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Passages: Legendary Diving Coach Ron O'Brien Dies at 86; Leaves Unmatched Legacy By Meg Marvin Dr. Ron O’Brien, a legend in the sport of diving, has died at the age of 86. As a coach, no one can compare to the resume O’Brien created in the sport of diving. He was an eight-time USA Olympic diving coa...

Olympic Champ Tatjana Smith Appears on Social Kick Podcast to Discuss Legendary Career https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lKtIn0wzk These days, Tatjana Smith (nee Schoenmaker) is looking forward. Her competitive career now in the rearview mirror following an exceptional career, Smith is eager to embr...

Keaton Jones Visits Social Kick Podcast to Discuss Future, Including Ice Swimming Plans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly3Lc9zMPH0 To say the American tradition in the backstroke events is rich would be an understatement, given the United States' accomplishments in the 100 backstroke and 200 backst...

A Look at the High School National Swim Records As Scholastic Season Picks up Pace The high school season is already in full force, with Florida holding the first of its championship competitions over the weekend. At the Class 4A level, rising star Rylee Erisman set a public-school record in the 50-...

South African Standout Pieter Coetze Analyzes Backstroke Rise on Social Kick Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJDD1KI8bos&t=53s Although just 20 years old, South African Pieter Coetze is already a two-time Olympian, having competed at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021 and the recently ...

Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky Featured in Popular Youth Book Series One of the more-popular book collections at the elementary-school level and for early middle-school students is the "Who Is, Who Was" series, published by Penguin Random House and known for its caricature covers. The series featu...

Throwback Thursday: When Cesar Cielo Captured Olympic Gold and the Emotional Aftermath (Video) In this edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, when Brazilian Cesar Cielo confirmed his status as the world's fastest man in water. It was a night that also featu...

Swim Like A. Fish: Understanding Hand Depth for Speed and Efficiency in Breaststroke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rCB41Uc00 In Swimming World's latest partnership with coach Abbie Fish and their program, Swim Like A. Fish, a video is presented to help coaches and athletes better understand the ...

Hubert Kos Discusses Olympic Title Run, Training Under Bob Bowman on Social Kick Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPisN2s_1Wc During the 2023 season, Hubert Kos emerged from the World Championships in Fukuoka as the gold medalist in the 200-meter backstroke. The next summer, the Hungarian you...

FLASH! Regan Smith Pops Latest World Record in 100 Backstroke at World Cup in Singapore One week after breaking the world record in the short-course version of the 100-meter backstroke during World Cup competition in South Korea, American Regan Smith took the event even lower during the second day o...

FLASH! Leon Marchand Destroys World Record in Short-Course 200 IM; Takes Down Ryan Lochte Standard The man who starred at the Olympic Games in Paris has checked in with another eye-opening performance, as Frenchman Leon Marchand shattered the world record in the 200-meter individual medley during th...

Bobby Hurley, Voice of the World Cup, Joins Social Kick Podcast (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpp-0-EGCP4 The final stop of this year's World Cup series will unfold from Thursday through Saturday in Singapore, and Bobby Hurley will once again call the action. The former Australian star has...

Coaching Corner: Practicing with Closed Hands to Improve Turns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgBljABPTEo In this video focused on turns, Swimming World contributor and coach Andrew Sheaff recommends an approach to help swimmers get through their turns faster, a skill that certainly leads to faster...

FLASH! Kate Douglass Blasts World Record in 200 Breaststroke at World Cup in Incheon A few months after claiming gold in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Olympic Games in Paris, American Kate Douglass shattered the world record in the short-course version of the event on Thursday during World Cup a...

Swim Like A. Fish: 3 Cues to Produce Great Crossover Turns During their competitive days at the University of Georgia, Abbie Fish was an NCAA qualifier and Southeastern Conference (SEC) finalist on multiple occasions. These days, Fish operates Swim Like A. Fish, where their coaching tips, videos and...

Great Races: When Tom Jager and Matt Biondi Took the 50 Freestyle Into Sub-22 Range Their duels produced one of the greatest rivalries the sport has seen, so it was only a matter of time before our Great Races Series featured one of the battles between Matt Biondi and Tom Jager. Together, Biondi and...

Janet Evans - Ahead of Her Time These days, Janet Evans is a driving force behind the Olympic Games returning to American soil, serving as the Chief Athlete Officer for LA28. Before she shifted into that role, Evans - of course - established herself as a distance-swimming legend. Here is a look back...

Celebrating the Olympic Trifecta of Debbie Meyer At the 1968 Mexico City Games This week marks the 56th anniversary of the start of the 1968 Olympics Games in Mexico City. At those Games, Debbie Meyer completed her freestyle triple, winning gold in the 200, 400 and 800 distances. It was a feat that ...

Stanford Coach Greg Meehan Discusses Excellence of Torri Huske at Paris Games on Social Kick Podcast During his stint as the head coach of the women's program at Stanford University, Greg Meehan has enjoyed significant success on the pool deck. Not only has he guided the Cardinal to multiple NCAA te...

Groundbreaking for New International Swimming Hall of Fame Scheduled for Wednesday The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is breaking ground on its monumental $218 million construction project on Wednesday, with shovels going in the ground during an 11 a.m. ceremony in Fort Lauderdale. The ...