Articles by SwimSwam Staff

Le Clos back to racing

200 butterfly Olympic Champion Chad le Clos, who had to pull out of the BHP Billiton Super Series earlier this…

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Australian Men’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay team will answer for their behaviour

At press conference later today all six members of Australia’s men’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay team will admit to…

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Reaction to Australian Swimming Reviews

Yesterday two reports were published reviewing the state of Australian swimming, more specifically what happened leading into and at the…

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Pointe-Claire Swim Club Wins the Speedo Eastern/Western Canadian Championships

The Pointe-Claire Swim Club walked away with both the men’s and combined team titles at the Speedo Eastern/Western Canadian Championships…

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Wildeboer believes his training methods were correct

In an interview with Sporten.dk earlier this week Short World Championships gold medalist Mads Gleasner was very critical of his preparation for…

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Blume back to Denmark

After deciding to join her fellow countrywoman Lotte Friis in Nice this November Danish swimmer Pernille Blume has decided to return…

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Pierre Lafontaine on Canadian Swimming and Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Pierre Lafontaine was hired as CEO and National Team Head Coach of Swimming Canada in 2005. In his nearly eight…

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Glaesner unhappy with how Wildeboer prepared him for London

After winning the 1500 freestyle and coming third in the 400 freestyle at the 2012 Short Course World Championships Mads…

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Manaudou and Lacourt face off in Courbevoie

At a swimming event which included BMX demonstrations, street dancing, jugglers, fire eaters and acrobats also featured a show down…

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Canadian Universities; OUA, RSEQ and AUS Championship Weekend

In advance of the CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) Swimming Championships the Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Quebec Student Sport Federation (RSEQ)…

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Rebecca Adlington Hates the word retired

During a press conference on February 5th where Rebecca Adlington announced that her competitive career was coming to an end,…

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Therese Alshammar is ready for the challenge of motherhood

The Swedish National team will be heading to Barcelona for the World Championships this summer without their biggest star. Therese…

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Sun Yang Punished for Recent misconduct

As a wax replica of Sun Yang, the first Chinese man to win Olympic gold, was being unveiled at the…

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Coutts and Bohl feel Aussie training camp a huge success

After a disappointing performance at the London Olympics and even more disappointing behavioural problems, the brass within Swimming Australia decided…

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Shannon Rollason to take National Team coaching job in Denmark

As reported by Wide World of Sports Shannon Rollason the Head Coach of the Australian Institute of Sport has announced…

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