Read more2RACE VIDEO: Liu Xiang Takes Down 50 Back World Record At Asian Games; First To Break 27 Seconds21 August 2018The third night of finals from the 2018 Asian Games got off to a rousing start as the first world record from the swimming pool fell on Tuesday night in Jakarta. China's Liu Xiang, no relation to the sprint hurdler from the mid-2000's, broke another super suit world record in the 50 backstroke, touc...
Read moreFu Yuanhui Posts Textile Best in 50 Back Semis at 2015 FINA World Championships05 August 2015China's Fu Yuanhui lowered her own textile best in the women's 50-meter back semis at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Fu clocked a sizzling time of 27.18, clearing the 27.22 she set back in April of 2013 as the top time done in a textile suit. That's the second best time ever behind only Zhao Jin...
Read morePassages: World Championship Silver Medalist Daniela Samulski, 3325 May 20182009 World Championship silver medalist Daniela Samulski died on Tuesday after she lost her battle to cancer in her native Germany. Samulski succumbed to cancer after originally being diagnosed with the disease after her retirement in 2011. She was 33. Samulski is survived by her husband and son. Sa...
Kozulj Equals World Record at Berlin World Cup21 January 2001BERLIN, Jan. 21. CROATIA's Gordan Kozulj equalled a world record while Britain's Mark Foster set a European record to highlight competition on the second, and final, day of competition at World Cup VIII in Berlin, Germany. Kozulj, who yesterday set the European record in the 100m backstroke ...
Kozulj, Moravcova Set Euro Marks at Berlin World Cup21 January 2001BERLIN, Jan. 20. CROATIA's Gordan Kozulj and Slovakia's Martina Moravcova raced to European records on the first day of competition at the Berlin World Cup meet, the eighth stop on the ten-venue FINA World Cup tour for 2000-2001. Kozulj, a graduate of the University of California, stroked 52...
Read moreSwimming Community Memoriam: 2018 People to Remember31 December 2018The world of swimming lost several legendary figures in 2018. Some were pioneer athletes, others were elite coaches and some were young swimmers we lost too early because of cancer. From the first African-American All-American swimmer to several legendary coaches, here is a look at the legacy left ...