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Swimming World Interviews of the Year - United States 2019 has been a great year for the sport of swimming. With less than a year to go until the 2020 Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, we decided to take a trip down memory lane to commemorate the 15 best interviews of the year 2019 from pools across...

ISHOF Class of 2024: USA’s Dana Vollmer to be inducted as Honor Swimmer American Dana Vollmer is a three-time Olympian, competing in 2004, 2012, and 2016, who specialized in the freestyle and the butterfly events.  She is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and broke six world records. At the age of 1...

The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) hosted the Class of 2024 Honorees and award winners, as well as the MISHOF (Masters) Class of 2023, this past weekend, Oct. 4-6, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the 59th annual Induction Weekend. The Honorees weekend kicked off Friday evening, O...

Olympic Champions Among 2024 ISHOF Inductees — Watch Full Induction Ceremony The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) held its annual induction ceremony this weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., enshrining a series of accomplished aquatic performers and contributors. The list included three indi...

By Seren Jones, Swimming World College Intern With just a few hours left of 2014, what better way to enter the new year with 10 motivational quotes from our swimming stars. If anybody can motivate us college swimmers, it’s these guys. 10 Motivational Quotes From Our Swimming Stars 1. “If there is a ...

BRISBANE, Sept. 1. IN the closest -- and fastest -- dual meet to-date at the 2001 Goodwill Games, Australia's women just got by a determined European team 76-73. Meanwhile, the USA put a whuppin' on the World team 100-49. Australia and the USA are tied for first with 251.5 points. However th...

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics supposed to have opened, Swimming World takes a look back at the "Call Me Maybe" video that dazzled ahead of the 2012 London Games. “Hey, I just met you … and this is crazy … but here’s my number, so call me maybe” “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen is still a popular s...

Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky were not among the top-six finishers in the 100 free for their respective gender at U.S. Olympic Trials last month, but a report from USA TODAY Sports suggests that they will still be involved with the sprint relays in Rio. The report from Christine Brennan indicates...

By Madeline Ladd, Swimming World College Intern (Archive) Maybe you have had a rough season. Maybe you missed that cut time you were hoping for all year by .10 of a second. Maybe you didn’t improve a much as you had hoped. Maybe you got injured or sick and were unable to swim. Maybe, just maybe, you...

CSCAA Names 100 Greatest Women's Swimmers & Divers A total of 642 titles. That is the number of individual NCAA and NAIA championships won by members of the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association’s (CSCAA) 100 Greatest Swimmers & Divers of the past century. The selections were made as a part ...

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, September 12. THREE renowned coaches were added to the American Swim Coaches Association's Hall of Fame in a ceremony tonight. Two of them are active coaches, while the other is enjoying the fruits of his labor after decades in collegiate coaching. Pete Morgan, Nation's Capita...

By Brie Harnden, Swimming World College Intern. Katie Ledecky has been a keystone of USA Swimming for six years now, a journey that started with her stunning performance in the 800 freestyle at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Ledecky has evolved into one of the most widely-recognized icons of Team...

AMIENS, France, March 14. AT a star-filled Golden Lanes Meet in Amiens, Florida, Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom stole top billing from the Hungarian Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu with a pair of scintillating swims, including a particularly splendid 100-meter fly. Hosszu picked up some easy money in the women's ...

TUCSON – If there’s any indication that the next generation of athletes are ready to take the reins in USA Swimming, it was found in last week’s NCAA conference swimming and diving championships. Records were falling rapidly by veteran swimmers and those who are making major breakthroughs. Two of th...

After a storied career, 7x Olympic Medalist, 16x World Championship Medalist and American Record Holder Dana Vollmer has announced she will retire from competitive swimming after this summer’s USA Swimming Nationals. [caption id="attachment_385095" align="aligncenter" width="567"] Photo Courtesy: TY...

The much anticipated Olympic Trials for the United States began at the end of this week, the final piece in the puzzle for who we can expect to see on the medal stands in Rio come August. Read below to see what divers and swimmers have made the team and the rest of the big headlines from the week th...

By David Rieder. The last time Kelsi Worrell traveled west to race a 100 fly, she got her hand on the wall first, but it wasn’t pretty. At the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Mesa, Ariz., Worrell had to come from behind to get to the wall before Louise Hansson, and her final time was a sluggish 58.60....

By David Rieder No world record has been set at the Olympic Trials this week, but everyone in Omaha awoke this morning to the news of one Down Under. Cate Campbell provided the fireworks with a 52.06 in the 100 free at Swimming Australia’s Grand Prix meet in Brisbane, clipping the 52.07 that Britta ...

Some of the biggest names in swimming are slated to participate in next week’s U.S. Winter National Championships in Greensboro, N.C. The meet runs Nov. 28-Dec. 1. As per usual in winter national events, there are very few current collegiate swimmers in the long-course competition. They are in the m...

Swimming World's Pre-Olympic Female Rankings: The Top-25 Ahead of Tokyo Ranking the top swimmers in the world involves comparing swimmers from one event, how a 50 freestyler stacks up next to a 200 butterflyer and a 100 breaststroker to a miler. It’s always subjective, depending on what qualities on...