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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...

After Ahmed Hafnoui’s Olympic Gold, FINA to Fund International Center in Tunisia Ahmed Hafnoui’s stirring gold medal win at the Tokyo Olympics is already impacting swimming back in his home country of Tunisia in very concrete ways. FINA president Hussain Al-Musallam announced this week an agreement ...

Passages: Joan Harrison, South African Olympic Gold Medalist, 89 Joan Harrison, who won the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Olympics for South Africa, has died on May 20 at age 89. Harrison made history in Helsinki by winning the first South African gold medal in the 100 back. It held as th...

Philip Adejumo’s first post-graduate move didn’t have swimming in mind. Now that he’s chasing an Olympic berth for Nigeria, his second is more considered in the athletic realm. Adejumo wrapped up his career at the University of Maryland Baltimore County with a flourish in 2018: Five gold medals (two...

Guinea Bissau Nominates Siphiwe Baleka, Age 50, for Olympic Games Guinea Bissau has nominated Siphiwe Baleka to take a universality spot for the country at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The 50-year-old will become the oldest swimming Olympian in history. The news was announced Tuesday in a press release ...

Pieter Coetzee Wraps South African Champs, One of Seven with Cuts Pieter Coetze wrapped up the South African Senior Championships on Sunday with a fourth World Championships qualifying cut of the meet, one of seven swimmers to book their places in Singapore. Coetze won the 200 backstroke with ease i...

The Kenyan Swimming Federation has selected Danilo Rosafio and Emily Muteti to represent the country at the Tokyo Olympics. The announcement was made this week. The federation had narrowed the field to 13 finalists in February before taking one man and one woman on the basis of FINA rankings. The fe...

South African Olympian Joan Harrison Recovers Stolen Medal An international swimming medal belonging to Joan Harrison that had been feared stolen has been recovered by her family, according to social media posts. Harrison – now Joan Breetzke – had been keeping a gold medal from the 1954 Commonwealth...

FINA to Devote Millions in Investment to African Swimming After Olympics FINA president Husain Al-Musallam has reiterated his desire to expand global access to swimming with a new initiative to increase investment in African swimming. The new FINA head, speaking with the Associated Press soon after ...

South African Olympic Finalist Brad Tandy Announces Retirement Brad Tandy, a two-time Olympian from South Africa, declared his retirement this weekend at the South African Swimming Championships. Tandy, 30, swam the 50 free at the meet in Gqeberha, just over a week after taking part in the TYR Pro S...

The Uganda Swimming Federation this week released plans for an Olympic-size pool in Namboole, but the organization remains $6.5 million short of funding for the project. Designs were released for the aquatic center to be housed as the Mandela National Stadium, with 50-meter competition pool, a 50-me...

FINA, ANOCA Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Improve Aquatics in Africa FINA and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) have signed a memorandum of understanding with concrete goals to improve aquatics on the continent. The agreement was signed in Cairo, where ANOCA pres...

Ahead of Sixth Olympics, Ous Mellouli Will ‘Boycott’ Tokyo Games, Retire Just days before the open of what would have been his sixth Olympics, Tunisia’s Ous Mellouli announced he will “boycott” the Tokyo Games and retire from international competition. Mellouli announced the decision via social medi...

Kenya Swimming Federation Election Delays Could Lead to FINA Ban The Kenya Swimming Federation faces a ban from FINA if it cannot conduct elections to fill its board, according to reports from the country. The Star reported this week that FINA has been monitoring the situation in Kenya for several y...

Tatjana Smith Ends Career with Last ‘Big Fight,’ Treasured Silver Medal Tears and smiles often coexist for Tatjana Smith in the mixed zone at events like the Olympics. Tears of joy don’t often require much explanation, beyond the beaming visage the South African breaststroker wears to accompany than...

Olympic gold medalist Cameron van der Burgh and wife Nefeli Valakelis announced the arrival of their first child on Instagram Saturday. Harry David van der Burgh was born on Sept. 4. Cameron van der Burgh announced the addition on Instagram Saturday. View this post on Instagram ...

Kenyan Teen Haniel Kudwoli Downs Jason Dunford National Mark in SCM 50 Breast Kenyan teenager Haniel Kudwoli this week took down a national record that had belonged to Jason Dunford since 2010. Kudwoli was competing in the 26th Speedo Invitational Short Course Meet in Dubai. Swimming for Nairobi-bas...