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How Kaitlin Sandeno Beat a Rare Cancer She Didn’t Know She Had Throughout her life, Kaitlin Sandeno Hogan has carried numerous titles: Olympian, wife, emcee, and, most recently, mother.  But this year, a new title joined the list — cancer survivor.  As an Olympic gold medalist, it is not a title she...

Renowned publisher Rowman & Littlefield is thrilled to announce the forthcoming release of Olympic Gold Medalist, host / broadcaster, and DC Trident General Manager Kaitlin Sandeno’s memoir - ​Golden Glow.​ The book will be out July 15th, 2019 to coincide with the ramp up to the Tokyo Olympics, and ...

Sydney 25th Anniverdsary: Misty Hyman and Her Epic Olympic Upset in 200 Butterfly (Video) On Sept. 19-20, 2000, Misty Hyman navigated a three-race journey that landed her Olympic glory. Twenty-five years later, we take a look at Hyman's epic upset of Susie O'Neill in the final of the 200-meter butte...

By Sydney Mason, Swimming World College Intern. Many Swimming World readers grew up idolizing the great swimmers of the Athens, Beijing and London Olympic Games. However, a large number of these athletes have retired and are out of the spotlight. What happens to them after retirement? Do they hit th...

The International Swimming League (ISL) is pleased to confirm that U.S. Olympic great Cullen Jones is joining the coaching staff of DC Trident ahead of Season 3. The 37-year-old Jones won gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games and 2012 London Games in the 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x100m medley rela...

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...

By Phillip Whitten & Michael Collins SYDNEY, Sept. 19. It's the half-way point of the swimming portion of the Olympics. Excitement is still at a fever pitch and every event seems to be a new world or Olympic record, produce a surprise winner, or hold a special story. Tonight's competition at...

Favorite Pools. What are yours? As the swimming-less summer of 2020 draws on, the team at Swimming World will take a look at some of the great pools we love the most, why and what makes them so special. We’d like you to join in the fun and memories with your own suggestions, either by leaving a comm...

By Dan D'Addona. Kaitlin Sandeno continues to use her platform as an Olympic swimmer to bring joy to others. Sandeno has been the national spokesperson for the Jessie Rees Foundation for several years. The foundation visits youth with cancer in hospitals around the country. “The Jessie Rees Foundati...

ISL Managers and Mentors Talk Through Challenges of New Pro Era  The International Swimming League (ISL), the pioneering global Pro-Team tour that gets its first season underway next month, offers “the only chance in history” to drag the sport into a truly professional era. The quote came from John ...

BELMONT SHORES, CA., May 11 -- Back in the heyday of the Mission Viejo-Florida Aquatics cross-continent rivalry during the 1970s and '80s, FAST stars David McCagg and David Larson would sport t-shirts showing an oversized gator torching a Spanish-style building with the words "Burn Down the Miss...

Mark Schubert has accepted the position as the Associate Head Coach of the Mission Viejo Nadadores. For Schubert, his career will be coming full-circle as he returns to the post he thrived in for 13 years in the 1970s and 1980s. "My job description will be running the club. Bill and I have a great r...

LOS ANGELES, April 25. OLYMPIAN Kaitlin Sandeno, the nation's most sought-after high school senior, made her college decision yesterday, signing a letter of intent with the University of Southern California. "I am so excited and very happy," she said. "I'm a happy man," said USC head coach M...

Event 5: Women's 100 Back Prelims Courtney Shealy, 22, of Athens Bulldogs qualified first for the semi-finals with a 1:02.13. In second is veteran B.J. Bedford, 27, with a 1:02.19. Bedford, swimming for the National Resident Team, was third in this event at the 1996 Trials and has won seven nati...

By Phillip Whitten AUSTIN, March 27. WITH the absence of three of the USA’s biggest Olympic stars and the retirement of half a dozen more, the stage is set for a changing of the guard at the 2001 USA Swimming Spring National Championships, in Austin, Texas, March 27 - April 1. The meet will also ser...

By Phillip Whitten and Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 16. WORLD records fell in all four final events on the first night of competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. In fact, five world marks fell in the four events. Women's 400 IM - FINALS GOLD - Klochkova UKR 4:33.59 WORLD RECORD! SI...

By Craig Lord with Takahisa Ide FUKUOKA, Japan, July 22. THORPEMANIA spilled over on to the poolside at the World Championships in Fukuoka tonight as Ian Thorpe was greeted by hundreds of screaming Japanese girls after lowering the world record in the 400 meter freestyle to 3:40.17 and going on to b...

By Bill Bell MISSION VIEJO, CA, June 22. JASON Lezak has never swum in an individual Olympic race. Emily Mason has never even made an Olympic team. But both these swimmers may well be the mainstays of the U.S. Olympic team come Athens, if results from the second day of the TYR Swim Meet of Champions...

2020 ISL season rosters for the four American teams - DC Trident, the Cali Condors, the LA Current and the New York Breakers - released Wednesday. ISL 2020: DC Trident DC Trident has added some new faces for the upcoming second season of the International Swimming League (ISL). The season is focused...

Since the International Swimming League (ISL) announced its inception, there have been questions about feasibility, money, logistics and long-term success. These are natural questions for a new league on the upstart, and answers are starting to form. One thing that has never been in question is ho.....