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ANN ARBOR, Michigan, February 26. THE Michigan men's swimming team opened the Big 12 championships in a big way at their home pool, setting an NCAA and U.S. Open record in the 800 free relay tonight. The final time of 6:09.85 swum by Anders Nielsen, Michael Wynalda, Justin Glanda and Connor Jaeger t...

By Michael Collins MUNICH, Germany - Team scoring, it's not necessarily what you think. When the small, but extremely strong, team from Alaska found out they weren't keeping score at the meet - they took things into their own hands. They made score cards 1-10 and graded each of their swimmer...

SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 14. NEXT week's Maria Lenk Trophy meet is typically the biggest meet of the year in Brazilian swimming, and this edition should be no different with athletes battling for spots on the Pan Pacific championships roster. Though Brazil does not border the Pacific Ocean, the coun...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 13. TODAY, FINA released its final decision regarding Russia's Yuliya Efimova and her positive test for 7-keto-DHEA during an out-of-competition test that took place in Los Angeles. FINA elected to imposed a 16-month competition ban retroactive to Oct. 31, 2013 and conclud...

By Mary Wagner (courtesy of USA Swimming) EAST MEADOW, N.Y., Dec. 1. AFTER Michael Phelps had swum the 400m IM at the 2001 U.S. Open Friday night, he left a field of competitors and a meet record in his wake. Phelps, 16, the world record holder in the 200 fly, won the event with a time of 4:11.95, s...

MANCHESTER, England, June 28. SOME top names on the Commonwealth Games team got the chance to put in one more racing day in the last morning finals session of the British Gas International. The meet was open to foreigners but only a junior team from Denmark showed up to race some of Britain's best. ...

Pernille Blume spearheads a nine-strong Denmark team as she seeks to defend her Olympic 50 free crown in Tokyo. There will also be a fifth Games for Jeanette Ottesen who made her Olympic debut at Athens 2004. Blume won the title in Rio five years ago in 24.07, then a national record before she lower...

The 51 members of the 18-and-under group of Americans competing in this week’s Irish Open Championships will not be the only foreigners racing against some of Ireland’s best in Dublin. Several members of the Danish national team will be in attendance as well, offering an exciting look at the future ...

HELSINKI, July 9. SWEDEN's Therese Alshammar destroyed the competition in winning the women's 50 meter freestyle on the final day of competition today at the European Championships in Helsinki. The Swedish powerhouse sprinted to a 24.44 clocking, a championship record and the second fastest ...

Italian Swimming #stopolympics Campaign Italy's leading swimmers, which include Olympic 1500m freestyle champion Gregorio Paltrinieri and World champion Federica Pellegrini, are struggling to find adequate time at swimming pools during their nation's coronavirus-pandemic lockdown, prompting the lead...

How Will The US Swim Team Fare in Sydney? The U.S. Olympic Trials are over and the US team has made the long trans-Pacific trek. How will the Americans fare at the Olympic Games in Sydney against the world's best? Swimming World has a pretty good idea and offers its predictions for gold, silver...

QUEENSLAND, Australia, May 4. PAULUS Wildeboer, a top-flight coach throughout many international circles with successful stops in Denmark and Australia, passed away after battling an illness according to AS.com. Wildeboer, who had moved to Australia last year to take over Queensland's excellence pro...

MANCHESTER, England, June 27. THE third morning finals session at the British Gas International featured more athletes on Commonwealth Games squads getting in some final preparation before heading to Glasgow to race some of the world's best. Michael Jamieson, who leads the world rankings in the men'...

VALENCIA, Spain, Dec. 15. SWEDEN continued to dominate the victory stand on the second day of competition at the European Short Course Championships in Valencia, winning four gold medals to go with the two they won yesterday. Olympic silver medalist Therese Alshammar, 23, got things going for the Sw...

SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 26. THE sprinters put on a spectacular show during the final day of the Maria Lenk Trophy meet in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen Gray raced her way to a meet record with a time of 53.78 to win the women’s 100-meter free. That performance moved her from 11th in...

Arena Grand Prix - Charlotte editorial coverage is proudly sponsored by Arena USA. Visit ArenaUSA.com for more information on our sponsor. For all the latest coverage, check out our event coverage page. By Emily Sampl BOULDER, Colorado, May 12. THE second-to-last stop of the Arena Grand Prix Series ...

MANCHESTER, England, June 26. BRITISH swimmers continued to impress in this morning's finals at the British Gas International as preparation for the Commonwealth Games rolls forward. After posting a quick 59.59 in prelims to mark yet another sub-1:00 swim this year, Adam Peaty couldn't replicate the...

Olympic 4x100m relay bronze medallist and backstroke specialist Mie Nielsen has announced her retirement, nine years after gracing her first senior international podium. The Danish swimmer - who won Olympic, world and European medals - won her first senior medals aged 15 at the 2011 European Short-C...

SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 21. The Maria Lenk Trophy meet, where the majority of athletes for Brazil's team going to the Pan Pacific championships will be picked, opened today with two NCAA champions racing in the 200 free and a sizzling 50 free by Cesar Cielo. Oliveira and de Lucca both got their qua...

Records came tumbling down this week in Copenhagen at the 2017 European Short Course Championships, with many of Europe’s biggest stars hitting the short course pool in Denmark. Check out all of the biggest stories in The Week That Was. https://youtu.be/uOaL9R-pRlA The Week That Was #5 - South Afric...