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The Fifth Stroke: Dolphin Kick Drills That Can Improve Performance By Mark McCluskey, Swimming World College Intern In recent years, we have consistently watched the sport of swimming develop and grow as we discover ways to become faster. One of the biggest discoveries is the importance of dolphin k...

Throwback Thursday: Rebecca Soni Breaks 2:20 in 200 Breaststroke Gold-Medal Finale Earlier this year, Russian teenager Evgeniia Chikunova blasted through the 2:18-barrier in the women's 200 breaststroke, annihilating the previous world record by almost one-and-a-half seconds. The previous mark had b...

By Ailish Dougherty, Swimming World College Intern. Lilly King's world record-breaking performance in the women's 100-meter breaststroke this past week at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest stunned many in the swimming world. Yet at the same time, it was so unsurprising - it was only a ma...

Paris Olympics, Day 6 Finals: Kate Douglass Wins 200m Breaststroke In American Record: Tatjana Smith Retires Only one woman had ever won the 100/200 breaststroke double at the Olympics with Penny Heyns enjoying two trips to the top of the podium at Atlanta 1996. Durdica Bjedov of the former Yugoslav...

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics supposed to have opened, Swimming World takes a look back at the "Call Me Maybe" video that dazzled ahead of the 2012 London Games. “Hey, I just met you … and this is crazy … but here’s my number, so call me maybe” “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen is still a popular s...

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...

Rebecca Soni is an American breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record holder in the 100m breaststroke (short and long course) and the 200m breaststroke (short and long course). Soni was the first woman to swim the 200m breaststroke in under 2 minutes an...

Craig Beardsley Belonged at the Olympic Games; At Least Now, Hall of Fame Induction Awaits In less than a week, former American star Craig Beardsley will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. His contemporaries received their due. Rowdy Gaines. Tracy Caulkins. Mary T. Meag...

It is a moment that will live long for all those watching when Alia Atkinson won 100m breaststroke gold at the 2014 World Short-Course Championships to become the first black woman to win a world swimming title. The Jamaican stopped the clock first in Doha but her reaction to victory was somewhat de...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 13. TODAY, FINA released its final decision regarding Russia's Yuliya Efimova and her positive test for 7-keto-DHEA during an out-of-competition test that took place in Los Angeles. FINA elected to imposed a 16-month competition ban retroactive to Oct. 31, 2013 and conclud...

Weeks after she swam the signature race of her career, Annie Lazor cannot remember much from those two minutes, 20 seconds of the 200 breaststroke that Sunday evening in Bloomington, Indiana. It’s the reaction of her oft-stoic coach, Mike Westphal, that she can’t get out of her head. After that race...

Oh!  Don't answer! We all know...  If you had a table or tickets for the Fort Lauderdale event tonight, you would have been in the audience already.  Obviously this will not happen as the 2020 induction has been postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.  But allow us to showcase those who were schedul...

COLUMBUS - The Indiana Hoosiers may have lost the Big Ten title with a relay DQ last night, but IU certainly didn't give up with a monster final preliminary session at the Big Ten Championships. Indiana dropped the hammer in the 200-yard backstroke with an amazing five swimmers making the A final an...

Kate Douglass Sets American, U.S. Open Marks in 200 Breast Rebecca Soni had stood since 2012 as the fastest American breaststroker over 200 meters. That reign ended Saturday night. Kate Douglass went 2:19.30 to take down Soni’s long-held marks Saturday at the TYR Pro Swim Series in Knoxville. Soni h...

Breaststroke Brilliance by Tatjana Schoenmaker is Swimming World Female World Record of the Year Nothing surrounding the Tokyo Olympics felt inevitable, but Tatjana Schoenmaker came close. By the seventh day of competition, the South African breaststroker had done quite a bit of work. She’d tallied ...

Hall of Fame Day: When Rebecca Soni Crashed Through the 2:20 Barrier in 200 Breaststroke As she prepares to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Swimming World takes a look back at when Rebecca Soni became the first woman to dip below 2:20 in the 200-meter breaststroke. A day af...

By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern.  Yoga has been trendy for quite some time now, and swimmers everywhere, including Rebecca Soni, sing its praises. Flexibility aside, does yoga work? Before rushing to add the meditation, stretching, and balance combo to our weekly routines, it is impo...

By Jason Tillotson, Swimming World College Intern Last week, my fellow Swimming World college intern, Jacob Riley pieced together a fantastic comparison of the men’s LCM world records in the 1980’s versus the world records that stand today. This sparked some interesting conversation about the where ...

By Andy Ross. American swimmer Olivia Smoliga won eight gold medals at the 2018 FINA World Short Course Championships in Hangzhou, China this week, the most of any American woman all-time at a single short course championships. 24-year-old Kelsi Dahlia won seven gold medals this week, and won a silv...

The world junior championships showed us some promising talent in the pool, but none as spectacular as Turkey’s Viktoria Guynep Gunes. The 17-year-old vaulted herself from future star to gold medal hopeful in next year’s Olympic Games with four gold medals and a history-making swim in the 200 breast...