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Jonathan Tan’s Olympic A Cut in 50 Free Highlights SEA Games Jonathan Tan supplied the highlight of the Southeast Asian Games this week, qualifying for the Paris Olympics in the men’s 50 freestyle. Tan went 21.91 in prelims on May 7, the second day of six at the regional multi-sport competition host...

Canadian Olympic Medalist Kayla Sanchez Switches to Represent Philippines Canadian Olympic medalist Kayla Sanchez is exploring a nationality switch to represent the Philippines, it was announced Thursday. Sanchez has been granted her release from Swimming Canada. She was born in Singapore to Filipin...

Betsy Kiunisala Medalla is Growing National Open Water Swimming Team Of the Philippines From the Ground Up By Jia H. Jung An increasingly global contingent of “tankers” with Filipino roots populates the competitive pool swimming scene. This past May, Chloe Isleta, Filipina swimmer and 2020 Arizona S...

Asian Swimming Championships Postponed Again to 2023 The Asian Swimming Championships have been postponed again, this time until 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, scheduled for later this month in New Clark City, Philippines, has been postponed again. The Asia Swimming Federation (AASF)...

The Daily Soak – Swim News In Brief If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com Tuesday 12 May  Payne Voices Concerns Over Resumption Of Open Water Swimming In England Olympic 10km silver medallist Keri-anne Payne has questioned whether now is the time to get back ...

Gone but not forgotten, coaching legend Glen Hummer (1905-92) left an indelible footprint on YMCA and long distance swimming. An exceptional athlete and a Navy veteran, he earned a zoological science degree and football All-America football honors at the University of Illinois. Read more about coac....

Jacinto “Jack” Cayco, who represented the Philippines at the 1948 Olympics and won gold medals at the Asian Games, died Wednesday Feb. 17 at age 96. Philippine Swimming Inc. announced Cayco’s passing early Thursday. We are one with the swimming community as we mourn the passing of Mr. Jacinto S. Cay...

PHOENIX, Arizona, February 4. THE February issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download to Total Access Subscribers! On page 8 of the February Swimming World Magazine, Publisher Brent Rutemiller shares some of the comments from around the world expressing support of the Open Letter...

Editorial coverage for the Pan Pacific Championships is proudly sponsored by Master Spas! For complete coverage of the Pan Pacific Championships, check out our event landing page. GOLD COAST, Australia, August 22. JAPAN's Yasuhiro Koseki clipped Brazil’s Felipe da Silva, 59.62 to 59.82, for gold in ...

Joseph Schooling, Quah Siblings Have Singapore Sailing at SEA Games Behind the Quah siblings and Joseph Schooling, Singapore has dominated in the pool through the first four days of the Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam. Singapore has won 15 of the 27 gold medals doled out at Hanoi’s My Dinh Water Pa...

Luka Gabrilo Hired by Philippines to Train New Arrival Kayla Sanchez Philippine Swimming Inc. announced this week that it has hired Luka Gabrilo as the full-time coach for Kayla Sanchez on the road to the Paris Olympics in 2024. Gabrilo will be based in Manilla, working with Sanchez, who switched he...

Passages: Amman Jalmaani, Three-Time Olympian from the Philippines, 72 Amman Jalmaani, a three-time Olympian representing the Philippines, died on Nov. 23. He was 72 years old. A breaststroke specialist, Jalmaani made his Olympic debut just before his 16th birthday at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. He ...