Horton Rockets To 2nd Fastest Aussie Of All Time Behind Only Thorpe
With his head-turning 400m swim tonight in Adelaide, 19-year-old Mack Horton moved way up on his storied swimming nation’s All-Time swimmers list.
12 Japanese Go Sub-50 In Men’s 100 Free At Olympic Trials
The highest-positioned Japanese 100m freestyler in the world rankings is its national record holder, Katsumi Nakamura, with his time of 48.55, but he was joined by 11 fellow Japanese swimmers who dipped beneath 50 seconds in prelims of the event in Tokyo.
2016 Eindhoven Swim Cup Day 2 Prelims Recap
Sebastiaan Verschuren leads the men’s 100m freestyle field in Eindhoven, clocking the only sub-49-second mark of the field this morning.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 4 Prelims Live Recap
31-year-old Takeshi Matsuda earned bronze in the men’s 200m butterfly in both Beijing and London. He’ll be swimming in the prelims of the event in Tokyo this morning.
Corey Main Clocks Olympic-Qualifying Time In 100 Back
Corey Main cleared the FINA A cut in the men’s 100m backstroke competing at the Canadian Olympic Trials, a meet which serves as New Zealand’s 2nd Olympic-qualifying meet.
Park Tae Hwan Officially Ruled Out Of 2016 Olympic Games
The KOC is indeed applying its 3-year doping ban to Park Tae Hwan, rendering him officially out of the 2016 Olympic Games.
McEvoy In A ‘Good Position’ Headed Into Trials
Excitement is just about boiling over in Adelaide, South Australia, as the nation’s Olympic Trials meet is slated to kick off tomorrow, April 7th.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 3 Finals Live Recap: Hagino Smokes 200 Free
Kosuke Hagino rocked the world’s fastest 200m freestyle time while competing at the Japanese Olympic Trials tonight.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 3 Prelims Live Recap
The current women’s 200 butterfly World Champion, Natsumi Hoshi, will be in the pool today trying to claim a Japanese national title in the event in Tokyo.
Fukuoka May Submit Bid For 2026 Asian Games
The host of the 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships, Fukuoka, Japan, is now among the possible sites in the running to host the 2026 Asian Games.
Further ‘Evidence’ Eminem Improves Swim Performance
A University of Lethbridge student believes his class project has successfully bridged a connection between listening to music with underwater headphones and improving one’s swimming performance.
IPC European Open Championships To Be Live-Streamed
The IPC has announced this week that fans everywhere can watch the approximately 450 swimmers representing 50 countries competing at the IPC European Championships via an online broadcast on the event’s official website.
Osman Takes 2 Events At Dubai Int’l Aquatic Championships
The 2016 Dubai International Aquatic Championships (DIAC) got underway this week and Farida Osman (Egypt) already took 2 individual events.
Kitajima’s Possible 5th Olympic Games Qualification Now Questionable
Kitajima qualifying for his 5th Olympics is not a sure thing.
2016 Japanese Olympic Trials Day 2 Finals Recap
15-year-old Rikako Ikee already scored a new National Record during semi-finals of the women’s 100m butterfly and followed that up with a big meet title-winning swim. Kosuke Kitajima, meanwhile, qualified for his 5th Olympic Games.
