40 British Swimmers Are Budapest Bound, With 12 Seeking OLY Qualification
On the heels of British Swimming announcing its initial Olympic roster, the organization has also just revealed the lineup for May’s European Championships.
GA Tech Commit Saka Among Turkish Olympic Qualifiers From Edirne
The International Turkcell Open combined both Juinor and Senior swimming in Edirne, Turkey, with the competition spanning April 22nd through April 25th.
Watanabe Emotionally Carries Olympic Torch In Home Town
Ippei Watanabe may not have made the Japanese Olympic team for this summer’s home-based Games, but he is still holding his head high.
Alys Thomas To Jacob Whittle: 28-Strong British OLY Roster Revealed
The initial 28-strong British Swimming roster for this summer’s Olympic Games has been revealed, containing the likes of 30-year-old Alys Thomas.
Mediterranean Grand Prix Concludes With Duran, Vall Victories
The Grand Prix – Mediterrani concluded over the weekend, with a few French visitors intermingling with the host nation of Spain.
Kaminskaya Takes 200 Breast In Coimbra
World Championships semi-finalist Victoria Kaminskaya took 200m breast gold over the weekend in her home nation of Portugal.
Reitshammer Becomes First Sub-Minute Austrian 100 Breaststroker
The men’s breaststroke events around the world keep getting faster and now Austria has joined the party, courtesy of Bernhard Reitshammer.
China’s Sun Yang Reportedly Competing At Next Week’s Nationals
Asian media is reporting that Sun Yang is set to compete at next week’s Chinese Nationals which begin on Friday, April 30th.
Gures Takes Down Own Turkish 100 Fly Record, Women’s 800 Free Relay Makes Mark
A men’s 100 butterfly record and a women’s 800 freestyle relay record went down in the nation of Turkey today, April 23rd.
Faster Than Dressel, 16-Yr-Old Popovici Nails 49.09 100 Free Personal Best
Romanian 16-year-old David Popovici put on a freestyle show in Ukraine over the weekend, raining personal bests in the process.
16-Yr-Old Tuncel Lowers Own Turkish 800 Free Record – 8:26.06
Teenager Merve Tuncel tore it up in her native Turkey tonight, registering a new 800m free national record en route to gold.
High-Level International Meets For May 2021
Let’s dive on into another hectic month of Olympic-qualifying action, with May also including the European Championships.
Robert Greenwood To Head Up Madrid National Training Center
The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN) has appointed British coach Robert Greenwood as the new head coach of the Madrid National Training Center.
Danish Swimming Federation Releases European C’ships Roster
50m freestyle Olympic champion Pernille Blume is among the Danish athletes nominated to the European Championships roster.
2016 Olympic Finalist Sakiko Shimizu Announces Retirement
Sakiko Shimizu of Japan has revealed her decision to retire from competitive swimming at the age of 29. She finaled in the 400m IM in Rio.
