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TUCSON, Arizona, February 4. THE University of Arizona has named Rick DeMont head swimming and diving coach, Director of Athletics Greg Byrne announced on Tuesday. One of the most accomplished swimmers in American history, DeMont has been a member of the Wildcats’ coaching staff for 25 seasons and s...

AUSTRALIAN TRIALS, Finals, Day One: Elijah Winnington And Sam Short Stage Ding Dong 400m Battle – Next Stop Paris And The Olympic Games World champions Elijah Winnington and Sam Short have booked their places on the Australian Swim Team for Paris after a ding dong 400m freestyle battle on the openi....

Commentary Favourite Pools. What are yours? As the swimming-less summer of 2020 draws on, the team at Swimming World is taking a look at some of the great pools we love the most, why and what makes them so special. We'd like you to join in the fun and memories with your own suggestions, either by le...

Rick DeMont, head coach at the University of Arizona, has announced his plans for retirement from college coaching. DeMont has been a member of the Wildcats coaching staff for 30 years, and has been head coach for the last four. In addition to coaching at Arizona, DeMont was an assistant coach for t...

Legendary Australian Olympic swim coach Harry Gallagher OAM – the mastermind behind Aussie swimming greats Dawn Fraser and Jon Henricks – passed away peacefully early today on the Gold Coast. “The Crafty Fox” as he was fondly known around the pool decks throughout his colourful 96 years was surround...

GLASGOW, Scotland, July 28. PLENTY of amazing swims went up on the scoreboard tonight, but South Africa's Chad le Clos skyrocketed to the top of the world in the 100 fly as he threw down the gauntlet in the event at the Commonwealth Games. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM FINALS Men's 200 back Australia ear...

Australia's Rio Olympic Gold Medallist Mack Horton Calls Time On a Golden Career With One Regret ... 'Only that the Years Went So Quickly' Australia’s 2016 Rio Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton has today retired from swimming, in the same graceful, humble manner in which he swam, with the aplomb t....

Two of the stars of Australia’s Rio Olympic swimming campaign Mack Horton and Emma McKeon were front and centre in Sydney today when iconic aquatic brand Speedo unveiled its exclusive sports uniform range for this year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Speedo Olympic and Paralympic swim suit...

2024 AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS (June 10-15): Remembering Thorpie’s Fall 20 Years On – Expect the Unexpected The Olympic Swimming Trials can be assured of one thing “expect the unexpected” come Monday at 11am in Brisbane when the gun goes to kick-start the opening session of Australia’s six-day sele....

Tributes Flow For Don Talbot - Coaching Icon Leaves Lifetime Legacy For Swimming In Australia Tributes have poured into Swimming Australia following the passing of one of Australia’s greatest ever sporting coaches with the death yesterday of legendary former National Head Coach Don Talbot, AO, OBE. ...

The Queensland Swimming Championships has a proud and rich history in Australian swimming with established Olympians and those with dreams of joining them rubbing shoulders “at Chandler” over the next week of open and age group racing. Chandler as it was born in 1981 officially morphed into the Slee...

Pre-coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing. Each week until the start of the swimming competition at the world championships, Swimming World will look back at a previous performance at the world championships that still carries significance. By Jeff Commings, Swimming World...

By Phillip Whitten TUCSON, Jan. 31. FOR more than 28 years, swimmer Rick DeMont has been seeking vindication. In 1972, DeMont, then 16, was unceremoniously stripped of an Olympic gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance in his asthma medication. Now, U.S. Olympic Committee officials ...

Two more swimmers were inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, as Leisel Jones and Priya Cooper had their names added at an awards gala in Melbourne Tuesday. Jones is one of Australia's most popular swimmers, with an elite career that spanned four Olympic Games. She was just 15 years old whe...