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Louise Hansson Reaping Benefits of Move to Loughborough as She Returns to World's Elite Louise Hansson was ready to take the next step after her college career at USC. But just as she was gearing up as a professional, the pandemic changed everything. She suddenly had to leave the U.S. and figure out...

By Sophia Chiang, Swimming World College Intern We are now two weeks out from the British Universities and College Sport (BUCS) 2015 Short Course Championships. On November 13-15, 2015, more than 2,000 swimmers are expected to descend upon the Ponds Forge Swimming Centre in Sheffield, England, for t...

The final selections for the Team England swimming squad for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games have been announced yesterday, after the initial roster was announced in October. Among the line-up is double Commonwealth silver medallist Aimee Willmott, Commonwealth champion James Wilby and Paraly...

By Martin Petty MANCHESTER, England, April 15. JAMES GIBSON sensationally resurrected his international swimming career on an Easter weekend that saw him break the Commonwealth 50m breaststroke record a staggering three times in as many races. The 21-year-old politics student from Loughborough Unive...

Louise Hansson will continue her post-grad swimming career as part of the Loughborough University postgrad group in the United Kingdom. Loughborough coaches first confirmed the move, which Hansson also confirmed. "They came to USC to have an information session and I decided to just go and check it ...

Virginia Grad Paige Madden to Study, Train at Loughborough University Virginia grad and Tokyo Olympic medalist Paige Madden will be spending the next two years at Loughborough University, she announced his week. Madden made the announcement via Instagram. The graduate in kinesiology with a minor in ...

Marie Wattel had been a mainstay on the French national team leading up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Swimming in her first Olympics at 19, she finished 24th in the 100 butterfly, failing to make the semi finals. She had been on the French senior team for three years up to that point and had not...

MANCHESTER, England, June 26. BRITISH swimmers continued to impress in this morning's finals at the British Gas International as preparation for the Commonwealth Games rolls forward. After posting a quick 59.59 in prelims to mark yet another sub-1:00 swim this year, Adam Peaty couldn't replicate the...

Andreas Vazaios has decided to continue his post-grad swimming career as part of the Loughborough University postgrad group in the United Kingdom. Vazaios is the Greek national record holder in the long-course 200-meter IM and 200 free as well as short-course 100 and 200 butterfly events and 100 and...

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, October 7. Commonwealth silver medallist Amy Smith has announced her retirement from swimming after at every level of international competition for almost ten years. Smith qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games and competed in front of the home crowd in two individual and...

By Seren Jones, Swimming World College Intern SHEFFIELD - Day three of the British Summer Nationals kicked off with a new record in the men's 13/14 age-group final in the 200 IM. Charlie Hutchinson of Ellesmere College took the 13 years and under age-group record by three seconds, touching the wall ...

Daniel Wiffen Sets European SC 800 Free Record Of 7:25.96; Stands 2.54secs Off Grant Hackett's WR Daniel Wiffen moved within sight of the 800 free short-course WR when he took almost two seconds off Gregorio Paltrinieri's European record in 7:25.96 on Thursday. Daniel Wiffin Becomes Sixth-Fastest .....

Global Census on Athlete Rights Experiences - Project CARE - among Children To Report In Spring 2020 “The sad reality is that from a policy point of view, the institutions that govern sport have ignored their responsibility to put children's best interests at the top of their priorities. The pursuit...

(Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Leaves For Loughborough) Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, the British Olympic silver medallist who gave Hungarian Katinka Hosszu a fright in her signature 200m medley at the Rio 2016 Games, is leaving the University of Bath program that has been her swimming home for the past 12 years...

By Seren Jones, Swimming World College Intern. Day four of the British Summer Nationals saw 22-year-old James Wilby of Loughborough University take the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:10.91. Edinburgh teammates Calum Tait and Nicholas Quinn took second and third place in 2:11.32 and 2:13.25 respecti...

By Seren Jones, Swimming World College Intern SHEFFIELD - After the excitement of the opening day at the British Summer Nationals, day two proved to maintain the momentum of yesterday's fast swims. The evening was opened by the final heat of the women's 800 freestyle. The event was claimed by Swanse...

By Martin Petty MANCHESTER, England, April 10. Atlanta Olympics silver medalist Paul Palmer of Bath University narrowly missed selection for the World Championships in the 400m freestyle. Palmer, who took the bronze medal at the last World Championships in Perth, registered a time of 3.51.82 seconds...