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Australian Championships: Kyle Chalmers Delivers Strong Showing in 100 Freestyle; Reveals Recovery From Ankle Surgery By Nicole Jeffery Rio Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers dispelled any lingering doubts about his Paris preparation, winning the 100m freestyle in 47.63 at the Australian Championships, ...

Australian Champs, Day Four Finals: Mollie O'Callaghan Pops Big 200 Freestyle; Kaylee McKeown Continues Dominance By Nicole Jeffery World 200m freestyle record-holder Mollie O’Callaghan put in the statement swim of the Australian Open Championships today, dominating the Olympic champion Ariarne Titm...

WADA Releases Statement on Chinese Doping Positives; Threatens Legal Action In response to the reports that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games but were allowed to compete in Tokyo, WADA released the following statement. *********************** ...

Twenty-Three Chinese Swimmers Cleared To Compete At Tokyo Olympics Where Some Won Gold Despite Positive Drug Tests: Reports Twenty-three Chinese swimmers - some of whom went on to win gold - were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for trimetazidine because World Aquati...

Australian Champs, Day Four Prelims: Kyle Chalmers Heating Up Waters in 100 Freestyle By Nicole Jeffery Rio Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers will look for a first sub-48 100m freestyle in the final after putting together a sharp qualifier of 48.08 in today’s preliminaries at the Australian Open Champi...

American Swimmers Told of Chinese Doping Violations at Tokyo Olympics Three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese swimmers captured six medals, including gold medals by Zhang Yufei in the 200 butterfly and gold in the women's 800 freestyle relay, with Zhang swimming the third leg, later that even...

David Popovici Adds Third Title At Romanian Championships With 3:47.54 PB In 400 Free David Popovici made his third trip to the top of the podium at the Romanian Championships with a 3:47.54 PB in the 400 free. The 2022 world champion over 100 and 200 free had a previous best of 3:47.99 from the pre...

Josha Salchow Goes Through The 48 Barrier With German 100 Free Record Of 47.85 In Berlin Josha Salchow propelled himself into the German record books and the world top 10 in 2024 as he went 47.85 in the 100 free at the Berlin Swim Open. Salchow split 23.11/24.74 to take 0.07 from the national standa...

Chinese National Championships Day 1: Li Bingjie, Pan Zhanle Lead Four Olympic Qualifiers Four swimmers qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics on the first day of the Chinese national championships. There were two qualifying finals on Friday and two semifinals on the schedule for the opening day of c...

Australian Champs, Day Three Finals: Ariarne Titmus Rockets to Top of World in 400 Freestyle; Men's Distance Duel a Highlight By Nicole Jeffery After the most testing year of her international career, Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus was back on top of the world today after clocking the fastest 400m ...

In 2024, thousands of swimmers and volunteers committed to fighting cancer will be making waves against cancer by participating in charity swims with Swim Across America. The swims take place April 20 through October 6, 2024. This year's schedule includes 24 communities with open water swims and hun...

The 7 Sins of Swimming (From the Archive - Originally Published 2017) By Chandler Brandes There is no such thing as a perfect swimmer. As swimmers, we sometimes (although rarely) make mistakes. We may DQ, forget our heat and lane, or even accidentally-on-purpose rip our cap at the exact moment a har...

Australian Champs, Day Three Prelims: Ariarne Titmus Chasing 'Perfect Race' With Paris on Horizon By Nicole Jeffery Olympic champion and world record-holder Ariarne Titmus may be “in hibernation from life’’ but she is maintaining a laser-like focus on her preparation to defend her Olympic titles in ...

USA Swimming Adds Colts, Pacers as Partners for U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis USA Swimming on Friday named both the Indianapolis Colts and Pacers Sports and Entertainment as Centennial Partners for June’s U.S. Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. The meet to determine American qualifiers for the 20...

Vic Riggs Steps Down as West Virginia Swimming Coach Vic Riggs has stepped down as the head swimming and diving coach at the University of West Virginia, the school announced Friday. Just the fifth head coach in program history, Riggs led the way in Morgantown since 2007. He posted a 57-46 record in...

Erik Posegay Joins Bob Bowman's Staff at Texas as Associate Head Coach The University of Texas announced Thursday that Erik Posegay will become the new associate head coach of the men's swim team. Posegay heads to Austin to reunite with Bob Bowman, who was named Director of Swimming and Diving and h...

David Popovici Wins 200 Free In 1:45.10 At Romanian Championships; Seventh-Fastest Performance In 2024 David Popovici went 1:45.10 in the 200 free at the Romanian National Championships for the seventh-swiftest performance in the world this year. It was the eighth-best performance of a career that a...

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As NCAA Women's Water Polo Tourney Nears, There's Jockeying For Postseason Momentum Is it possible that one of the Big Four does not qualify for this year’s NCAA Women’s Tournament? It happened in 2016 when Cal didn’t make the cut. Barring a major upset—Hawai’i losing early in the Big West tournamen...

Canadian Star Summer McIntosh Joins Unfiltered Waters Podcast For Wide-Ranging Discussion Since debuting the Unfiltered Waters Podcast, hosts and Olympic medalists Katie Hoff and Missy Franklin have welcomed some of the biggest names for conversations. This week’s episode features an athlete who wil...