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Throwback Thursday: Alexander Dale Oen Wins Emotional Gold for Norway at His Final Major Meet The news was a gut punch not just for his family and friends but for the entire swimming community. Late at night on April 30, 2012,  Norwegian breaststroker Alexander Dale Oen passed away suddenly, his cau...

By Seren Jones, Swimming World College Intern With just a few hours left of 2014, what better way to enter the new year with 10 motivational quotes from our swimming stars. If anybody can motivate us college swimmers, it’s these guys. 10 Motivational Quotes From Our Swimming Stars 1. “If there is a ...

The swimming community was treated to some major world headlines in the past week, with Katinka Hosszu responding to a controversial commentary and two Olympic champions making news in the United States. We’re counting down the top five swimming headlines of the past few days on The Week That Was. ...

Over the past three days, the Swimming World writing team has brought you its collated thoughts on the first season of the International Swimming League. The exercise took a look at what we perceive as pros, cons (Pro et contra - for and against) and solutions that we recommend the League takes into...

By David Rieder. At first, it never seems like it can be real. When Fran Crippen passed away almost six years ago, the reaction was denial and then pure shock. Surely, there was no way Crippen could be gone—truly gone—right? How could it be possible that a swimmer had died in competition? Especially...

BERGEN, Norway, June 3. A newly-opened world-class natatorium in Bergen, Norway, bears the name of the late Alexander Dale Oen, who rose to international swimming prominence there. The Bergen City Council today approved the bid to name the training and competition facility after Dale Oen, thanks in ...

Adam Peaty - "Project 56" Conquered By their very nature, world-record performances are defining efforts that lend themselves to the history books. They will be remembered – in their moment – for changing the course of an event and providing a new barometer for all to chase. While each new standard ...

Alexander Dale Oen was memorialized with a statue in his hometown of Oygarden, Norway, today, with more than a hundred locals on hand to honor the late swimming star. Dale Oen, who died April 30, 2012, of cardiac arrest in Flagstaff, Ariz., during a training camp, would have turned 30 years old last...

For the first time since Alexander Dale Oen passed in 2012, the Norwegian national team is back in Flagstaff, Arizona, training at the Wall Aquatic Center. As national coach Petter Løvberg puts it, they need to move forward in Dale Oen's memory, and also to go back to Flagstaff as part of that proce...