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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...

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...

When Michael Brinegar flipped with 50 meters to go in the final of the 800-meter freestyle at the United States Olympic Trials, he was more than a second and a half behind second place. But to anyone that knew and followed Brinegar over the years, he was nowhere near out of the race. Brinegar has al...

Tokyo Flashback: Adam Peaty Fuels Great Britain to Inaugural Gold in 400 Mixed Medley Relay 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 – e...

Post Olympics Rankings: Swimming World’s Top 25 Male Swimmers The title of the top female swimmer in the world has shifted on several occasions this year. Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown have all been considered for that spot throughout the past several months, but at the Olympics, ...

Seoul Anniversary: When Matt Biondi Surged to Seven Medals at the 1988 Olympics This week, 37 years ago, Matt Biondi took home seven medals from the Olympic Games in Seoul, an iconic performance that continues to be revered. He had it all. The physique. The pure talent. The inner drive. Add those tr...

With 10 days to go before the start of the pool programme at the Tokyo Olympics, Swimming World is running a series of articles on European swimmers and coaches. This article first ran on International Women's Day 2020, weeks before the Olympics were postponed. Here we consider Mel Marshall, the wom...

Swimming South Africa has finalized its Olympic swim team for Tokyo with 12 total swimmers to represent the country at the Games in Japan. Six men and six women will be on the team for Tokyo as this is the most amount of women's pool swimmers for the nation at the Olympics since 2008. In 2016, South...

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...

When a Tie Was Not a Tie; How .002 Decided Olympic Gold and Changed the Sport On Aug. 30, 1972, Sweden's Gunnar Larsson and the United States' Tim McKee touched the wall in identical times of 4:31.98 in the 400-meter individual medley at the Olympic Games in Munich. However, the rules of the day req...

Tokyo Flashback: Tunisian Tiger's Tokyo Dream: Ahmed Hafnaoui and His Wild Celebration After Winning Shock Gold From Lane Eight 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 re...

Anytime an Olympic Games nears, discussion of Michael Phelps and his legendary status is part of the equation. He is, after all, the barometer for Olympic excellence. So, Swimming World is running this piece from the archive that identifies the greatest performances from Phelps' career. Phelps' long...

By Tucker Rivera, Swimming World College Intern.  Every quadrennial, our beloved aquatic sport earns its eight-day moment in the spotlight. That’s right: every four years, swimming is the most popular sport in the world—if only briefly. While no official rankings have ever been released about which ...

Some of the top swimmers in the world are speaking about the concerns of the coronavirus and its affect on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After all, Olympic athletes train for four years for this stage, and that could be taken away if the coronavirus is still a deadly factor around the world. More than 8....

Ryan Murphy The January issue of Swimming World Magazine included a feature on Ryan Murphy, the triple Olympic champion from the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. The profile takes a look at Murphy's preparation for the 2020 Olympic season. The January issue can be purchased here as a PDF while subscrip...

Orphan, Advocate, Inspiration, Olympian: The Story of Jordan Windle Team USA’s newest diver Jordan Windle landed in Tokyo last Sunday, along with seven other first-time Olympians and two fellow University of Texas Longhorns among the 11-strong group. He will compete in the 10-meter men’s platform ev...

Sydney 25th Anniverdsary: Misty Hyman and Her Epic Olympic Upset in 200 Butterfly (Video) On Sept. 19-20, 2000, Misty Hyman navigated a three-race journey that landed her Olympic glory. Twenty-five years later, we take a look at Hyman's epic upset of Susie O'Neill in the final of the 200-meter butte...

Russian Olympic Committee Releases Sarcastic Statement Over Doping Comments Made at Pool Following the gold-medal performance by Russia's Evgeny Rylov in the 200-meter backstroke at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, American Ryan Murphy and Great Britain's Luke Greenbank questioned whether the competition...

Tribute to a Legend: When Ariarne Titmus Broke Through for Olympic Gold This week, Australian superstar Ariarne Titmus announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 25. As a tribute to her sensational career, here is a flashback to Titmus' victory in the 400-meter freestyle at the 2020 Olymp...

How a Facebook Message and a Sister’s Deference Crafted the First Cape Verde Olympic Swim Team (At this week's World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, siblings Latroya Pina, Jayla Pina and Troy Pina are all swimming together for Cape Verde, including in the same mixed medley relay on Wednesd...