Read more4What Makes Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson a True Champion01 August 2019By 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...
Read moreShi Tingmao Dominates Women's 3m Diving on Seventh Day of World Championships19 July 2019By 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, ...
Read moreFavored Serbia Escapes with a Tie; Croatia, Defending Champs, Wins Big on 1st Day of Menâs Water Polo at FINA Worlds15 July 2019Following a record-setting day for womenâs poloâwhere Holland thrashed host South Korea by a record result of 64-0âthe 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...
Read moreChina Earns Top Spots In Thrilling Men's 3M Final On Day Six Of World Championships18 July 2019China 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...
Read moreGary Hunt Secures Gold With Perfect High Dive In Final Diving Event Of World Championships24 July 2019By 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...
Read moreRhiannan Iffland Remains Undefeated At World Championships With Exciting Finish23 July 2019By 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...
Read moreAustralians Win Mixed Synchro, Chinese Men Command 10m on Eighth Day of World Championships20 July 2019By 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...
Read moreOn 1st Day of FINA World Water Polo Championships Two Numbers Stand Out: 64 and 3314 July 2019Womenâs 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...
Read moreWith 16-7 Win over Kazakhstan, U.S. Menâs Water Polo Gets off to a Fast Start at FINA Worlds15 July 2019Swimming World continues its coverage of the 2019 menâs and womenâs water polo world championships. Stick with us for comprehensive coverage of this yearâs most prestigious polo tournament. In what must have been an anxious start for someâincluding Matt Farmer, playing his first game representing hi...
Read moreWater Polo Odyssey Takes Greek Women To California and Collision with Team USA04 July 2019NEWPORT HARBOR, CA. Last Saturday night at Riverside Community College in the first of four friendly matches with the U.S. womenâs 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...
Read moreUSA Women Prevail over Holland in 3rd Day of FINA World Water Polo Championships16 July 2019In 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 Womenâs World Cup , the USA womenâs 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 ...
Read moreChina's Pair Of Teens Win Big, Americans Score Bronze On Day 5 Of World Championships17 July 2019China'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 ...
Read more218th FINA World Championships: A Numbers Game for US Womenâs Water Polo12 July 2019With the 18th World Championship scheduled to open today in Gwangju, South Korea, one of the biggest challenges for Adam Krikorian, U.S. head womenâs water polo coach has been: whoâs going on the trip? The defending world champions boast nine players who helped Team USA capture gold at the 2016 Rio ...
Read moreRotterdam Beckons as Final Hope For 2020 Tokyo Men's Water Polo Aspirants04 February 2020Thereâs one more shot to qualify for teams on the outside looking in of the 2020 Tokyo menâs water polo tournament. It will take place at the Zwemcentrum Rotterdam in the Netherlands second-largest city and one of the European Unionâs economic centers. With possibly four spots available, as many as ...
Read moreUSA vs. Greece Women's Water Polo Friendlies Kick Off Tonight in Riverside, CA29 June 2019RIVERSIDE, 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...
Read moreChina Wins Another Gold, Americans Earn Third Medal In 14 Years At World Championships16 July 2019By 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 ...
Read moreChina Dominates Diving and Americans Score Another Medal On Day Three Of FINA World Championships14 July 2019Men'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...