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Photo Courtesy: Tobiuo Japan INCHEON, South Korea, September 22. China dominated the third night of finals at the Asian Games with a near gold-medal sweep.  That's reminiscent of what usually happens in diving, not usually swimming. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM Scheduled Events Women's 50 back Men's...

Japan's Rikako Ikee closed out her impressive meet with another triumph, this time in the women's 100-meter fly at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships. Ikee clocked a meet-record time of 58.28 in the finale.  That swim eclipsed the previous record of 58.34 set by Svetlana Chimrova back in 2013....

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch INCHEON, South Korea, September 26. China closed out a strong run at the Asian Games with four more gold medals, including several Games records in the process, on the final night of swimming here in Incheon. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM Scheduled Events Women's 50 fr...

Chen Xinyi, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide according to multiple reports. Yesterday, reports indicated that the 18 year old Chinese swimmer had tested positive, though a substance was not named. It was also reported yesterday that Chen had taken her case to the Court of Arbitration for Spor...

PERTH, Australia, February 1. THE two-day Aquatic Super Series in Australia featured some strong swimming across the board from the various teams that took part, but tops among the list has to be the back-to-back sprint days from Aussie stars Cate Campbell and James Magnussen. Both Campbell and Magn...

One week after the confirmation of Chen Xinyi's positive doping test, the Chinese swimmer has been expelled from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games with China launching a full investigation. It was announced on August 12th that Xinyi tested positive for the substance hydrochlorothiazide, a drug that is list...

QINGDAO, China, May 14. THE Chinese superstars came out to play tonight at the Chinese Nationals in Qingdao as Ye Shiwen and Sun Yang both turned in some sizzilng times to win their respective events. Ye Shiwen, who has been in tune-up mode for years since her astonishing victory in the women's 400-...

Everything you need to follow along with finals live during the 2015 FINA World Cup Tokyo. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. Schedule of Events: Men's 100 Free Women's 200 Free Men's 50 Breast Women's 100 Breast Women's 100 Fly Men's 100 Back Women's 50 Back Men's 200 Fly Women's 200 Individual M...

Japan's Rikako Ikee cracked the 59-second mark to lead the way in the women's 100-meter fly semis at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships. Ikee put up a top qualifying time of 58.98 as the only swimmer under 59 seconds in the semis. 18-and-Under World Rankings According to USA Swimming Stats [ta...

China’s Chen Xinyi has reportedly failed a doping test. Chen finished fourth earlier in the week in the 100 fly in 56.72, just nine one-hundredths behind bronze medalist Dana Vollmer. According to reports from The Sydney Morning Herald, the 18 year old, "was tested prior to arriving in Rio and swam ...

In this special edition of The Week That Was, we take a look back at the five biggest stories to come out of the year 2016. This includes records, controversies and plenty of gold medals. Welcome to The Year That Was! https://youtu.be/sRImsyhB0q4 The Year That Was #5 - Eddie Reese Wins Record-Settin...

China, the country that owns the meet record with a 3:52.19 from the 2009 world championships, goes in as the top seed in the meet’s final event with a 3:57.04. Fu Yuanhui (59.24), Shi Jinglin (1:06.35), Chen Xinyi (57.42) and Qiu Yuhan (54.03) contributed to the top-seeded time. The United States w...

Yang Junxuan Breaks Asian Record in 200 Free, Wang Jianjiahe Throws Down 15:49 1500 The 2021 Chinese Nationals continued Tuesday from Qingdao as the Chinese Olympic contingent for Tokyo is filling out nicely with some medal contenders emerging tonight. Yang Junxuan started the night with a 1:54.57 i...

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom did it again as she shaved off a tenth from her world record in the women's 100-meter fly finals at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Heading into this meet, only Dana Vollmer had ever broken 56 seconds as she owned the world record with a 55.98.  Sjostrom crashed the party ...

PERTH, Australia, January 31. THE Australian sprint crew had too much for the rest of the teams to handle on day one of the Aquatic Super Series in Perth this afternoon, leaving the Aussies in the combined team scoring lead. While Japan had some of the top individual swims with Daiya Seto and Kosuke...

Earlier this week, world-record holder Dana Vollmer invited Sarah Sjostrom to join her under 56 seconds in the women's 100-meter fly and Sjostrom did just that during semis with a world record at the 2015 FINA World Championships. https://twitter.com/danavollmer/status/627531313961005056 Sjostrom ca...

By David Rieder. All summer, everyone pretended to know what would happen in the medley relay events at the Olympics—just add up the top times this year from all the 100s of each stroke, right. Well, not so much. With five of eight days of Olympic swimming complete, it’s become fairly clear who is p...

QINGDAO, China, May 17. ANTOHER spate of world-class swims went up on the board at the Chinese Nationals in Qingdao tonight. With Ye Shiwen on the sidelines following some stomach issues, 16-year-old Zhou Min put on a show in the women's 200-meter IM as she threw down a 2:10.22 for the win. That swi...

Photo Courtesy: Tobiuo Japan INCHEON, South Korea, September 20.  Although this morning didn't feature a whole lot of fast swimming because of the dearth of competition to push the top-tier talent, that talent certainly set up some potential barnburners during finals of the Asian Games. LIVE RESULTS...

Sarah Sjostrom certainly put herself in position to make a run at Dana Vollmer's world record in the women's 100-meter fly at the 2015 FINA World Championships during prelims. Sjostrom clocked a swift time of 56.47 to dominate qualifying by more than a second. She already challenged Vollmer's world ...