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Joshua Liendo added another A cut to his haul at Canadian Olympic Trials, hitting the A standard exactly at 22.01 to take the top seed at prelims Monday morning. Liendo led the field to the wall with his time, which marked a cut of .28 off his previous best. Liendo also qualified to swim in Tokyo in...

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Swimming Canada has nominated 26 swimmers to the Canadian Olympic Team for this summer's Tokyo Games, following its Olympic Trials this week. The list includes a return to a fourth Olympic Games for Brent Hayden and a debut for 14-year-old Summer McIntosh. The group of 26 includes 16 women and 10 me...

The final night of the TYR Pro Series stop in Des Moines was very much a sneak preview of what is to come at the United States Olympic Trials in June, especially in the women’s 100 backstroke. One night after prevailing in the 200 backstroke, Regan Smith bested a strong field at half the distance wi...

The operative word for Rob Kent, the general manager of the Toronto Titans in the International Swimming League, is adaptation. It applied for a team that had, by his reckoning, 70 to 80 percent of its roster in place last December, when COVID-19 remained a word quarantined to the Asian scientific v...

Swimming Canada on Wednesday released the preliminary lists of 30 swimmers for possible invitations to next April’s Canadian Olympic Trials in Toronto. The lists released Wednesday rank the top 30 Canadian swimmers in each Olympic event, as of Dec. 18. This is the basis for Canadian Olympic Trials i...

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website AgonSwim.com. The backstroke and sprint freestyle squads at the University of Southern California got a little bit deeper ...

For Brent Hayden, Comeback is about Falling in Love with Swimming Again Brent Hayden took in the view from the middle of Sasamat Lake, somewhere that a month earlier, or a year earlier, or five years earlier, he never thought he’d be. With COVID-19 lockdowns in full effect in British Columbia, Hayde...

Matt Biondi Putting International Swimmers' Alliance Into Action It was late November 2019 when Matt Biondi, American legend of the pool, appeared at the International Swimming League’s European Derby in London. The 11-time Olympic medalist attended the meet in a business role, using the weekend to ...

Olympic Dreams: Assembling History's Greatest Men's Medley Relays The countdown to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, albeit delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, is under the 100-day mark. In three months, the cauldron will be lit, kicking off more than two weeks of competition, including nine days of swimmin...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. At the Rio Olympics, Canada had a streak of futility to break: The country had not won a medal in women’s swimming in two decades. Of course, Penny Oleksiak and co. did not just end the streak—they shattered it. Before the Rio Olympics, an Olympic medal for the Canadi...

Where did Michael Phelps deliver his greatest performance? The immediate answer – at least for most – is Beijing, site of the 2008 Olympic Games. It’s where Phelps won eight gold medals to produce the finest Olympic showing in history. And given the prestige of Olympic competition, the argument for ...

With 271 days until the 2020 Olympic Games, perhaps it is a little early for any athlete to be making a comeback. But Canada's Brent Hayden announced his comeback earlier this week as the now 36-year-old said he is chasing an individual medal. He won bronze in the 100 free in 2012 but was dealing wi...

By Brian Palaschuk, Swimming World College Intern Canadian Swimming Trials begin this Wednesday, July 18, at the Kinsmen Sports Center in Edmonton, Alberta. This meet serves as a qualifier for the Canadian Pan Pacific Championship team as well as the Para Pan Pacific Championships. Selection The sel...

Commentary by Casey Barrett Once again, a large portion of the Canadian Olympic Team is made up of swimmers who do not train within its borders… With Team Canada on the rise, led by multiple Olympic medal prospects, a look at that forever touchy issue: When it comes to fulfilling potential in the po...

The 2005 and 2007 World Champion in the 100 free, Filippo Magnini of Italy, has announced his retirement at the Italian Short Course Nationals. Magnini has decided not to compete at the European Short Course Championships next month as the 35-year-old will be calling it quits after a long and succes...

Swimming Canada is announcing further restructuring to its High Performance Centre network, strengthening its successful HPC-Vancouver program with the addition of Brad Dingey as head coach. Dingey, the head coach of the HPC-Victoria program, which is closing this month, will move across the Strait ...

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Penny Oleksiak and Brent Hayden both turned in quick 100 freestyle Wednesday on Day 1 of the three-day Take5 High Performance Test Event hosted by Swimming Canada. Oleksiak was just off her seed time in going 53.67 in the 100 free. Second was Maggie MacNeil in 54.06, with Rebecca Smith third and Tay...

Now On Road to Paris Games, Swimming Canada Riding Massive Wave of Momentum John Atkinson’s message of uncertainty was, in its paradoxical way, consistent. Swimming Canada’s High Performance Director was unsure what the Tokyo Olympics would bring. As one of the last major swimming nations to return ...