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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...

Konstantin Grigorishin, the International Swimming League founder and funder, talks to Swimming World about the sport's unique chance to move into the League of professional sports on Solidarity Swim Camp. "Now is the chance for them all to come together, train together, compete together in a friend...

Bernie Guenther Bringing Passion for Pool to ISL Broadcast Booth There is a voice on the International Swimming League telecasts that exudes passion, an undeniable fondness for the sport. And, no, we’re not talking about what emanates from three-time Olympic champion and longtime analyst Rowdy Gaine...

Florent 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,...

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...

Before Emre Sakci goes out to compete for Team Iron in the ISL at the Duna Arena, the Turkish swimmer writes Izmir in big, black letters across his heart. Following his race - and regardless of the outcome - he turns, sits on the lane rope and makes the heart gesture with his hands in tribute to the...

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...

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...

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...

Rising Star Barbora Seemanova Gets Perfect Platform in ISL Chances are, you haven’t thought too much about swimming in the Czech Republic in the last decade or so. It’s probably because you haven’t had much reason to. Plenty of countries in Eastern Europe have had stars crop up for a turn on the Oly...

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...

Two-time Swiss Olympian Maria Ugolkova Announces Retirement Maria Ugolkova, a two-time Olympian from Switzerland, has announced her retirement from the sport. Ugolkova made the announcement via social media on New Year’s Eve. View this post on Instagram ...

2018 European Champion Piero Codia from Italy will swim with the Aqua Centurions later this fall as a part of the debut season of the International Swimming League. Codia was a late addition to the roster that was announced last week. The roster includes many of the best swimmers from Europe includi...

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 ....

International 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...

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 ...

A shaved and tapered Adam Peaty notched a British record in the 50 breaststroke with the London Roar in ISL Semifinal 1 Saturday. Peaty won the event in 25.50 seconds, .05 ahead of Energy Standard’s Ilya Shymanovich. He downs the record he set in Copenhagen in 2017 at 25.70. It’s also the second-fas...

Germany’s Philip Heintz Confirms Retirement Following ISL Season German swimmer Philip Heintz confirmed that he is retiring from the sport, following the New York Breakers’ elimination from Match 11 of the International Swimming League season. Heintz had announced in 2020, when the Tokyo Olympics we...

The latest issue of Swimming World Biweekly is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault Non-subscribers can download this issue here - only $.99 for a limited time! In this issue of SW Biweekly, read about Grant House, who after two years away from swimming, is now leading Arizona S...

Federica Pellegrini will bring the curtain down on a career that has brought Olympic, world and European titles at Season 3 of the International Swimming League which starts in Naples, Italy, in August. The Italian will compete in her fifth Olympics next month in Tokyo, 17 years after her debut at A...