A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats? Olympic Universality Athletes In The Sprint Freestyle Events
Mikel Schreuders is an athlete who has progressed from a Universality place at Rio 2016 to a World Championship final in 2024.
Retirements: Japan’s Olympic Medalist Masato Sakai & World Champion Kanako Watanabe
2016 Olympic silver medalist Masato Sakai and 2015 world champion Kanako Watanabe, both of Japan, have decided to hang up their goggles.
3-Time Canadian Olympian Javier Acevedo Responds to Criticism of HPC-Ontario
In response to some criticisms of Canada’s High Performance Centre Ontario, Javier Acevedo speaks out on his experience training with coach Ryan Mallette
ITA Will Start Re-Testing Samples from Rio 2016 for Doping Violations
The International Testing Agency (ITA) recently announced that it will begin re-analyzing samples from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games for doping violations.
Multi-Olympic Gold Medalist Emma McKeon Nearly Retired In 2012
“She had three months out of the water, we just didn’t know what she was going to do,” Aussie coach Michael Bohl said of superstar athlete Emma McKeon.
Do Host Countries Do Well At The Olympics? Not So Much
While history shows that host nations typically do well at the Games, their performance in the swimming pool does not follow suit.
IOC Report Finds Over 85% Of All Permanent Olympic Venues Are Still In Use
A report commissioned by the IOC found that over 85% of all Olympic venues are still used by their hosts after the Olympic Games end.
Olympic News Roundup: Some Rio 2016 Boxing Matches Were Fixed, McLaren Finds
Catch up on the biggest Olympic and Paralympic storylines outside of the swimming world, including scandal in the Olympic boxing world.
