Read moreInternational Swimming League Planning Return in 202622 December 2025International Swimming League Planning Return in 2026 The International Swimming League is planning a relaunch in 2026, it said in an exclusive interview with Reuters. The league is working with a “reshaped commercial model” that it hopes will capitalize on the momentum being built toward the 2028 O...
Read more5The Week That Was: Conor Dwyer Retires After Doping Suspension14 October 2019The International Swimming League is heating up as we hit the middle of October, but two/thirds of the 200 free podium from Rio dominated the headlines in the week that was. Conor Dwyer announced he is retiring from the sport of swimming after receiving a 20-month doping suspension while Sun Yang's ...
Read moreWhat Happened to the International Swimming League?08 July 2025What 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...
Read moreISL Match Seven Day Two Notes: European 100br Record For Shymanovich; Iron Steam To Second06 November 2020International Swimming League match seven concluded with an emphatic victory for Energy Standard and a European 100m breaststroke record for Ilya Shymanovich after two days of intense competition at the Duna Arena. Dominance in sport - particularly in team events - can sometimes make competition one...
Read more2Katie Ledecky, Cody Miller Lead DC Trident Roster for International Swimming League11 June 2019The DC Trident of the International Swimming League (ISL) announced its roster during a league press conference on Tuesday. General Manager Kaitlin Sandeno has plenty of talent on her roster, led by Katie Ledecky. “Of course, I am absolutely thrilled to have Katie Ledecky on the DC Trident roster, n...
Read more4Cam McEvoy Takes Just 9.39 secs to Add Wow Factor to Australia’s Duel Meet Win Over World Team in Brisbane12 December 2025Cam 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 ....
Read moreISL Playoff Match 1, Day 2: Skins Surge Helps Cali Condors Overcome Energy Standard12 November 2021ISL 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...
Read more3Rob Woodhouse Reveals Bold Plans For Revitalised Australian Swimming League And The Fight For a National Aquatic Centre In Brisbane03 February 2025Rob 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.....
Read moreISL Regular Season Report: Daiya Seto, Lilly King Lead Quad Event Winners28 September 2021ISL Regular Season Report: Daiya Seto, Lilly King Lead Quad Event Winners Through the 10 matches of the ISL regular season, 16 swimmers managed to win all four of their races in a single event. The group includes representatives from eight of the league’s 10 teams. Every team in ISL has at least one...
Read more2020s Vision - The Athlete Voice: 'Alliance' Not 'Union' Aims To Take ISL Model To Multi-Sports 'Games Of Magic'25 January 20202020s Vision - Matt Biondi & The International Swimmers' Alliance, Part 2 Part 1: Matt Biondi’s Mission To Enrich & Educate Swimmers "It's not a union", says Matt Biondi. Change. Demands. Speaking out. Insisting sports bosses engage, listen, act on the word of the athlete. Moving in numbers. Acting ...
Read more27International Swimming League Bans Gabriel Santos, Suspends Shayna Jack After Positive Tests29 July 2019The International Swimming League has permanently banned Brazilian sprinter Gabriel Da Silva Santos, 23, and suspended Australian swimmer Shayna Jack, 20 following test results from the World Anti-Doping Agency. Jack was on the roster of the Cali Condors; Da Silva Santos was briefly a part of the DC...
Read more4FINA 'Would Approve League World Records To Avoid Escalation Of Swimmers' Revolution'08 October 2019Swim League: Katie Ledecky & Co "have right on their side" when demanding ratification of records, says source close to FINA top table - as precedent set by the federation itself comes back to haunt FINA is "most likely" to ratify any World records set in International Swimming League (ISL) competit...
Read moreCourt Decides In Favour Of World Aquatics In Lawsuits Related To ISL09 January 2023The U.S. District Court in San Francisco has decided in favour of World Aquatics in two separate lawsuits filed by the International Swimming League and a trio of elite swimmers in 2018. The ISL sued the global federation then known as FINA for anti-competitive conduct while American pair Tom Shield...
Read moreMinna Atherton’s WR puts women’s backstroke into the fast lane for London ISL match20 November 2019There will be no rest for Australia’s latest world record holder Minna Atherton when she lines up against a backstroking “who’s who” in this weekend’s all-important ISL round in London. While the match between unbeaten European group leaders the London Roar, Energy Standard, Iron and Aqua Centurions...
Read moreSTRECHCORDZ Performance of the Week: Daiya Seto Breaks Ryan Lochte's SCM 400 IM World Record at ISL Vegas Final24 December 2019 This week's ZUMO Performance of the Week goes to Daiya Seto of Energy Standard and Japan as he broke the world record in the 400 IM in short course meters on Friday at the final of the International Swimming League in Las Vegas. Seto was making his debut for the Energy Standard team as he signed on...
Read moreFlash! Caeleb Dressel Takes Down Second WR of Day With Standard in 50 Freestyle (VIDEO)21 November 2020Flash! 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...
Read more4Caeleb Dressel Perfectly Positioned to Surge Into the Olympic Year22 November 2020Caeleb 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...
Read moreHow Much Longer Will the International Swimming League (ISL) Last?24 February 2022How Much Longer Will the International Swimming League (ISL) Last? When Russian-Ukrainian businessman and billionaire Konstantin Grigorishin announced the creation of the first-ever swimming league, fans of the sport were extremely excited. The league meant more opportunities for athletes beyond the...
Read moreFlorent Manaudou, Muscle & Might Return To Championship Waters On Comeback Trail03 December 2019Florent Manaudou, the Olympic 50m freestyle champion of 2012, returns to Championship waters this week for the first time since he made his comeback to swimming in March. Manaudou will restrict his solo races at the five-day European Short-Course Championships that get underway in Glasgow, Scotland,...
Read more1ISL Statement: Pride in Successful Season, But Admission of Financial Challenges21 November 2020The International Swimming League (ISL) wanted to give the sport a season and something to look forward do in a pandemic-laden year of 2020. As a result, the ISL season went into a bubble in Budapest in a new format and saw fast swimming and healthy athletes. The ISL released a statement about the p...