Read moreOlympics: Caeleb Dressel Ties Olympic Record, Kristof Milak Second Seed in 100 Fly29 July 2021Olympics: Caeleb Dressel Ties Olympic Record, Kristof Milak Second Seed in 100 Fly The intersection of distance and stroke is rarely more evident in swimming than in the 100 butterfly. From one direction come the sprinters. From another come the pure butterfliers. In Tokyo, it appears, the marquee c...
Read more2019 European Junior Swimming Championships Finals Day Five: Andrei Minakov Gets Decisive Victory in Men's 100 Fly07 July 2019The 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships entered its final day of competition with renewed energy after a climactic four days. For the last time, Europe's best young talent convened in Kazan in hopes of leaving an impression in the final weeks leading up to the World Championships. Having bee...
Read more1The 18-and-Under Swimmers Who Could Steal the Show at the Tokyo Olympics18 July 2021The 18-and-Under Swimmers Who Could Steal the Show at the Tokyo Olympics At every Olympics, young swimmers emerge from out of nowhere and put on amazing performances to win Olympic medals. It is impossible to predict who is going to lower their best times over and over in one year and make the jump ...
Read moreLuis Martinez Caps Guatemalan Dream with Olympic Final in 100 Fly02 August 2021Luis Martinez Caps Guatemalan Dream with Olympic Final in 100 Fly Seven summers ago, Luis Martinez was a kid trying to find his way in a country that wasn’t his own. He’d moved from his native Guatemala to the United States in 2013 in service of his academic and swimming dreams, and by the fall of 2...
Read moreMiladinov Adds Junior 100 Fly Gold To European Silver; Popovici Blasts 1:45.26 For 200 Free CR09 July 2021Josif Miladinov added junior 100 fly gold to the silver he won at the continental showcase in May on the third night of finals at the European Junior Championships in Rome. David Popovici continued the sort of form that has sent ripples across the swimming world as he went 1:45.26 in the 200 free se...
Read moreTokyo Flashback: Caeleb Dressel Sets World Record in 100 Butterfly To Win Gold31 July 2022Tokyo Flashback: Caeleb Dressel Sets World Record in 100 Fly To Win Gold One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the championship finals – each on their one-ye...
2019 European Junior Swimming Championships Finals Day 1 Recap03 July 2019The 2019 European Junior Swimming Championships kicked off this morning with a bang, hosting young talent that could rival many seasoned veterans of the sport. Hoping to make their presence known on the grand stage, some of the world's best athletes convened in Kazan for an intracontinental showdown...