Read moreThree Olympics Were Casualties of War; Three Swim Stars Lost Chance for Olympic Glory25 May 2014Feature by Jeff Commings PHOENIX, Arizona, May 26. WE remember on this Memorial Day weekend the lives of those who fought valiantly for the United States in military action. The toll that the two World Wars took on the global population extended beyond the battlefields, with the Olympic Movement tak...
Read moreJapan's Early Olympic History Helped Globalize Swimming12 September 2018By Dan D'Addona. Japan is preparing to host the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and the country is looking forward to having the spotlight — especially in swimming. The Japanese were not major factors in swimming in the first couple of Olympics, but then became a world power and have remained one since...