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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...

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...

Remedy Rule Not Defined by DQs; Will Proudly Represent The Philippines in Tokyo At some point in every swimmer’s career, disappointment and frustration will be their reality. For Remedy Rule, that frustration meant that the best swim of her career, officially, never happened. In 2017, when Rule was ...

Daiya Seto - Japan's Multi-Event Star He’s medaled at the Olympic Games. He’s a multi-time world champion, both on the long-course scene and in the little pool. He’s captured titles at the Pan Pacific Championships and Asian Games and stood on the top step of the podium at the World University Games...

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...

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...

Tom Shields Defends Michael Andrew After Maya DiRado Comments on Vaccine; Others Also Respond After 2016 U.S. Olympian Maya DiRado criticized 2021 team member and American-record holder Michael Andrew for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine prior to the Olympics, Tom Shields responded on Twitter and cr...

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...

Tokyo Flashback: Australia Puts Exclamation Point On Superb Week With Gold in Women's 400 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...

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...

Tokyo Flashback: Fittingly, Katie Ledecky Powers to Gold In Inaugural Women's 1500 Freestyle 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 – ...

The Outstanding But Overlooked Men's Swims From the Tokyo Olympics At the Tokyo Olympics, Caeleb Dressel stormed to three individual Olympic golds, a total only Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps had ever previously achieved in one Olympics, and he shepherded the U.S. men to a pair of gold medals in the ...

Tokyo Flashback: It's a Magical Golden Moment For Canadian Maggie MacNeil in 100 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 – ea...

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, ...

Emma McKeon and the Story Behind Australia's Most Underrated Star (From February's Swimming World Magazine) After not qualifying for Australia’s Olympic team in 2012, Emma McKeon was ready to quit, but over the next several months, she had a change of heart and understood what was necessary to compe...

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 ...

A delay of one or two years would be the “most feasible” option if the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games could not be held this July and August due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health emergency, a member of the organising committee’s executive board has told Reuters, the news agency. Haruyuki Takahas...

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...