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Project 56: Adam Peaty Sprinting Towards Sub-57 At the European Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain’s Adam Peaty—the best sprint breaststroker in history—took aim at an un­fathomable boundary: swimming the men’s 100 meter breast under 57 seconds. By the end of 2016, Peaty was already one of hist...

After making history at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by becoming the second woman in history to win the 200, 400, and 800 freestyle individual events five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky has been making the rounds visiting various media outlets. Ledecky's most recent appearance was on The Ell...

Each day during the pre-scheduled days of the 2020 US Olympic Trials, Swimming World will take its readers back four years to the 2016 Trials in Omaha to recap each event, and will offer some insight into what the events will look like in 2021. The last time the United States failed to win the gold ...

The first Swimming World Biweekly for the month of October is available now, featuring our Summer Photo Review! Current subscribers can visit the Swimming World Vault to download the issue now! Non-Subscribers can download for FREE by Clicking Here As the swimming community launches into a new compe...

South African Olympic Finalist Brad Tandy Announces Retirement Brad Tandy, a two-time Olympian from South Africa, declared his retirement this weekend at the South African Swimming Championships. Tandy, 30, swam the 50 free at the meet in Gqeberha, just over a week after taking part in the TYR Pro S...

This morning FINA released the list of synchronized swimmers entered in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. There are eight entries into the team competition. Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Italy, Japan, Russia, and Ukraine all earned a place at the Games. There are 24 entered duets. Each pair will compet...

The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong has announced a seven swimmer roster for the Rio Olympic Games. The team's six women are Stephanie Au, Camille Cheng, Siobhan Haughey, Yvette Kong and Claudia Lau and Hang Yu Sze. Au, a former Cal bear, will be swimming in her third Games. Che...

Japanese Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Hagino delivered a dominating performance at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, claiming the gold in the men's 400-meter Individual Medley and silver in the 200-meter Individual Medley. With the excitement of the Rio Games over, the 22-year-old Tokyo University swimmer...

Maddie Groves, who won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 200-meter butterfly, has withdrawn from Australian Trials, hitting out on social media at “misogynistic perverts in sport and their boot lickers.” Groves made the announcement first on Instagram, without reference to her concern...

2016 Trials Throwback: Cal Pals Ryan Murphy, Jacob Pebley Take 200 Back Each day during the pre-scheduled days of the 2020 US Olympic Trials, Swimming World will take its readers back four years to the 2016 Trials in Omaha to recap each event, and will offer some insight into what the events will lo...

Rio Retrospect: Holy Smokes! Frank Busch, USA Swimming’s national team director, took the time to offer his take on the Rio Games—the good, the bad and the ugly--for Swimming World Magazine. USA National Team Director Frank Busch convened with the 2016 U.S. Olympic team three different times leading...

While the in-pool competition ended last week, the second week of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games still brought plenty of action across diving, water polo, and open water events, not to mention a fair bit of controversy away from the pool. Get up to speed on all of the events from this past week by readi...

On the final night of swimming competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Gregory Paltrinieri of Italy and Pernille Blume of Denmark each won their first Olympic gold medal in their respective events. Blume took the 50 freestyle while Paltrinieri claimed the 1500. Countryman Gabrielle Detti took the...

Grant Hackett will be reporting for beIN Sports during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The Qatar based network will be using Hackett for previews and reviews of the competition. Hackett told media, "After swimming at three Games and doing commentary in London, I was worried I wouldn't be involved but th...