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Paralympic Games, Day 3: World Records For Great Britain Duo Stephen Clegg & Will Ellard Great Britain's Stephen Clegg set a world record of 59.02 en-route to gold in the men's S12 100m backstroke on the third day of the Paralympics in Paris. The 28-year-old led throughout, extending his advantage o...

Commonwealth Games Scotland Wants 2026 Decision As Glasgow Waits In Wings Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) has called on the Scottish Government to decide whether Glasgow can host the 2026 multi-sport event. The State of Victoria, Australia, was due to stage the Games but withdrew in July 2023 citi...

Labor Day Weekend Swim Tip: 4 Ways to Thank Your Body for Its Hard Work By Molly Lloyd As the saying goes, your body is a temple. So you should treat it like one, right? We work our bodies – our beautiful, chlorine-saturated bodies – in hopes of being the best swimmer or diver we can be. Our bodies ...

Paralympic Games, Day 2: Tully Kearney Becomes First to Win Second Gold It’s two gold medals in two days for Tully Kearney, the British swimmer added to her gold in the S5 200 freestyle with 100 free gold on Friday. Kearney went 1:15.10 to win the event at the Paris La Defense Arena on Friday night,...

How Science Can Be Used to Promote Faster Swimming; Competitive Swimming Needs Radical Change By Rod Havriluk If a swimmer was asked about his/her: Index of Coordination (quantifies arm coordination), Active drag coefficient (quantifies technique), Intracycle velocity variations (identifies general ...

Swimming World High School Boys' Mythical Championship Meet: Full Results Recently, Swimming World recognized Carmel High School (girls) and Keller High School (boys) as its national champions for the 2023-24 scholastic season. Now, Swimming World brings its readers a full look at the boys’ mythical...

Christie Raleigh Crossley Victim of 'Disgusting' Online Bullying After Winning Paralympic Medal Winning a medal at the Paralympics was supposed to be the highest moment for Christie Raleigh Crossley. But it wasn't. After setting a world record in the prelims, then winning a silver medal in the 50 fr...

Paralympic Games: Former Lifesaving Ironman Tom Gallagher Makes Remarkable Return To Podium After Near Death Experience In Tokyo Standing on the Paralympic gold medal podium in Paris Thursday has been three painful, determined years in the making for former WA lifesaving ironman Tom Gallagher who r....

USA Swimming to Replace CEO Tim Hinchey, Director Lindsay Mintenko (Updated) USA Swimming confirmed in an email and letter posted on its website on Thursday night that CEO Tim Hinchey is resigning from his position. Sources have also told Swimming World that National Team Mnaging Director Lindsay Mi...

Paris Paralympics, Day 1 Finals: Poppy Maskill Sets S14 100 Fly World Record It took all of seven events at the Paris Paralympics for us to see our first world record, courtesy of Poppy Maskill. She had to outduel the co-holders of the record head-to-head. The British youngster went 1:03.00 in the w...

Swimming World High School Girls' Mythical Championship Meet: Full Results Recently, Swimming World recognized Carmel High School (girls) and Keller High School (boys) as its national champions for the 2023-24 scholastic season. Now, Swimming World brings its readers a full look at the girls' mythic...

Rylee Erisman Sprinting Through Junior Pan Pacs Toward Senior Level This year, the United States assembled its fastest-ever collection of female 100 freestylers on the way to an American record and silver medal in the 400 freestyle relay at the Paris Olympics. At the U.S. Olympic Trials, a time of 5...

Paralympic Games: Swimmers to Watch During 10 Days of Competition in Paris With the 2024 Paralympic Games set to begin, the world's top athletes will take center stage at La Defense Arena in Paris. The Paralympic swimming competition runs from Aug. 29 through Sept. 7. The U.S. has 23 returning Paral...

Small Team, BIG Results: Team FINIS Wins 11 Olympic Medals in the HydroX Suit An Impressive 70% of FINIS-sponsored swimmers medaled at the most recent Olympic Games in Paris wearing the HydroX tech suit. Representing a diverse array of nations from Ireland to Australia, featuring returning champions...

Georgetown Lands Mary-Stuart Hawkins As Newest Verbal Pledge NEW COMMIT: Georgetown University has secured a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from Mary-Staurt Hawkins of Richmond, Virginia. Regarding her commitment, she said: "I am beyond excited to announce my verbal commitme...

Wyoming Scores Verbal From Texas Sprinter Cade Doherty NEW COMMIT: The University of Wyoming has scored a new verbal commitment for the 2025-26 season and beyond from sprint freestyler and butterflyer Cade Doherty out of Richmond, Texas. His best times include: 50 free – 20.96 100 free – 46.71 50 fl...

Throwback Thursday: When Ian Crocker Dazzled in 100 Butterfly in Montreal In this Throwback Thursday, we celebrate the day in which Ian Crocker clocked 50.40 in the 100 meter butterfly. Racing at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, the 22-year-old delivered a swim that belied reality and, over...

The Positive Effects of Swimming On the Brain By Alice Reeves-Turner If there is one thing all swimmers (and ex-swimmers) can agree on, it is the addictive nature of swimming. We all crave the smell of chlorine on our skin, the pain of a long, hard set and the adrenaline rush that comes from every r...

Paralympic Games: Australia’s World-Beating IMer Tim Hodge Aiming for Golden Splash in Paris Australia’s world beating IM star Tim Hodge will begin his jam-packed 2024 Paralympic Games program in Paris on Friday - aiming to add the one thing that has eluded the 23-year-old Sydneysider – Paralympic ....

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced the candidates for the ASCA Board of Directors, following a nominating process overseen by the ASCA Governance Committee.  Ten candidates are vying for five full-term and one partial-term positions on the 12-member Board. ASCA's Governan...