SwimSwam Pulse: 61.8% Think 57 Gets Broken In Women’s 100 Back This Year
Kaylee McKeown went sub-58 in the 100 back for the 28th time this week, while Regan Smith has done it 31 times. When will someone break 57?
OPINION: Behind All The Narcissism And Histrionics, The Enhanced Games Never Truly Had A Soul
Ostentatiously hollow and extravagantly transient, the Enhanced Games weren’t really about sport – in truth, they weren’t really about much at all
SwimSwam Pulse: Steenbergen Edges Moesch As Favorite To Break 100 Free World Record First
Marrit Steenbergen became the first woman in history to go sub-52 multiple times in the 100 free last week, clocking 51.86 and 51.97 on the Mare Nostrum Tour.
EDITORIAL: The Enhanced Games, A Drug Company Throwing A Pool Party And Calling It Sport
It takes a particular kind of audacity to build a pharmaceutical funnel, stick a scoreboard on it, and call it the future of human achievement.
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Backyard pools are built for floating. They are not built for real swimming. That is the problem Slipstream solves with enviable success.
SwimSwam Pulse: McEvoy, Pallister Voted Most Intriguing Storylines Heading Into Aussie Trials
After a dominant performance at the 2025 Aussie Trials, many are wondering what Lani Pallister will do this year after a full year training with Dean Boxall.
Swimming Cannot Keep Pretending Tradition Pays the Bills — Why CageRace Deserves all our Support
There are no lanes. Drafting off another swimmer is allowed; holding or aggressive contact draws a time penalty, or a disqualification.
What Does the NCAA’s Age-Based Eligibility Model Mean for Olympic Sports?
What happens to the elite swimmer who delays enrollment for LA28 Trials preparation? How do programs built around international pipelines adapt?
The Enhanced Games Didn’t Really Teach Us Anything About the Troubled Economics of Olympic Sports
Miller cleared half-a-million in prize money at the Enhanced Games. That’s a life-changing amount of money. But is it a sport-changing amount?
3-Time Olympian Elli Overton Reframes Success In TEDx Talk
“Defining Success After Three Olympics and No Medals,” Overton examines what that label means when it does not come with the one thing…
SwimSwam Pulse: 46.2% Think Will Modglin Is Top U.S. 100 Backstroker In 2027, 20% Back Ryan Murphy
Modglin, who just turned 22, was the fastest American last year in the LCM 100 back (52.54) and reset the American Record in SCY this past fall (43.26).
SwimSwam Pulse: 69.5% Think Gretchen Walsh Lowers Sjostrom’s 50 Fly World Record This Year
Walsh has been rewriting the record books in the sprint butterfly events in SCM, SCY and the LCM 100 fly, but the long course 50 mark still eludes her.
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