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Racing for Gold: Tips and Tricks for the College Swimming Recruiting Process The nerves wash over you, as you look upon an intimidating field of competitors. This event is one that will change your entire future, with turns and difficult stretches that will surely test you. But with a strong finish,...

Kirsty Coventry Among Seven Candidates for IOC Presidency International Swimming Hall of Famer Kirsty Coventry was named Monday as one of seven candidates to succeed Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic Committee. Coventry is the only female candidate. The Zimbabwean is the only...

How American Men Struggled in Paris, Lost Out on Olympic Medals This summer in Paris, the new stars of men’s swimming took their places atop the world. Leon Marchand was the most prominent of those stars with his four gold medals, all in Olympic-record time, while David Popovici, Pan Zhanle and Hube...

Overcoming Performance Plateaus: How to Break Through and Achieve Personal Bests (Video) Performance plateaus are common for swimmers, but can be turned into growth opportunities with the proper approach. To overcome plateaus and achieve new personal bests, consider adopting the following strategies...

Training Pool Bucket List: 8 Unique Pools Around the World The pools we train in are pretty universal. Whether you're indoors or outdoors, they mostly consist of the same things. Picture the pool you train in daily, and I'm going to guess the basics. There's probably a pool deck infested with variou...

Why Being an IMer is the Perfect Situation (From the Archive) By Cathleen Pruden Full disclosure: I am a 400 IMer and I absolutely love it. It took me a while to come to terms with my fate as an IMer. I struggled with the fact that I didn't have a "prime" stroke. It wasn't until being well rounded s...

Final Report on Chinese Doping Cases Casts Blame on CHINADA But Clears WADA Again In early July, an independent prosecutor appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) declared that the global organization had broken no rules in its investigation of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for tr...

For those who are passionate about swimming and drawn to the water, we’ve compiled a collection of unconventional books that offer a refreshing take on the sport. From inspiring memoirs and thrilling stories of open water rescues to feel-good fiction and delicious recipes, these books go beyond the ...

Passages: Steve Gregg, 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist, 68 Steve Gregg, a silver medalist at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, died on Sept. 11. He was 68 years old. Gregg won silver in the men’s 200 butterfly at the 1976 Olympics, his time of 1:59.54 under the existing world record of East Germany’s Roger P...

Japanese Double Olympic Champion Yui Ohashi Announces Retirement Three years after capturing double gold in the individual medley events  at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japanese star Yui Ohashi competed in the final race of her career on Saturday. Ohashi announced her retirement after finishing seco...

Social Kick Podcast: Rising Star Thomas Heilman Pays a Visit to Recap Olympic Summer (Video Interview) When students return to school after the summer, many teachers hold icebreaker sessions with their classes. It is an opportunity for the students to reacquaint with one another, get a feel for new ...

Louisville Adds U.S. Open Qualifier Ryder Hicks To Class of 2025 NEW COMMIT: A U.S. Open qualifier who excels in breaststroke, Ryder Hicks of Cincinnati, Ohio, has verbally committed to the University of Louisville beginning in Fall 2025. He will join Ryan Henderson, Owen Stevens and Nate Thomas in ...

Andrea Filadelli & Lea Boy Claim Victories At Penultimate Leg Of European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup Andrea Filadelli and Lea Boy claimed respective victories with final-lap charges at the fourth leg of the European Aquatics Open Water Swimming Cup 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia. The lead regularl....

Andrew "Boy"Charlton, Kieren Perkins And Priya Cooper Inducted Into Swimming Australia Hall Of Fame Olympic 1500m freestyle legends, Manly’s pioneering powerhouse Andrew “Boy” Charlton and Queensland “Superfish” Kieren Perkins with WA’s Paralympic golden girl Priya Cooper have today been unveiled a....

Kaylee McKeown and Tim Hodge Claim Top Gongs At Swimming Australia Awards. Two of Australia’s gold medal standouts of Paris 2024, Kaylee McKeown and Tim Hodge have been rewarded for their monumental campaigns, taking out the top gongs at today’s Swimming Australia Awards in Brisbane. McKeown was n.....

USA Swimming has announced the finalists for the 2024 Golden Goggle Awards. The award ceremony will take place Nov. 23 in Indianapolis. Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh lead the field with four nominations based on their performances during the Paris Olympics. The nomination list can be found below, w...

New Men's Swimming Stars? Leon Marchand, Fellow Paris Champions Limit Opportunities In 14 individual men's events contested at the Paris Olympics, exactly one featured a repeat gold medalist, with defending champions shut out until Bobby Finke taking gold in the 1500 freestyle on the final day of co...

Lessons to Learn When Swimming Seems So Cruel From the Swimming World Archive The 400 IM is a race I only had to swim once to decide it was not my calling. Now when I watch people race it, and love all 16 laps of it, I cannot relate, but I certainly can respect. One such swimmer was shooting for his...

Fun Friday: A Look at 10 Habits and Superstitions Shared By Swimmers Every swimmer has one or more habits, superstitions or rituals that they cannot live without. Some are simple while others are complex and drawn out. Certain ones may only apply to meets, while others could be a daily occurrence. A...

USA Artistic Swimming Promotes Lara Teixeira to Chief of Sport USA Artistic Swimming on Monday promoted Lara Teixeira to its Chief of Sport position. Teixeira had been the program’s high performance director. She will occupy an expanded role in that position to help replace Shari Darst, who announce...