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According to a report that appeared in Xinhua.net, World Champion Ning Zetao has pulled out of the 2018 Chinese National Championships, putting a hold onto his short-lived comeback. Ning announced he would be withdrawing from the meet on Tuesday, October 16, citing a finger injury as the cause. Acco...

World champion Ning Zetao of China is one of 666 swimmers eligible to participate in the 2018 China National Swimming Championships, as confirmed by the Sports Bureau of Rizhao, the China Daily reported. Ning violated the rules of the Chinese national swimming team in 2016 and was kicked off the nat...

Ning Zetao, China's top sprinter who was looking at a full slate of up to eight gold medals at the 2015 World Military Games, was injured yesterday during a warmup incident. While warming up for prelims of the 100-meter freestyle, Chinese media reports that a "foreign female athlete suddenly jumped ...

The swimming community around the United States showed its support for a high school in mourning, and several big headlines concerning world swimming had people buzzing in the past few days. Those are some of the top five headlines we’re reviewing on this edition of The Week That Was. The Week Tha.....

This was another busy week in the swimming world, with two of the last major meets before U.S. Nationals and the announcement of a new Executive Director of USA Swimming. Catch up on all those stories on The Week That Was. https://youtu.be/nKIR8lJ9R_Q The Week That Was #5 - ESPN Highlights Ryan Loch...

China was a dominant force in swimming at the 2013 FINA world championships, winning five gold medals to rank second behind the U.S. in terms of gold medals won. The country is sending 51 athletes to next month’s edition in Kazan, Russia, to try and improve on the nine total medals two years ago. Su...

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch INCHEON, South Korea, September 26. China closed out a strong run at the Asian Games with four more gold medals, including several Games records in the process, on the final night of swimming here in Incheon. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM Scheduled Events Women's 50 fr...

DOHA - Brazil’s Cesar Cielo led the way in the men’s 100 free prelims, while China’s Ning Zetao downed the Asian record in prelims at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Cielo led the way with a 46.50. He’s the second-fastest swimmer in the world this year with a 46.08 from the Jose Finkel Tr...

Photo courtest Bestswimming PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30. WE saw a lot of great performances in the final days of the Asian Games in South Korea last week, but nothing topped the amazing swim by China’s Ning Zetao to win the men’s 100 free. YouTube Measures Views Only For Episodes Watched On YouTu...

France's Charlotte Bonnet and Poland's Anna Dowgiert lowered meet records on night two of the 2015 World Military Games. Bonnet closed out the women's 100-meter free final in a time of 54.95.  That swim cleared the previous meet record of 55.22 set by Shan Ying in 1999.  Russia's Viktoria Andreeva s...

This week saw a defending Olympic gold medalist pull out of World Championships in order to deal with a long-term health problem. Get the details on that story and all of the week’s biggest news in The Week That Was! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvxW-VMZhk0 The Week That Was #5 - Ning Zetao Makes...

Photo Courtesy: Asian Games INCHEON, South Korea, September 22. Sun Yang, after scratching the 800 free relay last night due to a hand injury sustained during the finish of the 200 free on night one, confirmed to reporters that he planned to swim the 400 free this morning. And, he definitely put in....

Ning Zetao became China's first male sprint world champion as he took home the men's 100-meter free title at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Ning clocked a top time of 47.84, the best swim in the world this year, for his first world championship medal.  That time cleared the previous world best o...

China's Zhang Yuhan smashed her meet record in the women's 800-meter free at the 2015 World Military Games. Zhang clocked a time of 8:29.83 for the win today, downing her 8:33.20 from 2014.  Teammate Dong Fuwei placed second in 8:38.41 with Vietnam's Vien Nguyen claiming third in 8:39.91. Zhang then...

Commentary by Jeff Commings PHOENIX – No other name at or near the top of the long course swimming world rankings garnered as much forehead wrinkling as China’s Ning Zetao, who will end 2014 as the second-fastest man in the 100 freestyle. With a 47.70 at the Asian Games, Ning nearly supplanted James...

China's Ning Zetao moved into the top 5 in the world in the men's 100-meter free during prelims at the 2015 FINA World Championships. Ning clocked a top time of 48.11 to tie Federico Grabich for fourth in the world rankings as part of what proved to be a strong morning of swims. Australia's Cameron ...

ESPN posted its second annual World Fame 100 List on May 30. The list, essentially of the 100 most famous athletes on the planet, was developed through a formula created by Ben Alamar, ESPN's director of analytics. One of the main sources for data included endorsement deals, which is why you will no...

Photo Courtesy: Tobiuo Japan INCHEON, South Korea, September 25. Some historic swims occurred at the Asian Games here in Incheon as China's Ning Zetao became the first 47-second man in Asian history, while Ryosuke Irie turned in a world-leader in the 200 back. LIVE RESULTS LIVE STREAM Scheduled ...

HUANGSHAN, China, October 18.  You know your event lost some serious star power when the biggest news of the day is who wasn't swimming at the Chinese Nationals.  Asian record setter Ning Zetao had to pull himself out of the 50 free "due to a sudden sickness" reported Xinhua. This, just a day after ...

Xu Jiayu continues to rise in the backstroking ranks on the way to possibly giving China its first world championship appearance in the event later this year. The 19-year-old won the 200 back handily with a 1:56.26, putting him third in the world behind very recent swims by Japan's Ryosuke Irie (1:5...