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Eric the Eel: A Unique Tale of Hope and Struggle ... And Lifeguards on Alert The Olympic Games in Paris concluded, Swimming World takes a look back at the tale of Eric Moussambani, dubbed "Eric the Eel." The swimmer from Equatorial Guinea barely made it through his 100-meter freestyle at the 2000 Ga...

USRPT: How This 'Unconventional' Training Works Every athlete trains differently, and no one training regimen is the same for every athlete. This fact is especially true in the world of swimming. Over the course of the swimming's history, training has evolved through advancements in technology and a...

Post Olympics Rankings: Swimming World’s Top 25 Male Swimmers The title of the top female swimmer in the world has shifted on several occasions this year. Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown have all been considered for that spot throughout the past several months, but at the Olympics, ...

How does one define This moment in time? Resilient? Naïve? Persistent? Make Believe? The Torch is lit, The athletes are fit, The world is watching, There is no stopping. Life is celebrated, Lives are devastated- The Humanity of it all! One point on earth gathers us all; To witness what is best in ou...

Katie Ledecky Excited to be Part of 'Meaningful' Gender-Equal Olympics With an extra year heading into the postponed Tokyo Olympics, Katie Ledecky has had an extra year of training to prepare. She also has had an extra year to realize the impact that the upcoming Olympics will have for gender equali...

American Swimmers Told of Chinese Doping Violations at Tokyo Olympics Three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese swimmers captured six medals, including gold medals by Zhang Yufei in the 200 butterfly and gold in the women's 800 freestyle relay, with Zhang swimming the third leg, later that even...

How the Tsar, Alexander Popov, Claimed the Sprint Throne We take a look at the career of Russian sprint legend Alexander Popov, whose combination of skill and work ethic carried him to greatness. He knew how to play the all-important mental game of high-level sports with the skill of a chess master....

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...

Of the three new Olympic swimming events added to the program in 2017, none will draw more attention at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics than the women’s 1500 free, largely because of the woman who won the race at three straight World Championships, including by almost 15 seconds in 2015 and then more than 1...

The International Olympic Committee has added three new races to the Olympic program for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, according to a report from Inside the Games. A press release from Olympic.org confirmed that report. A mixed 400 medley relay (two men plus two women) will be added along with the w...

European Men’s Olympic Preview: Kristof Milak Heads to Tokyo as Established Star The first time the name Kristof Milak captured the world’s attention was in July 2017, when he won the European Junior Championships in the 200 butterfly in 1:53.73. But a few weeks later, Milak would not represent Hung...

Throwback Thursday: Misty Hyman and Her Epic Olympic Upset (Video) On Sept. 19-20, 2000, Misty Hyman navigated a three-race journey that landed her Olympic glory. Twenty-four years later, we take a look at Hyman's epic upset of Susie O'Neill in the final of the 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Olympi...

Simone Manuel will make her Tokyo debut tonight, anchoring the 400 free relay. The finals relay for the U.S. will start with Erika Brown, then Abbey Weitzeil, then Natalie Hinds before Manuel takes the anchor. Team USA coach Greg Meehan had plenty of options to pull from in the final since ultimatel...

Tokyo Flashback: Kaylee McKeown Dedicates 100 Back Olympic Gold to Father; Regan Smith Snares Bronze One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the championship f...

After Olympic Trials, A Breakdown of the U.S. Women’s Team Bound For Tokyo Two days before the U.S. Olympic Trials began, breaststroker Lilly King declared in a press conference that the American women could win every single gold medal in swimming in Tokyo. Right away, that sounded like wishful, ove...

Olympic swimmer Chad le Clos and women's hockey goalkeeper Phumelela Mband will jointly carry the South African flag for the opening ceremony in Tokyo. Le Clos is South Africa's most decorated Olympian, winning a gold medal and three silver medals, competing both at the London Games in 2012 and 2016...

When a Tie Was Not a Tie; How .002 Decided Olympic Gold and Changed the Sport On Aug. 30, 1972, Sweden's Gunnar Larsson and the United States' Tim McKee touched the wall in identical times of 4:31.98 in the 400-meter individual medley at the Olympic Games in Munich. However, the rules of the day req...

Emma McKeon and the Story Behind Australia's Most Underrated Star (From February's Swimming World Magazine) After not qualifying for Australia’s Olympic team in 2012, Emma McKeon was ready to quit, but over the next several months, she had a change of heart and understood what was necessary to compe...

Olympics: Yui Ohashi Solid, Emma Weyant Top Seed in 400 IM The day, and thus the Olympics, began with Japan hoping for success from its individual medley contingent. It ended with at least one result to take consolation in. Yui Ohashi authored a composed 400 IM in the women’s race, earning the third...

Swimming South Africa has finalized its Olympic swim team for Tokyo with 12 total swimmers to represent the country at the Games in Japan. Six men and six women will be on the team for Tokyo as this is the most amount of women's pool swimmers for the nation at the Olympics since 2008. In 2016, South...