Articles by Braden Keith

Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Team: Cierra Runge

Meet 2016 U.S. Olympian Cierra Runge from Cochranville, Pennsylvania. Her “swimming story” started at 4 years old, a much younger…

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Regan Smith Breaks Missy Franklin’s 13-14 Record in 100 Back

2016 U.S. OPEN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, August 2 – Saturday, August 6, 2016 Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center The University…

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Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team: Elizabeth Beisel

Meet 2016 U.S. Olympian Elizabeth Beisel, who originally hails from Rhode Island. In the video below, she talks about how there…

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Croatian Men Allowed to Enter Two Olympic Relays as 17th Team

“Ours go to 17.” Despite FINA rules that only allow 16 relays to be entered in each event at the…

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Official Olympic Heat Sheets Posted on Rio2016.com

The official heat sheets for the swimming portion of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games have been posted on Rio2016.com. Click…

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Therese Alshammar Named to Carry Swedish Flag at 6th Olympics

After qualifying for a record-setting 6th Olympics, Therese Alshammar will carry the Swedish flag in the opening ceremonies on Friday evening.

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Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team: Tom Shields

Meet 2016 U.S. Olympian Tom Shields from Huntington Beach, California. He talks about how the water and the Ocean has been…

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CAS Rules Yulia Efimova Still Not Eligible to Compete in 2016 Olympics

Yulia Efimova has lost her appeal in front of the CAS, finalizing her 2016 Olympic fate.

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ROC, IOC Confirm Morozov and Lobintsev for Rio Olympics

It’s officially official: Vlad Morozov (above) and Nikita Lobintsev have been confirmed to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

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U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Sings the National Anthem – Underwater

The 2016 United States Olympic Team is better when they’re wetter. Earlier today, we learned that they’re a mixed bag…

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Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swim Team: Anthony Ervin

Meet 2016 U.S. Olympian Anthony Ervin from Southern California. As in all of the videos in this series, Ervin recalls…

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Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team: Katie Meili

Katie Meili said she made her way onto the Olympic Team by focusing on being HER best, and HER best eventually became THE best.

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Bethany Galat Swims Another Lifetime Best at U.S. Open

After being the most improved swimmer at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, Bethany Galat still has more drops to go in Minneapolis this week.

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CAS Adjourns Efimova Doping Proceedings Until Thursday

Yulia Efimova’s arbitration with the IOC, ROC, and FINA has begun in Rio and been adjourned until Thursday.

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CAS Pushes Morozov, Lobintsev Decision to IOC

Nikita Lobintsev (above) and Vlad Morozov, with three Olympic medals between them, will have their Rio 2016 fates pushed off to the IOC.

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