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Commentary by Kevin Gill, Swimming World College Intern. Over the course of history in the sport of swimming two nations have proved themselves as the most dominant in the world. Aside from the United States, the Australian national team has consistently been able to collect more medals at major in....

Until last week, it was looking very likely that we would not see a 100 long course freestyle under 48 seconds until the world championships. Usually, one or two Australians put up something amazing at their April nationals, but that didn’t happen this year. None of the world championship medal cont...

Olympic Silver Medallist Ben Proud Signs Up For Enhanced Games Olympic silver medalist Ben Proud will compete in the inaugural Enhanced Games next May as he retires from traditional competition to move into an event that allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs. The announcement comes wee...

By Kevin Gill, Swimming World College Intern. The United States men's national team has been the top nation in the sport of swimming for as a long as most people can remember, including this past summer at the Olympic Games. This dominance is clear in events like the 100 backstroke, an event the US ...

Remembering Frank Gailey, the Australian Who Won Four Medals for the U.S. at the 1904 Olympics Frank Gailey holds a special place in the annals of Australian and US Olympic swimming rivalry as the only Australian to swim for an American team and win four medals in St. Louis in 1904 – before the cen....

Great Photos from Australian Swimmer of the Year Awards night.  Check out all the stars that came to the event. [caption id="attachment_403699" align="alignnone" width="700"] TROPHY TIME: Paralympic Head Swim Coach Brendan Burkett with Paralympic Program Coach Of the Year Harley Connolly. Photo Cour...

World Anti-Doping Agency Condemn ‘Dangerous, Irresponsible’ Enhanced Games The World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday issued a statement condemning the Enhanced Games as “dangerous and irresponsible.” From the organization’s statement: WADA condemns the Enhanced Games as a dangerous and irresponsible ...

Commentary by Jeff Commings PHOENIX – No other name at or near the top of the long course swimming world rankings garnered as much forehead wrinkling as China’s Ning Zetao, who will end 2014 as the second-fastest man in the 100 freestyle. With a 47.70 at the Asian Games, Ning nearly supplanted James...

The Teflon Record: How 100 Freestyle World Mark of Cesar Cielo Keeps on Surviving The feeling should’ve been familiar to swim watchers with certain experience. David Popovici entered Wednesday’s final in the men’s 100 freestyle with big hopes. His semifinals time of 47.13 mounted a brief charge at t...

The Difference Between David Popovici and Other Sprint Greats? All On Back Half Over the summer, Romanian teenager David Popovici broke a record so many sprint greats fell just short of. Cesar Cielo was the standard-bearer in the 100 freestyle for 13 years, and in the period of time after polyuretha...

Imagine competing in swimming at an elite level and having an entirely legal advantage that could help you smash a world record. Thanks to the new Australian sports technology lab eo, there’s no need to daydream. With a combined 70-years experience in their respective industries, former SKINS boss J...

Aussie Rookies Ed Sommerville and Benjamin Goedemans Join Four World Champions For A Freestyling Fesast n Singapore Two rookies will join four world champions as Australia looks to stay in touch with the world in five of the most competitive men’s freestyle events ever swum in World Championship hi....

By Jeff Commings, Swimming World Senior Writer Fifteen years ago today, one of the most intense races in the history of Olympic swimming took place in the Sydney Aquatic Center in Australia to end the first finals session of the 2000 Olympic swim meet. With about 18,000 screaming Australians in atte...

Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott GREENSBORO – It’s widely known that Nathan Adrian trained like a distance swimmer during his younger days growing up in Washington state, but since arriving at the University of California-Berkeley the concentration has been on the 50 and 100 freestyles. Judging by his ...

The Australian Olympic Committee and Swimming Australia has been rocked by a positive drug test to champion breaststroker Brenton Rickard, back-dated to the 2012 London Olympics. The test threatens to strip six Australian swimmers of their medals for the first time in history and comes at the same G...

The collaboration between the Australian and Japanese swimming federations continues at the Japan Open, where several of the elite athletes from both countries will race one week after competing in Australia. Anthony Ervin will spice up the proceedings, as he’s scheduled to race the 50 and 100 frees...

Queensland Championships, Night 4: Shayna Jack and brother Jamie Set Their Sights on LA28 After Impressive 50m Freestyle Double Act Paris golden girl Shayna Jack and her exciting little brother Jamie Jack have taken their first steps towards delivering a “sister-brother” act for the LA28 Olympic Ga....

By Emily Thirion, Swimming World College Intern. Swimming is not a sport for wishful thinkers, and there are no golden tickets to success. Swimmers are more than aware of how much hard work is required every day to be the best. Easy victories are not the ones that are celebrated or remembered - it’s...

BRISBANE, Australia, June 6. THE highlight events of the second-and-final session of the Brisbane Grand Prix proved to be the scintillating sprint freestyles. Cate Campbell nearly topped her top-ranked time in the women's 100-meter freestyle with a scorching time of 52.70 for the win. Her best time ...

Krisztian Takacs dashed to first in finals of the men's 50-meter free with a 21.89 during day seven of the Hungary National Championships, earning himself the fifth place ranking in the world for 2015. Richard Bohus took second with a 22.62, while Peter Holoda finished third overall with a 23.19. To...