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Australian Olympic gold medalist diver Matthew Mitcham discussed his battle with a “crippling” drug and alcohol addiction in an interview with the BBC. The 32-year-old Australian won a gold medal in the 10-meter platform diving at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Not only was he the first Australian ma...

By Dr. G. John Mullen, PT, DPT, CSCS of Swimming Science, Owner of COR PT , Creator of Swimmer's Shoulder System, Swimming Science Research Review, Swimming Troubleshooting System , and Mobility for Swimmers System , Swimming World correspondent SANTA CLARA, California, May 21. IN diving, athletes n...

By Andy Ross, Swimming World Contributor Originally posted May 25, 2017 I took a run today around my campus' lake. Last week I graduated college and finished my last semester with my first 4.0 in the history of my life. I was looking at everything around the lake; the turtles sunbathing on the subme...

Commentary by Norah Hunt, Swimming World College Intern.  Finals season is here, and the majority of student athletes consider this period a very stressful time of the semester. Studying, sleeping, the cold weather,  and keeping up with the (reduced) practice hours all can take a toll on mental heal...

Michael Phelps, winner of 23 gold medals atop 28 Olympic podium places between 2004 and 2016, is praying "we don’t see an increase in athlete suicide rates because of" the postponement of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In an interview with NBC Sports, Phelps, an advocate for Mental Health and Wellbeing...

By Jamie Kolar, Swimming World College Intern. October celebrates Mental Health Awareness Week, however, we should always make time to talk about it. Mental health is crucial to your overall well-being, let alone your performance in and out of the water. Although mental health has always been import...

By Devin Javens, Swimming World College Intern. Adversity is unavoidable and even affects the lives of our greatest idols. With recent news of Nathan Adrian's testicular cancer diagnosis, many swim fans can't help but imagine America's beloved sprinter no longer competing for USA Swimming. However, ...

According to a press release put out my Medibio, an evidence-based medical technology company located in Australia, Michael Phelps has been added to the organization's Board of Directors. Medibio most recently developed an objective test that will assist in the diagnosis of depression, chronic stres...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Wednesday February 26, 2020, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Is the USOC responsible for the mental health of its athletes in light of Michael Phelps' revelation of depression while competing for the USA? Mic...

Guest commentary by Jim Perilman Turning 75, an age up year for Masters, I realized with lightening-bolt amazement I am a late-blooming vegan. After six months being vegan my body, soul and spirit feel altered. By “soul” I mean a broadened capacity for compassion, by “spirit” the embrace of a larger...

By Isabelle Robuck, Swimming World College Intern. We spend countless hours training for one meet, one race, one time, and one feeling - success. Different swimmers define success differently. For some, it looks like dropping time and taking titles. For others, the glory doesn’t come as sweet. Some ...

The Soak - Swim News In Brief Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of January 10-February 16, 2020 Sunday, ...

"How long should I stay silent? I can sit here and be silent for as long as you want, because that's what I got." - Michael Phelps Michael Phelps was ignored by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC, now USOPC after the addition of the word Paralympic in the title) when he opened up about the de...

British swimming star Michael Jamieson, who won silver medals at the London 2012 Olympics and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, got straight to work in his new role as a Laureus Ambassador by engaging with participants from the Laureus-supported Carney’s Community boxing programme in South West Londo...

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 4. NEWS from out of the pool in Australia threatened to top the list of swimming-related headlines coming from the United States in the past week, but some very notable names made news recently that kept the Aussies at bay. Who took the number one spot this week? Let's fin...