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Cam McEvoy Takes Just 9.39 secs To Add The Wow Factor To Australia’s Duel Meet Win Over The World Team in Brisbane It was billed as an innovative swim meet featuring some of the world’s fastest swimmers where points and not times were the key factor, but try telling that to the world’s fastest man ....

What Happened to the International Swimming League? Across the late-2010s, the world of swimming was dominated by discussions surrounding the idea of an International Swimming League (ISL). The Olympics consistently attract new fans to swimming, but the sport has struggled to keep fans' interest wit...

ISL Playoff Match 1, Day 2: Skins Surge Helps Cali Condors Overcome Energy Standard The International Swimming League’s regular season didn’t feature a matchup of its only two champions, Cali Condors and Energy Standard. It’s only fitting that the playoffs begin with a collision of the league’s pres...

Matt Biondi, Olympic legend of Seoul 1988, has been appointed Director of what was referred to as a type of athletes' union but will be known as the International Swimmers' Alliance by world-class swimmers determined to make the coming year one of 2020 vision on rights and the voice they feel they h...

Rob Woodhouse Reveals Bold Plans For Revitalised Australian Swimming League Swimming Australia CEO Rob Woodhouse has revealed his plans for a National League as he spearheads the push for a world class Aquatic Centre for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics and a new Headquarters for Australia's most.....

ISL Founder Konstantin Grigorishin Has Assets Seized By Ukrainian Government: Reports International Swimming League (ISL) founder Konstantin Grigorishin has had assets seized by the Ukrainian government, Ukrainian media has reported. Grigorishin was one of four businessmen - along with Ihor Kolomois...

Sarah Sjostrom has already spent 12 years at the top of her sport and ominously for her rivals, the Olympic 100 fly champion believes focusing on the 50m sprints will extend her career for some time yet. The Swede made her first trip to the international podium at the 2008 European Championships in ...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. The International Swimming League Grand Final concluded after six weeks of racing with nine world records broken across seven events in that span. It was a welcomed sight to have pro swimming in our lives again and the Cali Condors walked away as champions in...

Before the Olympics were postponed in late March, Dylan Carter had less than two days to decide what to do. The government of his native Trinidad & Tobago announced that it would be closing its borders to international flights at midnight on March 22 to stem the tide of coronavirus transmission, lea...

Flashback: Michael Andrew as a 10-Year-Old in Swimming World Magazine These days, Michael Andrew ranks as one of the top athletes in the sport, a 2020 Olympian who capped the Tokyo Games by helping the United States to the gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay. First known for his record-breaking...

The International Swimming League (ISL) will debut this year as the first professional sports league for elite swimming. This October, the brand new league will host a series of U.S. and European-based competitions that culminate in a global championship at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vega...

Minna Atherton, the record rattler, is at it again. The Australian teenager, a world record - the first in the League's seven-week history - over 100m backstroke in the bag in Budapest last month, fell just 0.02sec shy of an encore here at the London Aquatics Centre this evening. In 1:59.25, the 19-...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. Legendary coach Eddie Reese announced his retirement Monday after winning his 15th national title at the University of Texas, as he will step down after the Tokyo Olympics this summer. Long-time Minnesota coach Terry Ganley also announced her retirement this ...

The International Swimming League Group B teams finally got their taste of action this weekend in Lewisville, Texas as the London Roar won their first ISL match ahead of the LA Current, Team Iron and New York Breakers. But with the excitement of the ISL, there were some controversies this past week ...

Australian Olympic gold medalist Emily Seebohm revealed a two-year battle with an eating disorder in an Instagram post Friday, beginning 2021 with a pledge, “to be braver for myself.” Seebohm’s post shared her struggles with binging, purging and meal skipping. She discussed her dissatisfaction with ...

Flash! Caeleb Dressel Takes Down Second WR of Day With Standard in 50 Freestyle Furthering his identity as the world’s premier swimmer, Caeleb Dressel of the Cali Condors set his second world record of the opening day of the International Swimming League Grand Final when he covered the 50-meter free...

Money Talks: Matching Sponsors to Each ISL Team Sports teams and corporate sponsors go together like peanut butter and jelly. From the “official grocery store of the Washington Nationals” ads gracing every Harris Teeter store in the DMV to the banners for local restaurants hung from the pool fence a...

First day Of International Swimming League  The Indiana University Natatorium (IUPUI) is in lockdown and swimmers heading into the launch of the International Swimming League later today are under strict instruction: no photos. "I think this will be the best competition I have ever been at," one swi...

International Swimming League Final (Caeleb Dressel) Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, USA Caeleb Dressel, the 2019 World Swimmer of the Year, broke his first ever world record in short course meters with a 20.24 in the 50 freestyle at the International Swimming League final in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dres...

Caeleb Dressel Perfectly Positioned to Surge Into the Olympic Year Some things will change for Caeleb Dressel in the coming days. After six weeks in the Budapest Bubble, he will return to the United States and his home base in Florida. The weekly meets he has become accustomed to during the Internat...