gallagher cl...

Stockholm Open: Sarah Sjostrom, Nyls Korstanje Set 50 Fly Meet Records Sarah Sjostrom and Nyls Korstanje capped the first day of the Stockholm Open with meet records in the 50 fly. The other notable swim of the day came via Thilda Hall in the women’s 1,500 freestyle, the 18-year-old taking down a Sw...

South Africa to Open SA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha on Monday South Africa will hold the 2024 SA Swimming Championships April 8-13 in Gqeberha, the meet serving as its Olympic Trials. It’ll be the chance for the program’s big names, like Chad le Clos and reigning Olympic champion Tatjana Scho...