Italian Swimming

Italian Regional-Level Swimmer Receives Two Month Suspension for Terbutaline

Italy’s Diego Teoldi has become at least the 3rd swimmer to be sanctioned by FINA in the last year for a…

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Italy To Test Their Best

With an eye on the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio the Italian Swimming Federation will be running their top athletes through a series of testing protocols over the next few weeks….

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All 31 Legal Relays Clear Indiana’s World Records in Last Prelims Session of 2013 Euro SC Championships

Above, the Danish women are seen celebrating their World Record in finals from an earlier relay. In prelims on Sunday, they broke another, by 19 seconds.

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Federica Pellegrini Drops Italian Record in 200 Backstroke; Mizzau Impresses in 200 Free

Federica Pellegrini has broken the Italian National Record in the 200 back with a lifetime best by two seconds.

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Rivolta Sets The Italian Record In The 100 Butterfly Again In Lamezia

Once again Italian Matteo Rivolta set a new standard in Italy for the 100 butterfly SCM winning the event in…

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Arena Teams Up With Rosolino To Promote Swimming Leading Up To Rio

Italian great Massimiliano Rosolino has joined the Arena swimwear team leading up to the 2016 Rio Olympics. The partnership was…

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Watch Matteo Rivolta’s 50.87 100 Butterfly Italian Record

  Italian Olympian Matteo Rivolta set a new short course Italian national record in the 100 butterfly posting a 50.87 at the Trofeo…

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Rivolta Sets New Italian Record In The 100 Butterfly

Italian Olympian Matteo Rivolta set a new short course Italian national record in the 100 butterfly posting a 50.87 at…

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Day Two In Doha

Men’s 1500 freestyle In the men’s 1500 freestyle it looked World Cup record holder Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri was on his…

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Paltrinieri, Bianchi and Dotto Confirm World Cup Attendance

A Trio of Italian athletes, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Ilaria Bianchi and Luca Dotto have all confirmed their participation in the upcoming…

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World Junior Champion Diletta Carli Receives Academic Award

Italian Diletta Carli achieved excellence in the pool this summer and she has now been rewarded for her excellence in…

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Fabio Scozzoli Recovering Well From ACL Surgery

The Italian Swimming Federation is reporting that Italian star swimmer Fabio Scozzoli is recovering very well from the knee surgery…

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FINA World Junior Championships *Day 5 Real-Time Recaps*

Luke Percy already won the 50 free at World Juniors; he’ll be looking for a middle lane coming out of Friday’s semifinals in the 100. (Photo: Colin Blair/SwimSwam.com)

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Chimrova Breaks 4th Meet Record in 100 Fly Prelims on Day 5 at Junior World CHampionships

Luke Percy was also among the top seeds coming out of prelims, with his coming in the 100 free. (Photo: Colin Blair/SwimSwam.com)

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Update: D’Arrigo Will Swim for Florida During 2013-2014 Season

Florida now has a ‘star’ for their 2013 recruiting class. (Photo: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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