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By Ian Hanson BRISBANE, May. 7. DOUG FROST, the man who has guided Ian Thorpe to the top of the international swimming heap, was tonight awarded international coaching’s highest accolade when he was named the World Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Quadrennium on Australia's Gold Coast. ...

A Flying Start: The First World Record of Olympic Legend Michael Phelps In Swimming World Magazine’s latest edition of World Record Flashback, we take a trip to the Jamail Swim Center on the campus of the University of Texas. There, in early 2001, Michael Phelps set the first world record of his car...

By Dylan Evangelista, Swimming World College Intern Since her first Olympic berth back in 2012, it's an understatement to say that Katie Ledecky has made her mark on the sport of competitive swimming. At this year's FINA World Championships in Budapest, it is no surprise that Ledecky was the first m...

Anytime an Olympic Games nears, discussion of Michael Phelps and his legendary status is part of the equation. He is, after all, the barometer for Olympic excellence. So, Swimming World is running this piece from the archive that identifies the greatest performances from Phelps' career. Phelps' long...

On This Date: 15-Year-Old Michael Phelps Sets First World Record Twenty years ago, on this date, Michael Phelps became a world-record holder for the first time. That fact was first pointed out by Nick Zaccardi, the superb Olympics writer for NBC Sports. In the years ahead, Phelps would collect 28 me...

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...

Out of the Pool: John Piersma Found Direction at Michigan, In Pool and Classroom The life of a swimmer extends well beyond the pool. In a new occasional series, Out of the Pool, we talk to former swimmers who’ve gone on to excel in their post-athletic careers. The biggest assist that John Piersma go...

The Sydney Six: A Group of Teenagers Launched a Special Era for USA Swimming Today, September 15, marks the silver anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Over the next week, Swimming World will celebrate some of the iconic performances from the Olympic Ga...

By Ian Hanson and Phillip Whitten Sheffield, England - Australia's teenage swimming sensation Ian Thorpe has once again confirmed his ranking as the world's number one middle-distance freestyler with two more World Cup wins in Sheffield, England. Thorpe, 17, won the 100m and 400m freestyle in a succ...

ROME, June 9. AUSTRALIANS turned in three stunning victories on Day One of the Mare Nostrum tour meet in Rome, stunning a capacity crowd that had turned out to see Italy's Olympic champions in action. Ian Thorpe, Jim Piper and Clementine Stoney were the spoilers from Down Under. Triple Olympic c...

The U.S. National Team, which heads for training camp in Australia on December 26, will be in less than peak condition. Missing from the team will be Chad Carvin, who is taking time off from swimming to allow time for a bulging disc problem that has plagued him for six months to heal. Carvin had qua...

By Bob Sansevere MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 9. PEOPLE wanted to see it and touch it. "Where is it, Tom?" someone asked. Tom Malchow reached into his blue U.S. Olympic team backpack and pulled out the gold medal he received for winning the 200-meter butterfly at the Sydney Games in Australia. The medal was th...

CLOVIS, CA - Jenny Thompson, the former world-record holder in the women's 100m freestyle, continued her dominance in this event. She won her specialty in a time of 55.53. Ashley Tappin, on the comeback trail from chronic shoulder problems the last two years, finished 2nd in a time of 56.08. The men...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, June 20. OLYMPIANS and legendary names in aquatic sports flocked to Fort Lauderdale recently for the annual induction ceremony for the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Though the event received headlines earlier this month when Chuck Wielgus withdrew his name from the l...

By Phillip Whitten and Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 18. AMERICAN Tom Malchow set an Olympic record in the men's 200 meter butterfly in the highlight of the prelims on the morning of Day 3 at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Malchow, the world record-holder, clocked 1:56.25 to shave one-hun...

By Mary Wagner (courtesy USA Swimming) EAST MEADOW, N.Y., Dec. 1. AS the final night of the 2001 U.S. Open unfolded, multiple event winners emerged and meet records became a thing of the past. And setting one of those records was Tom Malchow, who won what was perhaps the marquee matchup of the meet ...

Gold Medalist to Capitol Insurrection: Tracing the Rise and Fall of Klete Keller There’s no sugarcoating the effect on the world of swimming that seeing Klete Keller’s among protestors storming the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 has had, just as there’s no diminishing the chilling effect of five li...

An Olympic Trials 200 Butterfly Final Without Michael Phelps? Strange, But a Chance to Relive Memories We knew the day was coming. We’ve known it for five years, ever since he bid farewell to the sport at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Sure, there were a few hopeful holdouts. They wanted ...

(from the August issue of SWIMMING WORLD Magazine) By Phillip Whitten Arguably the most anxiety- and tension-ridden meet in all of swimming, the U.S. Olympic Trials is the one and only opportunity to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team. Do it here, at this quadrennial test of body and spirit, and you’...

Buoyed by victories in three events, Stanford took an early lead over defending champion Auburn on the first day of the 75th Annual Men's NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the Martin Aquatics Center in Auburn, Alabama. Stanford scored 183 points to Auburn's 154 in the first of three ...