Early Olympic Relay Look: Men’s 4×200 Free Relay
Aggregate math says Great Britain. But head-to-head battles at Worlds and Euros have gone to Russia, including a Euro title last month.
Early Olympic Relay Look: Women’s 4×200 Free Relay
Australia looks tough to beat in the women’s 4×200 free relay, with four of the top seven 200 freestylers this season, including #1 Ariarne Titmus.
ISL First 5: Aqua Centurions Go Breaststroke-Heavy With 4 of First 5 Picks
After a year lost to injuries and pandemic withdrawals, the Italy-based Aqua Centurions are doubling down on their clear strength: breaststroke.
ISL First 5: Tokyo Retains Kawamoto & Morozov, Not Seto Or Ohashi Yet
The Tokyo Frog Kings will retain Takeshi Kawamoto and Vladimir Morozov, but not team MVP Yui Ohashi or star Daiya Seto in their first five picks.
ISL First 5: No Murphy Yet For LA, Shields & Gastaldello Retained
The L.A. Current will bring back butterfly stars Beryl Gastaldello and Tom Shields, but haven’t yet retained world record-holding backstroker Ryan Murphy.
ISL First 5: Toronto Retains Skins Talent In Masse, Ryan, McKee
The Toronto Titans focused in on their returning point-scorers from the skin races, retaining a number of top stroke sprinters.
ISL First 5: DC Trident Retains Apple, Litherland, Harting, Quah, Mack
The DC Trident will retain breakout ISL star Zach Apple, with no major surprises in their top five picks announced today.
ISL First 5: NY Breakers Surprise, Retain Marco Koch But Not Michael Andrew
The New York Breakers will retain Marco Koch for 2021, but not Team MVP Michael Andrew in their first five picks, announced today.
ISL First 5: Iron Retains Hosszu & Kromowidjojo, but No Sakci Yet
The ISL’s Team Iron will retain four of its top five scorers from 2020 – but not 2020 rookie of the year Emre Sakci – in its first five.
ISL First 5: Cali Condors Retain Dahlia; No Dressel, King or Smoliga
The 2020 ISL champion Cali Condors have released their first five retained swimmers – but league MVP Caeleb Dressel is not among them.
ISL First 5: London Roar Retains McKeon, Chalmers, Toussaint, Pickrem, Atkinson
The London Roar have announced the first five swimmers they’ll retain for the 2021 season – including notable 2020 opt-outs Emma McKeon and Kyle Chalmers.
ISL First 5: Energy Standard Will Bring Back Sjostrom, Haughey, Kolesnikov
ISL teams have begun announcing the first five swimmers they’ll retain for 2021, starting with 2019 league champs Energy Standard.
Exploring Team USA’s Olympic Relay Options: How To Puzzle Out the Medleys
When your best flyer is also your best freestyler, choices get tough. When your best breaststroker might be your second-best flyer, things get weird fast.
Supreme Court Rules Against NCAA, Says Aid Limits Violate Antitrust Law
The United States Supreme Court ruled today in Alston v NCAA that the NCAA can’t block student-athletes from certain forms of education-related aid.
Day 7 U.S. Olympic Roster Update: All But One Woman Locked In; Held In Jeopardy
6th-place 100 freestyler Ryan Held is probably going to miss the U.S. Olympic team. His qualification now depends almost entirely on Bowe Becker’s 50 free.
