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Some of the best humour relies on timing and flying closest to the truth. In that sense, coach Mel Marshall hit the jackpot when Adam Peaty asked if he could have a chat on training camp in Australia back in January and she replied: "You've not gone and got someone pregnant have you?" "No!," said Pe...

Weekend Essay: Sippy Woodhead might, could, would, should have gone to the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games as a six-podium prospect 40 years ago this summer. Boycott pulled the plug on everything she'd worked for. We know the story of Craig Beardsley, the moving tale of Glenn Mills and the thoughts of Bri...

The Emergence of Eric the Eel In Swimming Lore (Video Included) It's been 20 years since Eric Mousambani, from Equatorial Guinea, entered Olympic waters and doubt emerged as to whether he would need to be saved. Here is the piece that Craig Lord wrote for Swimming World at the 2000 Olympic Games in ...

By Craig Lord with Takahisa Ide FUKUOKA, Japan, July 22. THORPEMANIA spilled over on to the poolside at the World Championships in Fukuoka tonight as Ian Thorpe was greeted by hundreds of screaming Japanese girls after lowering the world record in the 400 meter freestyle to 3:40.17 and going on to b...

Denis Cotterell, Sun Yang's Australian coach, has quit Chinese swimming and will not support the swimmer's further appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the eight-year ban imposed on him by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing. Sun's swimmin...

The 2019 Swimmers of the Year by John Lohn, Dan D’Addona, Craig Lord and David Rieder World & American: Regan Smith & Caeleb Dressel European: Katinka Hosszu & Adam Peaty Pacific Rim: Ariarne Titmus & Daiya Seto African: Tatjana Schoenmaker & Chad le Clos REGAN SMITH Female World and Americ...

By Craig Lord When Yves Fortier, presiding judge at the international sports court, suggested with a smile that Michelle Smith de Bruin might wish to sue her own lawyer, he summed up the two most critical errors in the defence of Ireland's greatest Olympian. Rare is the occasion where the accused br...

Swimming World Magazine revealed today that four new Chinese swimmers have tested positive for illegal, performance-enhancing drugs, and have been suspended for two years, bringing to 23 the number of Chinese to have been suspended for drug use since 1991. The information about the positive tests ...

By Craig Lord FUKUOKA, Japan, July 23. IT was a night of celebration in Fukuoka, courtesy of a world record of 59.94 seconds by Roman Sloudnov, of Russia, in the second semi-final of the 100m breaststroke, and two European records in the 200m butterfly. The first of those went to Germany's Annik...

The 2018 Energy for Swim scheduled for December in Turin has been cancelled, according to a statement Swimming World received from a representative for world record holder Adam Peaty. The Energy for Swim has been a subject of controversy over the past months, as more swimmers continued to commit to ...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! In this issue of SW Biweekly, you can read about: Craig Lord and John Lohn returning to oversee Swimming World magazine’s media platforms, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced it has prov....

Sketch - a trip down memory lane: The vast, cavernous Bon Accord Baths in Aberdeen, Scotland, where the lanes were once graced by the likes of a young David Wilkie, among many other Scottish champions, stands abandoned, dilapidated and falling into slow ruin 12 years after it was closed amid budget ...

A Sippy Woodhead NAG Record is 45 Years Old; A Look at U.S. Life in 1978 (Hint: $.63 Gas) In light of the several National Age-Group records that went down over the weekend at Winter Juniors, it seemed like a good time to pay homage to an NAG that has stood the test of time. How does the cliché go? ...

What would have unfolded had Tokyo 2020 gone ahead as planned this week – and where would it all have fit in the thread of Olympic swim legends and pioneers like Alex Popov, Gary Hall Jr, Anthony Ervin, Matt Biondi and Tom Jager? To mark the eight days over which the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games would h...

By Craig Lord ANTWERP, Belgium, Dec. 16. MARTINA Moravcova, trained in the US and racing for Slovakia, stole the show on the final day of the European Short Course Championships with a fifth successive victory in the 200m freestyle. Her longing for longevity and determination to keep the 200 meters ...

HOW SWEDE IT IS! KAMMERLING FLYS TO WORLD RECORD! By Craig Lord Istanbul, Turkey - Anna-Karin Kammerling, an 18-year-old student from Sundsvall in Sweden, set the first world record of the 24th European championships in Istanbul, Turkey, to win the inaugural 50m butterfly title in 26.29, 0.1 better ...

By Craig Lord Istanbul, Turkey - The records started to fall on the first day of the 24th European Swimming Championships in Istanbul, the Dutch men's 4x100m freestyle relay setting a European record of 3:16.27 and both women's finals producing championship records that replaced the best that the GD...

Sun Yang, the Chinese swimmer who was served an eight-year suspension for tampering with a blood sample he had signed off into the custody of anti-doping officers in September 2018, has appealed against the decision (May 4, London). Sun Yang had until last close of business last Thursday to file his...

Sunday Essay: Anniversaries are usually celebrated not for the loss but the gain of something. This day marks a 40th milestone graced with the name Tracy Caulkins on it because of the status she relinquished, one that changed the face of women's medley swimming for almost three decades. Consider thi...

By Craig Lord ANTWERP, Belgium, Dec 14. THE first sub 50-second 100 meter fly swim is in sight! Asked how much pain he felt, Thomas Rupprath, of Germany, found the strength to smile and murmur "too much" after he had clocked a world record of 50.26 seconds to beat the man who had held the standard a...