After Defeating Cervical Cancer Dekker Will Swim the Semis in Rio
Dutch swimmer Inge Dekker who was diagnosed with cervical cancer just seven months ago has battled back to qualify for the 50 freestyle semi-finals in Rio…
Oleksiak Wins Canada’s First Gold Medal in Rio
16 year old Penny Oleksiak has become Canada’s first gold medalist of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games…
Euro Recap: Manaudou Set to Join Popov and Hall Jr as a Repeat Champ
After qualifying for the 50 freestyle final with the fastest time in the semis Frenchman Florent Manaudou is aiming to repeat as the Olympic gold medalist in the event…
Hagino and Wang Become First Asian Men to Medal in the 200 IM
Kosuke Hagino of Japan and Wang Shun of China have become the first two Asian athletes to earn Olympic medals in the men’s 200 IM…
Manaudou is Rested and Focused for a Repeat in the 50 Freestyle
After posting the fourth fastest prelims time of 21.72 in the 50 freestyle 2012 Olympic champion Florent Manaudou is heading into tonight’s semi-finals with a lot of confidence…
100 Freestyle World Champion Ning Zetao Misses 50 Freestyle Semis
The 100 freestyle world champion Ning Zetao of China has missed the semi-finals in the 50 freestyle posting 22.38 in the prelims…
ASIA: All of Kazakhstan Will Be Drinking Tonight
Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan was asked how he thought his home country would celebrate, he gave a very honest answer, “I think all of Kazakhstan will be drinking tonight.”
European Recap Day 4: A Great Night for Britain
After tonight’s events the British team has now surpassed the the total number of medals, one silver and two bronze, that they won at the 2012 Olympic Games in London…
European Recap Day 3: The Iron Lady Tests Her Metal
Hungarian Katinka Hosszu won her second Olympic gold medal in the women’s 100 backstroke on the first of two nights where she will be swimming multiple events…
O’Connor Breaks British Record and Sneaks into All Time Top 5
Siobhan-Marie O’Connor posted a time of 2:07.57 in the semi-finals of the women’s 200 IM breaking her own British record of 2:08.21…
Phelps Becomes the First to Reach Five Consecutive Finals
By qualifying for the 200 butterfly final Michael Phelps becomes the first swimmer to make the Olympic final in the same event in five consecutive Games…
Peaty Comes Close to Breaking Two World Records in One Race
Adam Peaty of Great Britain shattered the world record in the 100 breaststroke on Sunday night and was not far off the world record for the 50 in the same swim…
2016 Canadian Championships: Day 4 Finals Recap
Olivia Anderson wins her second event taking the women’s 1500 freestyle on the final day of competition of the Canadian Swimming Championships…
European Recap Day 2: Sjostrom’s Long Road to Olympic Gold
After breaking the world record at the age of 15 it took Sarah Sjostrom another seven years to achieve her ultimate goal…
Stravius Scratches 200 Freestyle to Focus on 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay
Frenchman Jeremy Stravius has decided to pull out of the semi-finals of the 200 freestyle so he can put all of efforts towards the 4 x 100 freestyle relay…
