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By Will Manion, Swimming World College Intern Swimmers can reap major benefits in the pool from strength and cross training on land. With so many options, it is important to evaluate the type of exercise you are doing out of the pool to ensure it will best benefit your stroke rate, pull, and kick. P...

Analyzing the Benefits of Cross Training for Swimmers Whether they’re a club, high school or collegiate level athlete, most swimmers have participated in a dryland or weightlifting practice in addition to regular swim practices. These are just some variations of cross training, a method that swimmer...

By Annie Grevers, Swimming World Staff Writer Off season? That's a thing in swimming? Well, kind of. Most swimmers are trained to train. In our two or three weeks away from the water, we're looking for new ways to refine our swimming. Through any mode that's well, not swimming. Here are a few ways t...

ATHENS, OH- Seldom do those immersed in water for so much of their lives stop to appreciate the revitalizing qualities of the pool. Dr. Laura Miele-Pascoe does not have a swimming background, but after undergoing back surgery and needing to be in boxing shape in three months time, Miele-Pascoe befri...

By Julia Cunningham, Swimming World College Intern Who doesn’t love trying to find extra time in their schedule for dryland training? I should rephrase that. Has there ever been a form of training, non-swimming, that you love as much as swimming? I found one this summer-- kickboxing. It didn’t take ...

Olympian Dara Torres, 49, will be making her boxing debut at a charity event for Haymakers for Hope entitled "Belles of the Brawl" this coming Wednesday in Boston. So far Torres has raised $18,000 of her $20,000 charity goal which will be in memory of her father, Edward, who lost a battle to colon c...

Air Date: Saturday, August 8 @ Noon PST The latest installment of the Emmy Award-winning series features four new segments. "Winning at All Costs" examines alleged anabolic steroid use by East German athletes (swimmers) during the 1970s. "Charlie Hustle and Shoeless Joe." Frank Deford looks at effor...

The International Olympic Committee has been accused of putting athletes’ health in jeopardy after two Turkish boxers and their head coach tested positive for coronavirus after returning home from an Olympic boxing tournament in London last week. In an exclusive report, The Guardian newspaper quotes...

New York, NY - NBC will branch out 273 hours of the 2000 Summer Olympics coverage to its cable outlets CNBC and MSNBC, the first time Summer Games coverage will be available on cable television. More than 30 Olympic finals, including boxing, soccer, tennis, baseball and water polo, will be broadcast...

By Kari Lydersen Neil Walker won the 100 free with a 48.71, taking the lead at the 50 and beating out Gary Hall Jr., who finished second in 48.84. Walker, 24 and representing Texas, was out in 22.71, followed by Hall in 22.92--both men well under Alex popov's 23.33 world record split. Neither se...