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'We’re the Recruits Living This Nightmare'; How House vs. NCAA Reshaped College Recruiting A Firsthand Look at How House vs. NCAA is Changing Recruiting Away From D-I Programs The New College Recruiting Reality: House vs. NCAA and the Future of Olympic Sports Op-Ed: This article is an op-ed. The vie...

Eric the Eel: A Unique Tale of Hope and Struggle ... And Lifeguards on Alert The Olympic Games in Paris concluded, Swimming World takes a look back at the tale of Eric Moussambani, dubbed "Eric the Eel." The swimmer from Equatorial Guinea barely made it through his 100-meter freestyle at the 2000 Ga...

The Todd DeSorbo Effect: How Virginia Coach Led a Rise to International Stardom Most people know the University of Virginia for its top academic programs and elite men’s soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams. Until recently, no one really thought of Virginia Swimming and Diving as a swimming powerh...

Olympic Day: June 23 marks a celebration of the Games each year and in the mix of the greatest swimmers in history is Krisztina Egerszegi, of Hungary. We look back on her career below, after considering the might of Michael Phelps, the first man to make the Olympic triple crown club and first swimme...

USRPT: How This 'Unconventional' Training Works Every athlete trains differently, and no one training regimen is the same for every athlete. This fact is especially true in the world of swimming. Over the course of the swimming's history, training has evolved through advancements in technology and a...

Where Was Caeleb Dressel? How About Seliskar? Lineup Decision Dooms U.S. Men’s 800 Free Relay to Historically Poor Result The American men were underdogs in an Olympic relay like never before. They had won four straight Olympic gold medals in the 800 freestyle relay, all of them with Michael Phelps ...

After World Junior Record in 100 Free, Watch Out for David Popovici Before this year, David Popovici had an international track record that consisted of three medals at the 2019 European Youth Olympic festival, where he won a gold medal in the 100 free and two silver medals while just 14 years old, ...

Is the NCAA Olympic Pipeline Collapsing After House v. NCAA?: What’s at Stake for Olympic Sports as College Athletics Restructures Part II in a three-part op-ed series Op-Ed: This article is an op-ed. The views expressed are solely those of the authors, Grayson Bloes and Atlas Metin, and do not nece...

Olympics: Green And Golden Days Return To Tokyo’s Pool of Dreams With A Headline Act From Australia’s Dolphins The glory days of the Australian Swim Team returned in spectacular style in a memorable eight-day Olympic gold medal rush at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre – and already team bosses are planning ...

Olympics: Tatjana Schoenmaker Scares 200 Breast World Record Again, Swims 2:19.33 in Semifinals After South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker set an Olympic record in the 100 breast prelims and ended up winning silver in the event, it was evident that she would be extremely difficult to beat for gold in ...

The Olympic Games bring many iconic moments captured in photos. Check out a gallery of the fifth finals session of the Tokyo Olympics as well as the preceding preliminary session. China and the USA stunned heavily favored Australia to win the 800 free relay on the women's side, while Caeleb Dressel ...

The Hidden Cost of House vs. NCAA: Is America’s Olympic Engine at Risk? Part I in a Three Part Series Op-Ed: This article is an op-ed. The views expressed are solely those of the authors, Grayson Bloes and Atlas Metin, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine or its staff....

Satisfying Silver for Team USA Women Gives Allison Schmitt Double-Digit Medals in Her Illustrious Career Before the women’s 800 free relay final had fully played out in exhilarating and completely unexpected fashion, the opening leg swimmers set the tone for their teams. There was China’s Yang Junxu...

The first day of the 2021 FINA World Cup kicked off in Tokyo, Japan with the Women’s Three Meter Synchronized Diving Competition. USA Diving’s Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon took to the boards and qualified fifth for finals with a score of 273.24. Despite Cook suffering through a shoulder injury and d...

As Olympics Approach, Swimming World’s World Female Rankings (May Update) Ranking swimmers who specialize in different events is a very subjective exercise, even in the most normal of times. Judging a 50 freestyler against a 400 IMer means comparing two very different skill sets with little overlap....

Olympics: Italy Set Pace in Men’s Medley Relay; U.S. Sneaks in as Seventh Seed The prelims are always a balance from the relay perspective. Yes, for medal contenders, you want to spread the wealth and reward the guys that got you there. For the top swimmers who are taking part in individual events, ...

Kate Douglass Proves to Be Among World's Elite in Journey 'Two Years in the Making' Kate Douglass entered 2021 with something to prove. After missing a chance for a breakout performance in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Douglass shifted her focus to 2021 — and it has been spectacular. Dougla...

Only 17 Swimmers Entered in Women's 200 Butterfly for Tokyo Olympics As we approach the start of the fourth day of preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, we arrive to the event that has only 17 swimmers entered - the women's 200 butterfly. The event will be swum in three rounds: Prelims, semif...

Even in Latest Star Turn, Caeleb Dressel Not Afraid to Show Vulnerability Caeleb Dressel walked through the mixed zone at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre for the final time Sunday, too spent to put on a shirt. As he stood with his teammates in the men’s 400 medley relay, minutes after they’d capped the Tok...

Tokyo Flashback: Hungary's Kristof Milak Blasts Field For Gold in 200 Butterfly One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the championship finals – each on their...