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Each day through July 23, Swimming World's Jeff Commings and David Rieder will offer medal predictions in the 19 swimming events on tap at the Commonwealth Games, which begins July 24 in Glasgow, Scotland. We invite you to offer your picks in our Reaction Time comments section below! Commentary by D...

LIVERMORE, California, February 5 FINIS, a world leader in technical swimming products announces the sponsorship of former Olympic record-holder, Jason Dunford of Kenya. Dunford swam collegiately for Stanford University, where he was a 14-time NCAA All-American and a 10-time Pac-10 Champion. He made...

Kenya Swimming Federation Election Delays Could Lead to FINA Ban The Kenya Swimming Federation faces a ban from FINA if it cannot conduct elections to fill its board, according to reports from the country. The Star reported this week that FINA has been monitoring the situation in Kenya for several y...

The Kenya Swimming Federation on Thursday released a provisional list of 13 swimmers for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Only two of the 13 will end up competing at the Games, however. The two ultimate qualifiers will be chosen on the basis of times. The preliminary squad includes: Men’s: Mohamed Issa, Moh...

Kenyan Swimming Federation’s Ban Lifted By World Aquatics after Elections The Kenyan Swimming Federation successfully held elections last week, which has led to its reinstatement by World Aquatics. Under the leadership of Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba, Kenya broke a domestic impasse that l...

Kenya Risking Paris Olympic Ban over Lack of Elections World Aquatics has voted to continue Kenya’s suspension from the world stage over a lack of governance and elections in its swimming federation. Kenya has been effectively suspended from international competition as a nation since 2021. (Kenyan ...

Samaki Mkuu, the artist formerly known as the Kenyan swimming ace Jason Dunford, has  collaborated with Jus of Jabali Afrika to produce a COVID-19 song to help spread "the message of social distancing to save lives and also express our gratitude to medical professionals around the world battling on ...

By Brie Harnden, Swimming World College Intern. Many swimmers spend their high school careers focused solely on school and swimming. For rising senior Harrison Pire, member of Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (AGUA), that lifestyle was simply too mundane. He wanted to do something significant to help ...

Kenyan Teen Haniel Kudwoli Downs Jason Dunford National Mark in SCM 50 Breast Kenyan teenager Haniel Kudwoli this week took down a national record that had belonged to Jason Dunford since 2010. Kudwoli was competing in the 26th Speedo Invitational Short Course Meet in Dubai. Swimming for Nairobi-bas...

The Kenyan Swimming Federation has selected Danilo Rosafio and Emily Muteti to represent the country at the Tokyo Olympics. The announcement was made this week. The federation had narrowed the field to 13 finalists in February before taking one man and one woman on the basis of FINA rankings. The fe...