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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...

BARCELONA, Spain, June 14. THERE must be something in the water at the Piscina Pere Serrat, given that several swimmers just made some major gains on the No. 1 world standings on the first day of swimming in Barcelona, the final stop on the Mare Nostrum circuit. Nathan Adrian has never been under 48...

Before the Pan American Games started last week in Toronto, the name Santo Condorelli didn’t register much of a blip on the global sprint freestyle radar. Those who follow American high school and college swimming were aware of his potential from his days at the Bolles School and now at the Universi...

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...

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...

Pre-coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing. Each week leading up to the start of the swimming competition at the FINA world championships, Swimming World will offer medal predictions for the 42 events set to be contested in Kazan, Russia. Commentary by Jeff Commings, Swimmi...

By J.P. Mortenson, Swimming World College Intern. If you want to improve as a swimmer, you’re going to have to learn how to make the connection between your body and mind. Plenty of swimmers just go into the water and do what the coaches tell them to do. However, the best swimmers are the ones who s...

Morning Splash by David Rieder. Every year in either late May or early June for the past half-century, the George F. Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara, Calif., has been a destination for many of the world's best swimmers. Yes, for 50 years. Nowadays, many of the specific meets that com...

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...

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 ...

James Magnussen's shoulder injury is so severe that it will require surgery, and means the 24-year-old will not defend his 100 freestyle title at the world championships. Magnussen has withdrawn from a Grand Prix meet in Australia because he experienced extreme pain when swimming at a high intensity...

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....

Commonwealth Games Australia has announced a 70-strong swimming team for next month’s 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. The team was announced on the Gold Coast following the four-day Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Trials at the Optus Aquatic Centre. Made up of 49 able-bodied swimmers and...

Just three races in following shoulder surgery and a nine month break from competing, former world champion James Magnussen will leave the Victorian Open Championships with both the 50 and 100m freestyle titles to his name. The 24-year-old posted impressive early season times and will be able to tak...

By David Rieder. Kicking off this afternoon’s prelims at the Olympic Aquatic Center will be swimming’s glamor event, with perhaps the most coveted gold medal in the pool on the line. Not to mention the fact that the men's 100 free is typically one of the most hotly-contested events of the Olympic Ga...

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...

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...

James Magnussen Discusses Participation in Controversial Enhanced Games on Social Kick Podcast At one time, James Magnussen was the premier 100-meter freestyle in the world. The Australian was the world champion in the event at the 2011 and 2013 editions of the World Championships, with a silver med...

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 Eric Bugby, Swimming World Contributor The Coach We've all seen a lazy coach; reading USA Today, drinking a double tall soy latte, playing Bounce on an iPhone. And all during warmup. The swimmers drudgingly stroke back and forth.  No feedback.  No interruptions.  No coaching.  Then a sound is hea...