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Two-Time Irish Olympian Shane Ryan Undergoes Shoulder Surgery Shane Ryan, a two-time Irish Olympian and multiple-time national record-holder, underwent surgery this week on an injured shoulder. Ryan swam through the shoulder injury during the Tokyo Olympics this summer and through the International ...

Sarah Sjostrom has already spent 12 years at the top of her sport and ominously for her rivals, the Olympic 100 fly champion believes focusing on the 50m sprints will extend her career for some time yet. The Swede made her first trip to the international podium at the 2008 European Championships in ...

Bernie Guenther Bringing Passion for Pool to ISL Broadcast Booth There is a voice on the International Swimming League telecasts that exudes passion, an undeniable fondness for the sport. And, no, we’re not talking about what emanates from three-time Olympic champion and longtime analyst Rowdy Gaine...

Swimming World caught up with Signe Bro while she was on her training camp in Fort Lauderdale with members of the Danish National team to talk about the first season of the ISL and what it was like being an international swimmer on a primarily-American team. The International Swimming League kicked ...

Olivia Smoliga, Cali Condors. In the lead-up to the first International Swimming League pro-team season, Swimming World will look at some of the pioneers of a new chapter unfolding in the sport. Today: the World 50m backstroke champion. Pioneers Of Pro-Team Swimming Few swimmers have ever shown as m...

Caeleb Dressel Perfectly Positioned to Surge Into the Olympic Year Some things will change for Caeleb Dressel in the coming days. After six weeks in the Budapest Bubble, he will return to the United States and his home base in Florida. The weekly meets he has become accustomed to during the Internat...

Flash! Caeleb Dressel Takes Down Second WR of Day With Standard in 50 Freestyle Furthering his identity as the world’s premier swimmer, Caeleb Dressel of the Cali Condors set his second world record of the opening day of the International Swimming League Grand Final when he covered the 50-meter free...

The latest issue of Swimming World is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! In this issue of Swimming World, read about Japan’s Daiya Seto, at four World titles and seven individual World Championship medals, he’s one of the biggest names in the sport whose feats are yet to be pro....

How Much Longer Will the International Swimming League (ISL) Last? When Russian-Ukrainian businessman and billionaire Konstantin Grigorishin announced the creation of the first-ever swimming league, fans of the sport were extremely excited. The league meant more opportunities for athletes beyond the...

Watch Adam Peaty Take Down World Record in 100 Breaststroke The greatest sprint breaststroker in history, Adam Peaty added to his legacy during the International Swimming League Grand Final when he lowered his own world record in the short-course version of the 100-meter breaststroke. One week after...

European Short-Course Champion Luc Kroon Announces Retirement Luc Kroon, winner of the 400 free at the 2021 European Short-Course Championships, has announced his retirement. The Netherlands athlete made the decision after sustaining an injury last week which would keep him out of the water until Ja...

After meeting with many national swimming federations, FINA has provided a clarification on their rules regarding athlete participation in international and non-FINA approved swim meets. In 2017, Ali Khan founded the International Swimming League (ISL). According to the ISL, their mission is to crea...

Alabama swimming head coach Coley Stickels has resigned his position to focus on preparing athletes for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the school announced Monday. Margo Geer will replace Stickels after the 2021 Olympic Games, for which the 28-year-old Geer hopes to qualify. Assistant coach Ozzie Quevedo ...

The International Swimming League (ISL) is unveiling the lists of ‘protected’ athletes before the upcoming ISL Draft begins on 29 June 2021. Starting today, and each day of this week, two of the ten ISL Clubs will be announcing the names of their respective ‘protected’ athletes.  ‘Protected’ athlete...

ISL (Day 2 - Live Results) The debut stop of the International Swim League rolled through Indianapolis on Sunday for Day 2 of action featuring international squads Energy Standard and the Aqua Centurions, and American-based clubs Cali Condors and D.C. Trident. During the opening session of the ISL, ...

Caeleb Dressel Destroys World Record in 100 Butterfly Throughout the week, there was ample discussion about the speed that would be on display during the International Swimming League Grand Final, and it was appropriate that the Cali Condors' Caeleb Dressel lit the first fireworks. Racing in the jus...

Since the International Swimming League (ISL) announced its inception, there have been questions about feasibility, money, logistics and long-term success. These are natural questions for a new league on the upstart, and answers are starting to form. One thing that has never been in question is ho.....

Energy Standard led the way at the end of the first day in the penultimate match of the International Swimming League before the semi-finals. There were some great tussles made all the more intriguing by the absence of the likes of Florent Manaudou and Vlad Morozov, in all likelihood resting with En...

Marie Wattel, Maria Kameneva and Christian Diener helped guide London Roar to a convincing lead at the end of the first day of their opening match in the International Swimming League in Budapest. Diener won the men's 50 and 200 backstroke - the former in a new national record of 22.76 as he cut 0.0...

Femke Hemskerk has announced she has tested positive for COVID-19. The result came before Heemskerk headed to Budapest for the International Swimming League (ISL) season. "Unfortunately I recently tested positive for COVID-19. I'm NOT sick and have NO symptoms at all. I have been so careful, so it w...