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By Sarah Noll, Swimming World Magazine College Intern. Tennis great Serena Williams once said, "... a champion is not defined by their wins but how they can recover when they fall." Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson embodies the spirit of this message. Since our interview with her back in 2014, Atkins...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor  On the seventh day at the FINA World Championships in the women's three-meter final event, the top 5 divers stayed in the same position they started in for the whole competition. All the top spots were filled with consistent, veteran divers. Shi Tingmao, ...

Following a record-setting day for women’s polo—where Holland thrashed host South Korea by a record result of 64-0—the men got into the action at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. And action it was, as Serbia, favored to reclaim the title it lost to Croatia in the 2017 tourn...

China secured the top two spots in the three-meter diving event during an exciting final round on the sixth day of the World Championships. The Chinese women accomplished the same feat yesterday. Men's three-meter was the only event today, and Xie Siyi took home the gold medal. Xie entered finals ti...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor. Men's 27-meter, the final diving event of the 18th FINA World Championships, took place this morning, July 24, 2019, in Gwangju, South Korea. In a thrilling finish, British diver Gary Hunt overtook American Steve LoBue in the fourth and final round. It wa...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor.  Rhiannan Iffland, the most decorated woman in high diving history, defended her world championship title this morning, July 23, 2019 in an extremely close competition. Despite her accolades, the Australian diver did not command the competition like one m...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor. Today, on the eighth and final day of springboard and platform diving, mixed three-meter synchro and men's ten-meter platform concluded the diving competition at the 2019 FINA World Championships. Mixed synchro, a non-Olympic event where teams are made up...

Women’s water polo opened play Sunday at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju, and there were two significant scores that stood out: the host South Koreans lost 64-0 to Hungary, while South Africa, which is embroiled in a scandal due to a controversial coaching change, lost 33-0. The shellac...

Swimming World continues its coverage of the 2019 men’s and women’s water polo world championships. Stick with us for comprehensive coverage of this year’s most prestigious polo tournament. In what must have been an anxious start for some—including Matt Farmer, playing his first game representing hi...

NEWPORT HARBOR, CA. Last Saturday night at Riverside Community College in the first of four friendly matches with the U.S. women’s national water polo team, the Greek national team was thoroughly dominated by the host Americans, dropping a 17-6 decision. Maddie Musselman of the U.S. scored four goal...

In a match-up that offered parallels with both the recent and distant past, including a win 10 days ago by the United States in the 2019 Women’s World Cup , the USA women’s water polo team overcame a determined Dutch squad in group play to capture a 12-9 victory on the third day of play at the 18th ...

China's young platform divers swept the top of the podium on the fifth day of diving competition at the World Championships, and the American women's medal drought in Olympic events is officially over. Women's 10-meter was the only final event to take place today, the fifth day of competition. Chen ...

With the 18th World Championship scheduled to open today in Gwangju, South Korea, one of the biggest challenges for Adam Krikorian, U.S. head women’s water polo coach has been: who’s going on the trip? The defending world champions boast nine players who helped Team USA capture gold at the 2016 Rio ...

There’s one more shot to qualify for teams on the outside looking in of the 2020 Tokyo men’s water polo tournament. It will take place at the Zwemcentrum Rotterdam in the Netherlands second-largest city and one of the European Union’s economic centers. With possibly four spots available, as many as ...

RIVERSIDE, CA. At 7 p.m. (PST) Saturday night in the Riverside Aquatics Complex at Riverside City College, the USA Women's National Water Polo Team will face the Greek National Team in the first of four friendly matches to be played in various Southern California locations. The other dates and times...

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor. Only one finals event took place on day five of the FINA World Championships: the mixed three-meter and ten-meter. The Chinese team, made up of Lin Shan and Yang Jian won by 26.6 points. The team competed a back dive pike (201B), a reverse two-and-a-half ...

Men's one-meter springboard and women's synchronized ten-meter wrapped up last night in Gwangju at the FINA World Championships. The Chinese team earned two golds and a bronze medal on day three alone. Yang Zongyuan won one of China's gold medals. He started finals in third place, before soon droppi...