swimming injuries

Defending World Champion Sam Williamson Will Be Out for 9 Months With Gruesome Knee Injury

Australia’s top sprint breaststroker Sam Williamson will be out for about 9 months after the injury suffered during a practice warmup.

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Penn State’s Victor Baganha Will Miss Brazilian Olympic Trials After Meniscus Surgery

The injury that kept Victor Baganha out of the 2024 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships will also keep him out of…

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Florida All-American Ekaterina Nikonova Dislocates Kneecap Misses SECs and NCAAs

Ekaterina Nikonova, a 7-time collegiate All-American, will miss the 2024 championship season after undergoing surgery to repair a ligament.

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Louisville All-American Abby Hay “Day-to-Day” with Injury, Misses ACC Championships

Louisville 5th-year Abby Hay, who scored 30 points at last year’s NCAA Championships, is absent this week in Greensboro.

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Alabama’s Jada Scott Out With a Shoulder Injury, No Timeline for Her Return

Jada Scott is having a big freshman season for Alabama, but she hasn’t raced since the team’s mid-season Tennessee Invite with a shoulder injury.

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Luca Urlando Swims His First 200 Fly Since Shoulder Injury 13 Months Ago

On Saturday, Luca Urlando swam his first 200 fly since the final of the 2022 World Championships, qualifying 6th into finals.

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Italian Breaststroker Fabio Scozzoli Will Undergo Minor Knee Surgery After Euros

34-year old Fabio Scozzoli has two things on his mind after the European Championships: knee surgery and his honeymoon. He’s still undecided about Paris 2024.

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Shayna Jack Undergoes Successful Surgery in Australia on Broken Hand

Shayna Jack (yellow cap) won a pair of medals at the World Championships last week before fracturing her hand in the training pool.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Meg Harris Broke Her Arm While Riding a Scooter

Scooters have claimed another major injury to a swimmer, as Meg Harris reveals she broke her arm when she hit a rock on the way to the beach.

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Superstar Sarah Sjostrom Makes Surprise Return to Complete ISL Regular Season

After leaving Naples for what was supposed to be the remainder of the regular season, Sarah Sjostrom returned on Saturday to continue racing for Energy Standard.

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Sydney Pickrem Skips 400 IM Prelim Due to Non-COVID “Medical Reasons”

Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem, who finished 4th at the 2019 World Championships in the 400 IM, has dropped the race for “medical reasons not related to COVID-19”.

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Injured Swedish Swimmer Sarah Sjostrom Sets Dates for Return to Racing

Sarah Sjostrom has targeted the Canet stop of the Mare Nostrum Series in June in Canet, France as the date of her return to competition.

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Double Worlds Medalist Arianna Bridi Has “Mild Myocarditis,” Will Miss Euros

The 25-year old Arianna Bridi has been prescribed “total rest” to treat inflammation in her heart. She won bronze medals in the 10km and 25km races at Worlds in 2017.

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Sarah Sjostrom Resumes Swimming Freestyle; Still No Butterfly

In a Q&A on her Instagram channel, Sarah Sjostrom says that she’s still planning to race at the Tokyo Olympic Games after breaking her elbow in February.

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Sarah Sjostrom’s Elbow Rehab Progresses to ‘Pushups’ after 4cm Muscle Loss

Sarah Sjostrom says she lost 4 centimeters of mass on her injured right elbow while recovering from a fracture suffered in February.

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