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Outstanding NCAAs By Leon Marchand a Special Moment for His Olympic Family The whistle piercing the air at the University of Minnesota when Leon Marchand surfaced to breathe in breaststroke last week belonged to Xavier Marchand. Beyond that and the poster-boarded cutout of Marchand’s face, there was...

STOCKHOLM, Jan 25. SWEDEN'S Anna-Karin Kammerling delighted the hometown crowd in Stockholm, when she obliterated her own 50 meter butterfly short course world record in the final race of the FINA World Cup IX meet. Kammerling clocked 25.36, wiping out the mark of 25.60, which she set at the Eur...

IN the aftermath of the European Championships in helsinki, and with the Olympic Games only six weeks away, none of Europe's top swimmers is resting for any meets. Nonetheless, a bevy of strong performances by swimmers from several countries have been turned in in recent days. At the Vittel Cup ...

By Craig Lord HELSINKI, July 5. ALEXANDRE Popov, of Russia, swam to win and not break records in the 100 meter freestyle, gaining revenge on the man who had beaten him a year ago, Pieter van den Hooganband, of the Netherlands. Their times were 48.61sec and 48.77sec, the margin masking the Russian...

By Phillip Whitten PARIS, Jan 19. CHINA's Luo Xuejuan took back the 50 meter breaststroke mark she had formerly shared, when she clocked 30.47 seconds for the event on the second day of the World Cup VII meet in Paris today. Luo, 17, lowered the mark of 30.51 set by Britain's Zoe Baker on Ja...

Parents of Leon Marchand Passed Down Olympic Genes During his march to global stardom, Leon Marchand has been a central figure in the sport since the 2022 World Championships in Budapest. Olympic gold medals and global titles have been collected at a rapid rate by the Frenchman, who is expected to a...

CHAMALIERES, FRANCE, May 6. ANTHONY Ervin has no need to stay up late at night yet, pacing the floor, in anticipation of a showdown with Algeria's Salim Iles. But Iles is fast establishing himself as Africa's finest sprinter and, no doubt, the personable young Algerian has dreams of, one day...

Pernille Blume sped to a 24.28 victory in the 50 free, Leon Marchand finished a fine meet that indicates exciting times to come in 2021 and beyond and Yohann Ndoye Brouard sealed the backstroke hat-trick as the FFN Golden Tour concluded in Marseille. Link to results Olympic champion Blume went secon...

By Phillip Whitten PARIS, Jan. 18. JUST one week ago, Ed Moses predicted to swiminfo that he'd do something spectacular at the World Cup meets in Europe. A few days later, at a dual meet at the University of Virginia, he added substance to his prophesy by swimming the second fastest 100 and 200 ...

By Phillip Whitten PHOENIX, Dec. 3. WORLD short course records fell in meets on opposite sides of the globe the last few days, with one mark being broken by two swimmers from the same country who finished in a tie. In Rostock, Germany, Thomas Rupprath broke the world record for the 200 meter butterf...

By Mary Wagner (Courtesy of USA Swimming, with additional comments by Phil Whitten) EAST MEADOW, N.Y., Nov. 29. THE final night of the 2001 FINA World Cup in East Meadow, N.Y., was a night of encores for a number of U.S. swimmers. And Natalie Coughlin led the way by setting a world record in the 100...

CHAMALIERES, FRANCE, May 4. ALGERIAN freestyle sprint star Salim Iles came within a tenth of a second of upsetting world record-holder Pieter van den Hoogenband in the 100m freestyle finals tonight at the fifth day of the French Championships-World Championship Trials. Improving upon his pr of 49.70...