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Law Experts Weigh In On Viability of Enhanced Games $800 Million Lawsuit

Multiple legal experts believe the Enhanced Games may have a legitimate case with their antitrust lawsuit against World Aquatics, USA Swimming and WADA.

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Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 9/6/2025

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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Looking Into New USA Swimming CEO Kevin Ring’s Performance At PGA of America

Ring heads to USA Swimming after more than 12 years in the golf industry, including time as the PGA of America Chief Marketing and Chief Revenue Officer.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 58.3% Favor U.S. Over Australia In Women’s 4×100 Free Relay Heading To 2026

Well over half of readers favor a fully-powered U.S. relay of Gretchen Walsh (pictured), Torri Huske, Kate Douglass and Rylee Erisman over the Aussies.

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arena Swim of the Week: Ei Kamikawabata Blasts 1:55.39 200 Fly At Japan Student Championships

Kamikawabata lowered his previous best time of 1:56.45, set at the 2024 Japan Open, to win the title in come-from-behind fashion.

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USA Swimming Announces Legends Golf President Kevin Ring As New President and CEO

Ring’s hiring comes 371 days after Tim Hinchey officially resigned as USA Swimming CEO last August.

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Olympic Champion David Popovici Takes On Open Water Racing

Popovici competed in a 3×500-meter relay with his coach, Adrian Radulescu, and one of his training partners, Andrei Enache, in Romania.

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Fluidra Race Video of the Week: Gavin Keogh Sets Junior National Meet Record In 200 Back

Keogh clocked 1:57.88 in the boys’ 200 back to dominate the field by two and a half seconds and lower the championship record by more than half a second.

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LSU Team Members Accuse Coaches Rick Bishop, Leah Stancil of Bullying, “Toxic Behavior”

Numerous complaints from LSU swim and dive team members centered on head coach Rick Bishop and former associate head coach Leah Stancil in exit interviews.

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Former Connecticut High School Swim Coach Has Voyeurism Case Dismissed

Daniel Barillaro Jr. was charged with voyeurism after a 16-year-old female student said he recorded her with his cell phone inside the school bathroom.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Sean Quinn

Quinn has been leading the National Prep group at Mecklenburg under head coach David Geyer since 2021.

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Ultra Swimmer of the Month: Rylee Erisman

Erisman piled up eight medals at the World Junior Championships, the most any swimmer has ever won at a single edition of the meet.

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2026 College Swimming Previews: Young Core, Key Additions Give Optimism To #10 NC State Women

Leah Shackley was a standout for NC State in her freshman year, and she’ll be a driving force behind their success in 2025-26 as they field a talented roster.

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U.S. Masters Swimming Closes Review on Swimmer’s Participation

U.S. Masters Swimming found that the swimmer in question is a ciswoman, garnering her eligible to compete in the female category at Spring Nationals.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 55.8% Don’t Like Selecting Pan Pac Team One Year Early, 33.9% Indifferent

Bella Sims was bumped from the Pan Pac roster on Friday after Kennedi Dobson clocked 4:06.66 to win bronze in the 400 free at World Juniors.

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