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The 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...

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,...

Madisyn Cox will be ineligible to compete in the International Swimming League, a representative of the ISL confirmed to Swimming World Wednesday. Cox was suspended from swimming last year after recording a positive test for banned substance trimetazidine. Cox later got her suspension reduced from t...

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...

When Ky-lee Perry walked on the pool deck for her International Swimming debut, just being there was a huge accomplishment. From a personal standpoint, Perry had fulfilled a dream of becoming a professional swimmer. From a swimming standpoint, the ISL fulfilled its goal of being able to put on a saf...

Over the coming three days, the Swimming World writing team will bring you its collated thoughts on the first season of the International Swimming League. The exercise takes a look at what we perceive as pros, cons (Pro et contra - for and against) and solutions that we recommend the League takes in...

'Shocked' Coleman Stewart Sets 100 Backstroke World Record at ISL Match 2 (Video) When Coleman Stewart got the text from Braden Holloway Saturday night, he didn’t really have a good answer. Stewart had just set the American short-course record in the men’s 100-meter backstroke, the NC State grad clo...

Australia’s Olympic swimming legend Dawn Fraser said today she would gratefully accept Konstantin Grigorishin’s kind invitation to attend the International Swimming League Grand Final in Las Vegas next month. Fraser was stunned when told by Swimming World that Grigorishin would contact her and other...

ISL Match 1, Day 2: Energy Standard Wins, Summer McIntosh Moves Toronto to Second Halfway through the first match of the ISL season, Energy Standard held an early edge, as was to be expected given the program’s pedigree. But how the other three teams in the opener of the third season of the Internat...

5 Ways to Add Excitement and Entertai nment to ISL Season Three and Beyond Over the past few weeks, the International Swimming League (ISL) has started to roll out plans for its third season.After successfully navigating a six-week bubble in Budapest for Season Two, the league hopes to have a more “...

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...

Guide To International Swimming League Indianapolis will stage the first round of the new International Swimming League (ISL) this weekend. As ISL put it in a press release today: "Over 100 Olympians are represented by the ISL, including 41 Olympic gold medals from the 2016 Olympic Games" (see full ...

ISL Action Or Fifth Year of College: NCAA Athletes Given Time to Make Decision The International Swimming League Friday announced a three-week “cooling-off” period in June for NCAA swimmers considering taking part in the league’s draft for Season 3. The period will last from June 1-22. It gives NCAA...

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...

The International Swimming League (ISL) has announced changes to the athlete status and prize money for the upcoming Season 4. The ISL said it has consulted with coaches, general managers and athletes on the changes. The biggest change is the status of swimmers as a Pro or a Semi-Pro. This will allo...

Hali Flickinger Building Speed, Power; Leads Cali Condors into ISL Final It is clear the International Swimming League (ISL) swimmers have been building on their performances throughout the season. World records and national records have fallen, while many swimmers have found a way to score points i...

Naples, Italy, will host the first five-week phase of ISL Season 3 to run from 26 August-30 September, the International Swimming League announced on Tuesday. Ten clubs will compete at the Piscina Felice Scandone in Italy's third-largest city in the south-west of the country in a strict safety-first...

Forget the Skins and all that dashing about for a moment. Florent Manaudou Vs Caeleb Dressel. On your marks, set, go: haricots verts rolled in bacon, followed by tarte au citron. Visualizing what five weeks of the International Swimming League Solidarity Camp, with a Reality TV twist, might look lik...

Olympic Gold Medalist Bowe Becker Announces Retirement Bowe Becker, an Olympic gold medalist from the 400 freestyle relay in Tokyo, announced his retirement from the sport on Wednesday. Becker made the announcement on social media. View this post on Instagram ...

The Week That Was, Sponsored by Suitmate  The Week That Was #1: Five American Men on the Verge of International Breakthrough [caption id="attachment_513514" align="aligncenter" width="366"] Luke Hobson -- Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick[/caption] By David Reider Given their performances in previous se...