• Phelps Hugs Schmitt For Reasons Far Beyond Swimming

    Both Schmitt and Phelps have gone public about their serious struggles with an insidious ugly monster called depression.

  • Tatjana Schoenmaker

    SwimSwam Pulse: 53% Think a 2:19 Will Win Olympic 200 Breast Gold

    More than half of voters predicted a 2:19 to win the Olympic gold medal in the women’s 200 breaststroke – right at the world record-level.

  • No Need to Fear: Zach “Batman” Harting is Going to Tokyo

    Gotham has been saved. Zach “Batman” Harting has officially qualified for the 2021 US Olympic Team after winning the men’s 200 butterfly.

  • ‘Weird’ U.S. Olympic Trials Highlight Lasting Impacts of Pandemic Delay

    The one-year pandemic delay put established swimmers on the defense. For rising swimmers, they had nothing to lose – and a bonus year to gain it all.

  • SwimSwam’s Top Ten Comments Through Olympic Trials Day 4 Prelims

    We’ve pulled some of our favorite comments from the live recaps of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II so far, through the day four prelims session.

  • Swimming’s TopTenTweets: Seebohm Goes From McKeown’s Idol To Her Teammate

    We’re back this week with swimming’s TopTenTweets presented by Arena, where we round up the best of the swimming Twitterverse.

  • SwimSwam Pulse: 64% Suspect Wave I Qualifiers Will Not Swim Wave II Trials

    Almost two-thirds of voters expected at least one top-2 finisher from Wave I of U.S. Olympic Trials to pass on the chance to swim in Wave II.

  • Summer League and the Olympics

    Summer League and the Olympics go hand in hand in the development of a young swimmer.